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Die With Me
In her latest poetry book, ‘Die With Me’, Zimbabwe’s much-loved Princess of Mbira, Hope Masike explores spirituality through horror poetry.
In her latest poetry book, ‘Die With Me’, Zimbabwe’s much-loved Princess of Mbira, Hope Masike explores spirituality through horror poetry.
The thought of her husband having designs on her niece was forever present on Tete Shorai’s mind. She was the only wife and though he had never expressed any desire to have more, Shorai felt it was better and safer not to tempt fate. This, therefore, was a small sacrifice for her peace of mind once her niece had been found a man of her own.
“No one reads poetry. We can’t publish you.” That’s what Samantha Vazhure was told by the Zimbabwean publishers she approached when she wanted to launch her first collection. None of them wanted to publish her work.
Dr Rutendo Mudzamiri became a popular figure in Zimbabwe’s social circles in 2020 when she spearheaded the first edition of the Boss Babes Summit.
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“There is a difference between African religion and culture. The latter is the moral value of an African man or woman but African religion is totally different. It is a cult, yes I repeat it is a cult,” said Apostle Batsirai Java as he gave insights on what his upcoming book, “African Religion, A Blessing or a Curse?” will be focusing on.
“An economy that is spiraling downwards traps everyone within it, so that they are slowly driven by the impulse to survive rather than to make a difference, give back, or do something that will better society as a whole, although they never become cynical nor lose their desire to do more for society, their families and themselves,” says Dr Valerie Tagwira as she narrates about her latest book, ‘Trapped’.
Like an onion, Michael Mupotaringa has various layers to his creative being.
In 'These Bones Will Rise Again,' Panashe Chigumadzi talks about spirit mediums and spiritual manifestations without qualifiers or excuses. She states them, not as things that may exist, not as myth or lore, but as one who is convinced that they are. This is a truly courageous book; a young Zimbabwean, raised in South Africa, on a part of the continent where Christianity is the de-facto religion and where traditional religion is looked down upon as backward, somehow manages to put that lens aside and see things through different eyes.
Touch of Grace was the place to be on Friday December 7, at the launch of the book ‘Township Girls: The Cross-Over Generation’.