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…

The Journey of Professor Chigidi: A Voice for Zimbabwean Theatre

  Professor William Lungisani Chigidi is one of the illustrious academics and writers to ever emerge in the post-independence Zimbabwean literary landscape. His works are memorable especially to a generation of Zimbabwean students who studied literature in the late eighties or thereabouts. His academic writings particularly in indigenous knowledge systems, African oral and written literature,…

Celebrating the Launch of ‘The Mad’ by Ignatius Mabasa

writers at the book launch

Beaven Tapureta, Reporting from Harare, Zimbabwe In the cool evening of October 10 a gathering of ‘the mad’ writers, publishers, artists, arts journalists, academics, friends and family enjoyed the memorable official launch of The Mad, a newly co-published English translation of Ignatius T Mabasa’s 1999 Shona novel Mapenzi, a classic. A charming mood prevailed at…

New Short Fiction by Tanaka Chidora

Tanaka Chidora is a Zimbabwean academic and writer, recognized for his bilingual works in English and Shona. He translated Tsitsi Dangarembga’s The Book of Not and published acclaimed poetry in Because Sadness is Beautiful? His forthcoming novel, Born Location, has garnered recognition, alongside his awards for short stories, including the inaugural Carnelian Heart Publishing award.

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…