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Chigumadzi wins Brittle Paper Award
Zimbabwean-born novelist and essayist, Panashe Chigumadzi, was last week named the winner of the 2018 Brittle Award for Essays & Think Pieces.
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Four-and-a-half nominations for Zimbabwe at 2018 Brittle Paper Awards
Zimbabwean writers have done well again at this year's Brittle Awards, snapping up four nominations in the recently-announced shortlist for the 2018 edition. There's even a fifth nomination, in the name of one of our favourite adopted Zimbabwean authors.
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15 years later, Chimamanda’s debut echoes religious fervour & domestic violence in Zimbabwe
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tackled the dual-headed beast of domestic violence and religious fervour with her 2003 debut, Purple Hibiscus. Reading it now, one is struck by how much of her story pertains to everyday occurrences in present-day Zimbabwe.
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Econet, Snapplify on African eBooks venture
Econet and Snapplify, will make thousands of ebooks available to African readers across multiple digital platforms, from educational materials to bestselling leisure reads.
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Liberal dreams – Garfield Todd & the people of Zimbabwe
Few Zimbabweans born after independence know the story of Garfield Todd who was Prime Minister, from 1953 to 1958, of what was then Southern Rhodesia. During his tenure, he pushed for numerous reforms to make education, voting and even alcohol more accessible to black Zimbabweans. A new book tells his story and fills the gap in an often unshared part of Zimbabwean history.
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Collabowriters launch book tomorrow
Back in January a call was made by Multimedia Box in partnership with the British Council and Zimbabwe German Society for young writers to participate in a relay authoring contest. Of the 252 entries received, four stood out from the rest and these are Lindiwe Dhlakama, Takatso Sibanda, Rejoice Moyo and Banabas Karuma.
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African Factbook key for African emancipation – VP Chiwenga
Guest of honour at the recently held Africa Factbook International Stakeholders Consultative Conference, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said that project is fundamental in the mental emancipation of Africa.
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Chiwenga talks African facts
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is today expected to officially open the Africa Factbook Stakeholders Consultative Conference at Harare International Conference Center.
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Chigama anthology examines the things we lost in Zimbabwe’s economic & political fire
After decades of performing on spoken word stages and writing thousands of lines of poetry, Batsirai Chigama launches her debut anthology, ‘Gather the Children’ in Harare tomorrow.