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.
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…
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…
The Bed of Injustice, a Short Story by Lazarus Nyagwambo The empty space next to her felt too expansive. The absence of Rewai, her husband of fifty years, weighed on her heavier than it had on previous nights when he had not shared her bed with her. She longed more than ever to reach out…
A new literary magazine of African writing, whose inaugural issues if slated for July 2021, has announced a contest for African writers on the continent and in the Diaspora. This new literary outfit is “a space for African writers to tell the stories of the continent and its peoples worldwide.” Akuko’s vision includes…
We are proud to share our latest feature, a short story by Madhu S Nair who is also a prolific writer in Malayalam, a language of Kerala State in India. He has published more than 25 books, mostly travelogues, a dozen stories and two novels. He lives in Trivandrum, India. …
Munyori Shona Contributing Editor, Tinashe Muchuri, chats with Ignatius Mabasa on story telling in the Ngano genre. The interview is allowed to unfold organically, with all its kinks, knots, pauses, digressions, interruptions and empty spaces. In talking about ngano, the two writers were telling each other ngano; they were both audience and story-teller at the…
Vuyelwa Maluleke is a Performance Poet, Scriptwriter and Actor, who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts from the University of Witwatersrand. She was shortlisted for the Brunel University African Poetry Prize in 2014, and is the author of the chapbook “THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE”. A slam champion of the Word and…
Frances Ogamba’s stories appear in Afridiaspora and Writivism 2016 Short Story Prize Anthology, Dwartonline and Ynaija websites, and on Enkare review. She is a workshop alumnus of Writivism 2016, Ake fiction 2016, and Winter Tangerine 2016. She lives in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Go read her shortlisted story, “Ghana Boy”.
