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Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
“What I have realized since is that those moments of feeling alive are part of a continuum. You find that moment. You bask in it. Then as...
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read
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Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
If she were to listen to her stomach she’d have long ceased eating, but then this isn’t really an issue of the stomach at all. And it’s...
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read
183
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On The Road Again by Freedom T. V. Nyamubaya
It’s the simplicity, clarity and powerful message that leave a mark. The message is relevant now as it was then in 1986.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read
53
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Bless the Daughter Raised By a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head is Warsan Shire’s first full collection and it’s loaded.
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4 min read
18
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Bringing Us Back by Mercy Dhliwayo
Bringing us Back is a collection of heart aching stories, so you need all your strength ready as you prepare to read this one.
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4 min read
38
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Soweto Stories by Miriam Tlali
My first book of the year is ‘Soweto Stories’ by Miriam Tlali published in 1989 by Pandora Press.
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4 min read
55
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For Women Trying to Breathe and Failing (It’s Not Your Fault) by Batsirai Chigama
In Batsirai Chigama’s latest offering there is a voice that says, do not be still, you can not sit still while your world burns around you..
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5 min read
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Bantu Knots by Lebo Mazibuko
In her debut novel Lebo Mazibuko ushers us into the world of Naledi, Dineo and Norah (Mama). These three people are tied by blood ...
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4 min read
120
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Souls of Forgotten Queens by Chengeto Mayowe
‘Souls of Forgotten Queens’ is a poetry anthology by Chengeto Mayowe that speaks to victory, rebirth and reclamation of power.
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3 min read
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Harare Streets by Tau Tawengwa
I enjoyed the fact that although the story is fictionalized it is based on actual research of the underground life on the streets of Harare.
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3 min read
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The Abduction and Trial of Jestina Mukoko by Jestina Mukoko
Her story is one of persecution, resilience in the face of a storm and commitment to forge the way forward in the continued fight for ...
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4 min read
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Brilliance of Hope by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure
An anthology of stories that give the reader an understanding of the multi-layered and life altering nature of the Zimbabwean dispersion.
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6 min read
32
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No Be From Hia by Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda
From Lusaka, to Lagos and to London there is just enough family drama to keep one flipping the pages.
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4 min read
11
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Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta
I ran out of sticky flags while reading this collection of beautiful short stories by Chinelo Okparanta. There are ten stories ...
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6 min read
190
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Everything is a Deathly Flower Poems by Maneo Mohale
Maneo Mohale invites the reader into their world through verses filled with pain, rage, longing, questions and in some way rays of hope.
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3 min read
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