Last time we featured Moses Magadza interviewing renowned Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove. Now Magadza returns with an interview of another Zimbabwean writer, Beaven Tapureta, who says that too many people all over the world continue to turn their noses at writers, perpetuating the mistaken belief that they are essentially unemployed people. He says far from being part of…
Tinashe Muchuri, who covered the Harare launch of NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names, comes back with a report on the launch of Ignatius Mabasa’s novel Imbwa Yemunhu. Writing in Shona, Muchuri reports that the launch, held in Harare on December 20th, was organized in conjunction with Kwayedza newspaper’s prize-giving day. The recipients of the prizes were budding poets from schools across Zimbabwe. Addressing…
There is Dambudzo Marechera the writer who died in 1987 and Dambudzo Marechera the collection of all the works by and about him. Books featuring critical perspectives on his works and those depicting his profound influence on contemporary writers have been published. Moving Spirit: The Legacy of Dambudzo Marechera in the 21st Century is an example of such books, but it…
Those who have read her work will remember her debut poetry collection, Destiny in Her Hands, and the award-winning book Auxillia Chimusoro: The Unsung Heroine. She has also been active in the Harare poetry scene, performing on stages that have featured poets like Musaemura Zimunya, Batsirai Chigama, Memory Chirere and others. She is a dynamic literary voice from Zimbabwe. Primrose C.…
Accra, Ghana, November 13, 2013: The winners of the 2013 Golden Baobab Prizes have been announced. They are as follows: Liza Esterhuyse from South Africa, who wins the Golden Baobab Prize for Picture Books with her story, The Little Hippo. Karen Hurt, also from South Africa, who wins the Golden Baobab Prize for Early Chapter…
We present a conversation between NoViolet Bulawayo and Chinelo Okparanta, two of the most talented writers of our time. The focus of the interview is on Okparanta’s debut short story collection, Happiness, Like Water, but the writers cover other topics as well: food, the creative process, literary awards, multiple identities, and future writing projects. Bulawayo’s questions are thoughtful and engaging, and…
By Brian Bwesigye It is now a trend, that any story out of Africa that deals with deprivation, misrule and suffering is met with loud outcries of poverty-porn from a group of Africans Taiye Selasi defined as Afropolitans. Writing in Lip Magazine in 2005, Taiye described Afropolitans as “the newest generation of African emigrants … (known by a)…
Pittsburgh, PA: Robin Becker’s forthcoming collection of poetry, Tiger Heron, is brimming with keen observations and vivid descriptions. She “looks straight at the failures of our human species, yet never loses her compassion or reduces the complexities and paradoxes to easy conclusions,” said award-winning poet Ellen Bass. “Deftly, precisely, these poems express their wisdom in…
Accra, Ghana, November 1, 2013: 180 stories were submitted to this year’s Golden Baobab Prizes. Of these, 25 made it onto the longlist and 8 to the shortlist. The 8 shortlisted stories are: The Golden Baobab Prize for Picture Books The Princess with a Golden Voice by Philip Begho (Nigeria) The Little Hippo by Liza…
______________________ Memory Chirere ______________________ HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Tinashe Muchuri, staff writer at Parade, a leading Zimbabwean magazine, and current Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Writers Association,who is also a contributor to Munyori Literary Journal, is the winner of the coveted Delta Corporation Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the year for 2012-13 in the National Journalism and…
