Tag: Zimbabwean Literature
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DEVEDZO| Mabhuku neMapepa aGandashanga Stanlake Samkange
Click or not: DEVEDZO| Mabhuku neMapepa aGandashanga Stanlake SamkangeDEVEDZO| Mabhuku neMapepa aGandashanga Stanlake Samkange Mabhuku ake anosanganisira African Saga: An Introduction to African History (1971), anomutsidzira kwazvo ruremekedzo rwatinozvipa sevanhu vatema, uye akanyorwa panguva iyo vanamuzvinafundo vazhinji vaidukupisa rudzi rwedu vachikusha nhema dzeusvetasimba. Stanlake Samkange akavhurira Mashonaland musuwo weyunivhesiti paakatora dhigiri rayo rekutanga muna1947 paFort Hare University College. Kudzidza pachikomo kwaiera makore aya,… …
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When Dambudzo Marechera Met Aaron Chiundura Moyo – A Brief History of Zimbabwe’s Language Wars
Click or not: When Dambudzo Marechera Met Aaron Chiundura Moyo – A Brief History of Zimbabwe’s Language WarsIn newly independent Zimbabwe, language wars erupted between homecoming writers who had made their names in the language of exile and writers who had worked with the state-run Literature Bureau to grow a Ndebele and Shona canon. Onai Mushava revisits the cold encounters of two of Zimbabwe’s best known writers, Dambudzo Marechera and Aaron Chiundura… …
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More Dambudzo Marechera Letters – To Karen, Flora, Amelia and Samantha (Part 1)
Click or not: More Dambudzo Marechera Letters – To Karen, Flora, Amelia and Samantha (Part 1)Dambudzo Marechera channelled his Oxford swag, Rastaman aura and leftist virtue signalling to chat up White writer-types. His stated preference for White girlfriends has been brought up by critics who accuse him of misogyny towards Black women and disconnect from the African image. What’s race got to do with it? …
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INTERVIEW| Musaemura Zimunya and Marshall Munhumumwe – When Blood Is Thick as Ink
Click or not: INTERVIEW| Musaemura Zimunya and Marshall Munhumumwe – When Blood Is Thick as InkA year after Munhumumwe’s “Makorokoto” won him Radio 2’s first independence-era number one song, his cousin Zimunya published “And Now the Poets Speak”, co-edited with Mudereri Kadhani, and set the tone for new Zimbabwean poetry. Few years later, he had written well enough to be considered Zimbabwe’s foremost poet. What did it mean for Zimunya… …
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Zimbabwe International Book Fair Flexes Proof of Life After Covid-19 Break
Click or not: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Flexes Proof of Life After Covid-19 BreakZimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) came to town last week (from 30 September to 1 October) after a two-year COVID-19 break. The book fair did not live up to its international billing as it was poorly attended and short on sponsorship. Organisers are sending a message that they are still out here and need more… …
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BOOK REVIEW| Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s “Portrait of Emlanjeni”
Click or not: BOOK REVIEW| Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s “Portrait of Emlanjeni”The idealised landscape of Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s new novel, A Portrait of Emlanjeni, is animated by the spirit of the people, their community ties and abiding regard for tradition. Ngwenya brings the indigenous and official justice systems into conversation, broadening them to make space for women. …
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Bishop of Bohemia – Onai Mushava on Living the Poet’s Life
Click or not: Bishop of Bohemia – Onai Mushava on Living the Poet’s LifeI have dedicated the afternoon to picking the brain of award-winning author and journalist, Stanely Mushava. A new first name, Onai, has just replaced his given name, on his new 2019 book, Rhyme and Resistance. He is finishing his stint as tutorial assistant in the NUST Journalism and Media Studies. Somewhat leaner than his 28… …
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Charles Mungoshi, through the Eyes of His Peers
Click or not: Charles Mungoshi, through the Eyes of His PeersTo hear fellow writers tell it, Mungoshi’s first language was laughter; and his physical address, the habit-forming bottle. He stars in memories of young love, and artist encounters in Zengeza and Kambuzuma shebeens as a man of disarming charm and a writerly ego only outsized by his wit and grit. …
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Tsitsi Dangarembga Opens up on Being Raped, Challenges “Callous” Mnangagwa
Click or not: Tsitsi Dangarembga Opens up on Being Raped, Challenges “Callous” MnangagwaZimbabwean soldiers allegedly raped 17 women and brutally assaulted many others on sensitive organs during the state crackdown on protests against a 150 % fuel price increase last month. Government has denied the claims of the women, who are currently in NGO safe houses, citing that only one of them has made a police report.… …
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What Does Onai Mushava Want? (Interview)
Click or not: What Does Onai Mushava Want? (Interview)What Does Onai Mushava Want? (Interview) “I start with a feeling. Let’s say love, sadness or settling scores with the system. Once I am aware of the feeling I want in ink, I become restless until it’s captured. I am picturing Genesis 1:2. All the elements are in place but out of alignment and the… …