Not many knew of the unheralded Zanzibari author who has steadily produced 10 novels

In his lifetime, Lewis Nkosi arguably saw little effort in terms of intense engagement with his controversial critical inputs. In a review of a new anthology, Unathi Slasha tries…

Dambudzo Marechera continues to nourish Zimbabweans’ cultural lives — and literary tourists from northern climes

Mbe Mbhele meditates on death and blackness on the occasion of his father’s funeral

A new book on Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera draws on both actual and imaginary archives

The iconic concert to celebrate independence in Zimbabwe would prove to contain a warning

Kwanele Sosibo talks to Tinashe Mushakavanhu, the co-editor of Some Writers Can Give you Two Heartbeats, about the impetus behind the book

Clockwise from top left: Maurice T Nyagumbo, Ruth Nomonde Chinamano, Josiah Tongogara, Jason Ziyaphapha Manyika, Johanna Nkomo and Robson Manyika. The stamps appear in the book…

Tinashe Mushakavanhu has an imaginary conversation with Dambudzo Marechera

With Zimbabwe on the brink of turning 40, a new book takes an unconventional route to putting the country’s post-liberation canon into perspective

As Zimbabwe prepares for ­Independence Day on April 18, Charne Lavery looks at one of that country’s greatest literary sons.