Kumbulani Muleya, Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya, Artizen International Conference, Arts for Social Transformation, Harare, Zimbabwe
Once We Were: a Poem We rode busesThe type where you felt ridiculous as you sat facing other passengersAlbion, they were called Albion, that old EmpireWe Christened these transporters all kinds of namesThey huffed, they puffedNot once did we see them out of actionWe chatted with the conductorsAnd envied their work ethicWe watched the…
We have just published a new short story, “A Certain Time Ago”, by Rumbi Munochiveyi, a Zimbabwean writer who is currently completing her B.S. in Mathematics at the Worcester State University, Massachusetts. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children. Ambuya died on a breezy, late August afternoon, twenty-five…
Poetry has an indescribable power to do different things to different people. To the Zimbabwean poet and writer Ethel Kabwato, poetry is therapeutic and allows her to be happy, sad, or inspirational. In a wide-ranging interview with Beaven Tapureta, poet Ethel Kabwato revealed how poetry launched her onto a career which she finds self-healing and…
Jpeg This is the second story by Idzai Mushayabasa to be featured in Munyori. Her 2015 story entitled Zvibaye Wega was a delight to many readers in Southern Africa, She comes back with “Zvipenga Zvipenga”, a rich story that will grab the attention of many readers of Shona. Born in Masvingo Province in Mwenezi District,…
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…
Rumbi is a recent graduate of Cambridge University. She is a consultant by day and storyteller by night. She has been writing this story since August 2008 and has made many promises that she will write it into a novel one day. She writes for youngzim.com and afropean.com. You were sat in…
Accra, November 2, 2014 – The Golden Baobab Prizes have announced their shortlisted writers for 2014. Established to inspire the writing and publishing of African stories that captivate the minds of children, the prizes award $20,000 to talented African writers and illustrators. The prize package also includes publishing and training opportunities to honorees. For the…
As we prepare for the expansion of the Shona section, we present five poems by Peter Muzira. These poems are excerpted from his upcoming collection, Maungira Mudenhere. Muzira is a craftsman whose works preserves and energizes the Shona language. The poetry taps into the wisdom and culture of the Karanga people in the Chivi area,…
Julie Cairnie is an Associate Professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph (Canada). She teaches and researches southern African literature — with special interests in gender, sport, and childhood. Her academic and creative work is deeply informed by her experience as a temporary teacher in Mutorashanga (Zimbabwe) in…
