Mma Madu Is a Patient Woman

Chidima Anekwe Chidima Anekwe is a Nigerian-American short story writer and essayist and two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. She is recently…

Harusiyi’s homecoming

A Short Story by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure It has been a year since Harusiyi died. The homestead is brimming with…

Primrose Dzenga on Afrofuturism: Celebrating Our Place in the World

Afrofuturism, or simply African Futurism, was the main theme for the 2025 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) in Zimbabwe. It was  an awakening, as it became clear that the judges made their selections for nominations and winners  according to this cultural trend.  Do Zimbabwean–or African–artists fully grasp the art of Afrofuturism? To look into the…

Mma Madu Is a Patient Woman

Chidima Anekwe is a Nigerian-American short story writer and essayist and two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. She is recently graduated from Yale University, where she studied English Literature. Her writing has appeared in or is forthcoming from MAYDAY, Torch Literary Arts, SWING, Chapter House Journal (formerly Mud City), The Madrid Review, and elsewhere. She has received…

Harusiyi’s homecoming

A Short Story by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure It has been a year since Harusiyi died. The homestead is brimming with progeny from all over the country and abroad for magadziro aHarusiyi, the Karanga ceremony to bring back the spirit of the deceased into the home to look after the family. Mudzimu will, going forward, be…

Zimbabwean Writer Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s Impactful Literary Journey

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya (TNN) is one of renowned Zimbabwean writers who write in Ndebele and English. She was born in Matebeleland South Province in Zimbabwe to a Ndebele father and Shona mother. She grew up there and attended school in Minda Girls High School, Maphisa. Her first Ndebele novel, Izinyawo Zayizolo (2016), is about the…

Philani Nyoni’s Latest Collection Challenges Accepted Truths

Reviewed by Beaven Tapureta The Testament of Black Jesus (2024), an epic by the award-winning protest poet Philani Amadeus Nyoni, presents a black saviour who, according to the poet’s words, ‘rises to speak great and dangerous words’. The saviour has a responsibility thrust upon her by past events, to spread the legacy, good or bad,…

The Nyanga Writers Retreat Sets Example

Story by Beaven Tapureta Some writers go on retreats with a specific structure which subtly or openly calls for participants to have a refined product at the end. There are benefits, of course, drawn from these retreats which involve working with experienced facilitators who closely follow your development for weeks or months. In terms of…