Here Is What You Didn’t Know About Evan Mawarire (Flag Pastor)

Pastor Evan full name Evan Mawarire is a Zimbabwean religious leader, Motivational Speaker, author and activist. In April 2016 he posted a video on Facebook with the title ThisFlag which went viral spurring the start of the #ThisFlag hashtag online campaign.

1. Mawarire did his secondary education at Prince Edward High School in Harare.

2. On 20 April 2016, Pastor Evan posted a video on Facebook titled ‘This Flag’ in which he decried the state of the economy and how he felt Zimbabwe was not delivering its promises to its citizens. The video went viral on Facebook (where it got more than 100,000 views) and WhatsApp

3. Mawarire said that after the posting of the initial #ThisFlag video, he received death threats via telephone, with one caller threatening to strangle him with the Zimbabwean flag

4. Mawarire has said he earns his living from public speaking

5. He wrote two books titled ‘What he wants’ and ‘Dream big and make it happen’