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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

People always ask me how I manage to find humor in so much bleakness. I think this is almost a necessary skill to have.

Nov 07, 2020

I guess you could say I'm lucky because I've known a Zimbabwe that didn't have Robert Mugabe leading it. One of the saddest things about Zimbabwe is there are so many hidden casualties of the Mugabe government's misrule. They're not just casualties that you immediately see.

Government
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Nov 07, 2020

I was eight when independence happened. I remember my mum and dad getting dressed up to go to the independence concert to go listen to Bob Marley. Independence was such a wonderful time; we had so many expectations of the kind of country we would become. The vision of the government then was a wonderful vision.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

The first thing I remember when I moved to a school in the suburbs was, 'My gosh, all these books!' The classroom and school had a library; I'd never seen so many books in my life! It was something we didn't have in the township.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

For the first years of my life, I went to school in Rhodesia. My memory of living in the townships is that they were actually really happy places.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

A novelist, poet and playwright who writes equally well in Shona and English, Charles Mungoshi is Zimbabwe's finest and most versatile writer. His life project has been to interrogate the notion of family.

Past
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Nov 07, 2020

The prolific Chinodya has written a number of striking books, most notably 'Dew in the Morning', an exploration of an idyllic rural boyhood; the sophisticated 'Strife,' in which sins from the pre-colonial past cast shadows into the present; and the rich and varied short-story collection 'Can We Talk?'

Company
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Nov 07, 2020

Zimbabwe is an unusual case study in African colonialism in that it was invaded by a private company under Royal Charter.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

I see myself in public service in Zimbabwe. I would prefer an advisory role - cabinet secretary, minister of trade or the arts, or something like that. I don't want to be just a writer.

Food
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Nov 07, 2020

I was one of the first six black kids to integrate a formerly all-white school. I remember being looked at all the time and people laughing at my hair. I was also very self-conscious about the food I had for lunch. I had egg sandwiches, and the other mothers gave kids fancy stuff like bologna and Marmite. It took about a year to settle in.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I wonder why people commit crimes that are premeditated - to gain love, because of hatred, or for financial reasons.

Night
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Nov 07, 2020

I actually don't sleep much; I only need about four hours a night.

Nov 07, 2020

Publishing can be a cliquish and incestuous business; it is not uncommon for writers from the same agencies and publishers to review each other.

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