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The Storyteller and the AI Witch Hunter
By Michael Agyapong Before stories are written, there is a place they exist, where characters live and play their parts on repeat. Whether this place is some spiritual self-sustaining world or a place...
View ArticleWhich of You Two Bastards Is Death?
A Letter from the Death Bed Austin Kaluba’s Sequel to “Dambudzo Writes to Samantha” Dear Samantha, Death bed epistle. Which of you two bastards is death? You, who delayed your reply until longing...
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The Journey of Professor Chigidi: A Voice for Zimbabwean Theatre
Professor William Lungisani Chigidi is one of the illustrious academics and writers to ever emerge in the post-independence Zimbabwean literary landscape. His works are memorable especially to a...
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Celebrating the Launch of ‘The Mad’ by Ignatius Mabasa
Beaven Tapureta, Reporting from Harare, Zimbabwe In the cool evening of October 10 a gathering of ‘the mad’ writers, publishers, artists, arts journalists, academics, friends and family enjoyed the...
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New Short Fiction by Tanaka Chidora
Tanaka Chidora is a Zimbabwean academic, writer and translator who writes in both English and Shona. He is known for translating Tsitsi Dangarembga’s The Book of Not (2006) into Shona. The translation...
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Primrose Dzenga on Afrofuturism: Celebrating Our Place in the World
Afrofuturism, or simply African Futurism, was the main theme for the 2025 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) in Zimbabwe. It was an awakening, as it became clear that the judges made their selections...
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Mma Madu Is a Patient Woman
Chidima Anekwe Chidima Anekwe is a Nigerian-American short story writer and essayist and two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. She is recently graduated from Yale University, where she studied English...
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Harusiyi’s homecoming
A Short Story by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure It has been a year since Harusiyi died. The homestead is brimming with progeny from all over the country and abroad for magadziro aHarusiyi, the Karanga...
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Zimbabwean Writer Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s Impactful Literary Journey
Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya (TNN) is one of renowned Zimbabwean writers who write in Ndebele and English. She was born in Matebeleland South Province in Zimbabwe to a Ndebele father and Shona mother. She...
View ArticleBlood Matters by Mwenje Mafuta
Joram was about to exit the hut when his father’s wife said he couldn’t leave yet. She had an urgent issue to discuss with him. He stopped, wondering what could be more urgent than all the things they...
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Philani Nyoni’s Latest Collection Challenges Accepted Truths
Reviewed by Beaven Tapureta Poet Philani Nyoni The Testament of Black Jesus (2024), an epic by the award-winning protest poet Philani Amadeus Nyoni, presents a black saviour who, according to the...
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The Nyanga Writers Retreat Sets Example
Story by Beaven Tapureta From left: Beaven Tapureta, Dr Jonathan Brakash, Tendai Huchu, Stanley Mushava and Blessing Musariri Some writers go on retreats with a specific structure which subtly or...
View ArticleNights in Kampala by Owen Mushabe
It’s my first time in Kampala; this city that’s as cacophonous as a hen yard. Traders selling their merchandise by the roadside seem to be in a contest to see who can sing in the loudest tone as they...
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IIFF 2023 spotlights women’s stories of resilience
Story by Khumbulani Muleya The International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF) 2023, themed “Women of Hope,” took place in Harare from November 28 until December 2, while the Bulawayo edition is...
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Zimbabwe Welcomes Visionaries in the Arts for Global Annual Conference
Khumbulani Muleya Organizers and participants of the conference The 7th Artizen International Conference on Art for Social Transformation, held in Harare from November 3 to 7, focused on unearthing...
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In the House with Fela Kuti, by Christy Alexander Hallberg
Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the award-winning novel ‘Searching for Jimmy Page’ (Livingston Press, 2021) and host of Rock is Lit, the first and only podcast devoted to rock novels, from...
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The crooning writer, by Moses Magadza
Nature as a motif in Tee Ngugi’s songs and stories CROONING WRITER: Prolific Kenyan writer, columnist, and singer-songwriter Tee Ngugi. Photo: Contributed. In Tee Ngugi’s short story, Martha’s Garden,...
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Jakana Media Publishes new Mlalazi novel
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...
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Zimbabwean Tribute to Literary Great, Ama Ata Aidoo, by Beaven Tapureta
Prof Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023)Photo Credit: The Business & Financial Times HARARE, ZIMBABWE: While international honour and tributes for the African literary legend Professor Ama Ata Aidoo who...
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PROLIFIC WRITER FIGHTING FOR SHONA LANGUAGE DIGNITY
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...
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