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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.

Book Review: White Gods, Black Demons

These ten short stories at times pithy and acerbic, ironic and humorous, cut right across the troubled human landscape of Zimbabwe today. They look at Zimbabwean life, at home and in the diaspora, through the unblinking eye of a formidable new talent on the literary scene. 

Book Review: Bulawayo Burning

If anyone is looking for walk-about around Zimbabwe's oldest African ‘township’ Makokoba from its ‘continuous existence’, between 1894 and 1960, the best place to look could well be Terence Ranger's 2010 opus – Bulawayo Burning (Weaver Press).

BOOK REVIEW: The Uncertainty of Hope

In the award-winning novel, "The Uncertainty of Hope," author Valerie Tagwira takes her readers back in time to the trauma of one of the toughest periods in post-independent Zimbabwe - the days of hyper-inflation, forex-dealing, food shortages, fuel shortages, and so much more.  Her sharply written portrayal intricately brings together individuals from different backgrounds and lifestyles to tell Zimbabwe's story.  

How Zimbabwe Can Avoid ‘a Tunisia’

Zimbabwe needs to actively engage leaders from all sectors of society to avoid a Tunisia style revolution said Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) deputy director, Deprose Muchena at the launch of Zimbabwe: Mired in Transition, a new book from Weaver Press.