Dambudzo Marechera
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Abdulrazak Gurnah: Nobel prize honours a self-effacing and unassuming talent
Not many knew of the unheralded Zanzibari author who has steadily produced 10 novels
Lewis Nkosi: The physical bearer of the offending word
In his lifetime, Lewis Nkosi arguably saw little effort in terms of intense engagement with his controversial critical inputs. In a review of a new anthology, Unathi Slasha tries…
Dambudzo Marechera: The biggest tree in the savannah
Dambudzo Marechera continues to nourish Zimbabweans’ cultural lives — and literary tourists from northern climes
what life; i insist on dying here
Mbe Mbhele meditates on death and blackness on the occasion of his father’s funeral
Capturing Dambudzo Marechera: A review of Flora Veit-Wild’s memoir
Flora Veit-Wild’s memoir provides a disquieting look into the author’s relationship with Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera
Black liberation dreaming: Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digital essay game ‘a sun.black’
Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digitial essay game, ‘a sun.black’, keeps all options available as it examines decolonisation
Dambudzo Marechera’s literary shock treatment
A new book on Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera draws on both actual and imaginary archives
Soon we’ll find out who is the real revolutionary: Marley and the birth of Zimbabwe
The iconic concert to celebrate independence in Zimbabwe would prove to contain a warning
Threading 40 years of Zimbabwean writing
Kwanele Sosibo talks to Tinashe Mushakavanhu, the co-editor of Some Writers Can Give you Two Heartbeats, about the impetus behind the book
What exile means to creatives
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…
What would Dambudzo be saying?
Tinashe Mushakavanhu has an imaginary conversation with Dambudzo Marechera
Book’s design helps retrace steps over time
With Zimbabwe on the brink of turning 40, a new book takes an unconventional route to putting the country’s post-liberation canon into perspective
Dambudzo Marechera: Africa’s literary doppelgänger
As Zimbabwe prepares for Independence Day on April 18, Charne Lavery looks at one of that country’s greatest literary sons.