Tag: Memory Chirere
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Panashe Chigumadzi’s “These Bones Will Rise” launches in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Panashe Chigumadzi’s These Bones Will Rise launched in Harare, Zimbabwe on Saturday July 28, 2018. The Zimbabwean-born writer was moderated by Memory Chirere. Panashe Chigumadzi emerged in the African literary scene when her debut novel Sweet Medicine was published in 2015. The book, which we enjoyed, followed the tale of a young woman who has…
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LitFest Harare 2015 to rock Zimbabwe
The fasted growing literary festival in Zimbabwe, LitFest Harare is set to run in Harare from 26 – 28 November 2015. The second in the series, there will be a series of activities running at the University of Zimbabwe, SAPES Trust, Theatre in the Park, the British Council and at Gallery Delta in Harare. It…
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Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2015: A look back
The Zimbabwe International Book Fair has had better times. It was started in 1983 with the support of a new country led by Robert Mugabe and became the go-to festival in the Eastern and Southern part of the continent. The Zimbabwean crisis of the noughties that saw the country suffer some of the worst inflation…