A Portrait of Emlanjeni tries to take a panoramic picture of this place from the unique landscape, the minds of the people, their rich culture, and the subsequent challenges that they face in the changing times in Southern Zimbabwe. It is a story told through a woman’s gaze, very sensitive to how women experience a landscape made by nature and men.
Title: Lost Memories and other things that I thought I forgot Author: Nesta Hatendi, Publisher: Immortali Year of publication: 2022 Reviewed by Memory Chirere The first time that I read these short stories, I found out that perhaps Nesta Hatendi is working with the technique of the short story sequence. This is something that major…
Diaspora Dreams by Andrew Chatora Diaspora Dreams, A novel by Andrew Chatora Published by KHARIS PUBLISHING,2021, isbn: ISBN-13: 978-1-63746-029-0 There are strong indications that the UK-based Zimbabwean writer, Andrew Chatora, is going to release his debut novel, Diaspora Dreams with Kharis Publishing in the US very soon. On noting the subject matter, I was initially tempted…
Kutyauripo, the Custodian of Shona Cultural Values CHINUA Achebe writes in “African Writers Talking” (1972:7) that: “. . . what I think a novelist can teach is something very fundamental, namely to indicate to his readers, to put it crudely that we in Africa did not hear of culture for the first time from…
Zimbabwean artists, particularly writers, have been skeptical of wills and this has led to the mismanagement or utter neglect of their artistic estates when they pass on. While families of deceased artists may largely carry the blame for not raising a brow, artists need also to take responsibility of their creative works as these constitute…
WIN-Zimbabwe wishes to announce this year’s Short Story Competition shortlist in the Adult and Junior categories. Three winners will be drawn from each of the three sections which are outlined below. We say congratulations to the shortlisted writers! ADULT CATEGORY English Language 1. The Family Wedding by Tatenda Mavungo Alexio 2. The Bundle of Joy by Mercy Dhliwayo 3. Hollow…
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…
______________________ 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…
Mungoshi worked on this novel for twenty years Branching Streams Flow in the Dark by Charles Mungoshi, published in 2013 by Mungoshi Press, Harare, 165 pages, ISBN: 978 079 7444911, prize$18, phone: +263 774054341 Reviewed by Memory Chirere This transcendental novel, Branching Streams Flow in the Dark, published by his family, marks the long awaited ’return’ of…
Memory Chirere is an award-winning Zimbabwean writer who teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Zimbabwe. NoViolet Bulawayo’s debut novel, We Need New Names confirms the existence of a certain special tradition in the literature of Zimbabwe which cries for adequate recognition and evaluation. Ever since Dambudzo Marechera of The House of Hunger’s “I got my things…
