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Category: Books

Charles Mungoshi’s Humour Mill and Fireside Tales

Charles Mungoshi (Photo: goodreads.com) Book: The Milkman Doesn’t Only Deliver Milk Author: Charles Mungoshi Publisher: Baobab Book (1998) ISBN: 1-77909-006-4 Poetry is the most obscure stroke on Charles Mungoshi’s life-size canvas. The accomplished artist’s poetry anthology, “The Milkman Doesn’t Only Deliver Milk,” has not matched his prose and drama in popular reception. However, one may…
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October 30, 2015
Reflowing Books to Encourage Reading Culture

Oscar Habeenzu Zimbabwe’s reading culture is in steep decline. Research indicates that motivation for reading is mainly exam-oriented. Schools have been implicated in the conspiracy to phase out creative writing. “When a pupil holds a book, the fundamental question they ask themselves is whether it is in the syllabus,” African Languages academic Godwin Makaudze…
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October 26, 2015
Stitchie’s Love Letter to Jah

Stitchie (Photo: groovinradiony.com) When dancehall singjay Stitchie became a candidate for baptism, he read a new meaning into his stage name instead of dropping it. The unlikely candidate reasoned that while the comic stagecraft of his days in the world had left people in stitches, the post-conversion Stitchie would stitch people’s lives back to God.…
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October 5, 2015
Homage to Chenjerai Hove

The late Chenjerai Hove (Photo: African Success) Silence, impassioned testimonials, and readings from “Shadows” and “Blind Moon.” The Literary Evening was not just the high point of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) but fitting homage for the country’s late-lamented second generation writer Chenjerai Hove. Although the evening, of July 31 at the National Art…
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August 25, 2015
A Portrait of the Dissident as a Young Man

Ngugi’s autobiography Book: In the House of the Interpreter Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Publisher: Pantheon Books (2012) ISBN: 978-0-307-90770-7 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has emptied his drawers for a collage of his teenage portraits, tagging along the cultural and political landscapes of mid-century Kenya. “In the House of the Interpreter,” the second installment of his memoirs, presents…
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August 24, 2015
Jit Jamming – Zimbabwe’s Music Dynasties

Bhundu Boys Book: Music Rocking Zimbabwe Author: Fred Zindi Publisher: Zindisc (2014) ISBN: 1-77905-138-8 Music, that mellow breeze which refreshes nations, decodes the language of the heart and makes one blood of a racially profiled globe, is at the core of Zimbabwean culture. Through dark days, music is a moody companion for the children of…
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August 17, 2015
Rukudzo Onai’s Book Now Available on Amazon

Zimbabwean journalist, author and literary critic’s book, In Memory of the Future, is now available at Amazon. Grab your copy with one click in Amazon Kindle Store.
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May 29, 2015
Kwame Nkrumah – The Man in a Hurry?

Kwame Nkrumah (Photo Credit: Modern Ghana) Kwame Nkrumah is perhaps the closest personification of Pan-Africanism.A charismatic statesman and prolific philosopher, his name is often invoked like a letterhead in most discussions on African unity and black empowerment.As Africa turns in affectionate hindsight to its formative ideals, Nkrumah continues to command respect for his vision and…
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May 28, 2015
Rukudzo Onai Speaks on New Book

Mushava’s new book Zimbabwe’s literary thoroughbred Stanely Mushava this week released his debut poetry anthology, In Memory of the Future. In Memory of the Future, which the poet says was written to spread love to all humanity and wage peace to all nations, is currently available as an e-book on Mazwi Online Store. Mushava shares…
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March 25, 2015
Rukudzo Onai’s Book Now Available

Mushava’s new book In Memory of the Future , the new poetry anthology by Stanely Mushava, is now available for $2. Click Mazwi Books and get your copy right away.
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March 23, 2015