A new book explores a Zimbabwean author’s life and work through her love of gardens and nature
A new book on Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera draws on both actual and imaginary archives
Clockwise from top left: Maurice T Nyagumbo, Ruth Nomonde Chinamano, Josiah Tongogara, Jason Ziyaphapha Manyika, Johanna Nkomo and Robson Manyika. The stamps appear in the book as a way of writing Zimbabwe’s lesser known political figures into the canon
In 1980 Zimbabwe barely had a literature scene to speak of. Independence brought with it a short-lived local publishing boom
Tinashe Mushakavanhu has an imaginary conversation with Dambudzo Marechera
Some Writers Can Give You Two Heartbeats is a conceptual book that employs a wide range of visual, typographic and structural strategies. Drawing from a 40-year archive of interviews from and with Zimbabwean writers, the ambition of the book was to make the reader eavesdrop on a multigenerational conversation about writing as craft and as […]
The Reading Zimbabwe digital platform grew out of a need to gather the country’s literature