Kumbulani Muleya, Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya, Artizen International Conference, Arts for Social Transformation, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tee Ngugi, the eldest of Ngugi’s offspring is a writer, columnist, and singer-songwriter of note. His short fiction, essays, and commentaries have appeared in several publications including New Orleans Review, St Petersburg Review, Kwani, Brittle Paper, Timbuktu, New Black Magazine, Jahazi, and The East African, among others.
The much-anticipated novel by Christopher Mlalazi is now here, published by Jacana Media (South Africa). “‘There is something I’ve never told you about our king,’ Father was saying as we walked around the palisade. We were three abreast, and I was in the middle. He looked at me. ‘Even Guduza doesn’t know about this too,…
HARARE, ZIMBABWE: While international honour and tributes for the African literary legend Professor Ama Ata Aidoo who died aged 81 on May 31, 2023 are still pouring, Zimbabwe will also bear everlasting memories of her inspiring character. In Zimbabwe, she consolidated her writer’s voice, becoming a full-time writer. Not only that, but when Prof…
BEAVEN TAPURETA HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Prolific Zimbabwean writer and poet Oscar Gwiriri is proud of his mother tongue, Shona, which he is doing his best to preserve through writing and defending it from being diluted by modern communication technologies and other forces. Shona is one of Zimbabwe’s sixteen official languages and is spoken in five major…
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…
We are excited about this book, which we have received for review. It is upcoming from California-based Mukana Press.
“When we started Book Fantastics, we believed and sometimes still believe it is a game changer in book distributing trends. We never thought it would allow us to see places beyond the Zimbabwean borders, let alone the African continent. Our dream has always been to reshape the Zimbabwean bookshop by going beyond book selling. We wanted to have conversations with authors and those conversations to extend and facilitate dialogue amongst author’s themselves and in turn spur similar influences between authors and readers”.
Outstanding Reading Spirit by Bookshelf The story of a book lover Costa Shizha (60), a resident of Epworth, Harare, is testimony that ordinary Zimbabweans have not yet lost appetite for reading literature for leisure. Book purchasing habits may have undeniably diminished due to economic factors but the craving for books still exists. Neighbours, friends and…
