Petina Gappah shares updates on her upcoming Marechera play. Early this month, she announced that she was writing a play on “the 1982 banning and unbanning” of Dambudzo Marechera’s novel, Black Sunlight. The play, which is also titled Black Sunlight, is now completed. In a tweet announcing the completion, Petina reveals that she sacrificed three […]
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Petina Gappah to Write Play About the Censorship History of Dambudzo Marechera’s Novel Black Sunlight
Petina Gappah recently announced that she was writing a play that focuses on “the 1982 banning and unbanning” of Dambudzo Marechera’s novel, Black Sunlight. The play, also titled Black Sunlight, will explore the themes of “censorship, writing, and the nature of creativity” and will be framed through “a Mozart/Salieri style rivalry.” My play examines censorship, writing […]
Six Great Zimbabwean Novels, from Classic to Contemporary
It’s Zimbabwe’s Independence Day! To mark the occasion, we’ve picked six novels that showcase the richness of Zimbabwean literature. Some of these are classics of the African literary canon; the more contemporary ones have received numerous accolades. Which of these have you read? The House of Hunger (1978), by Dambudzo Marechera The House of Hunger is […]
Dambudzo Marechera’s The House of Hunger Out in Chinese
The iconic Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera’s The House of Hunger has been translated into Chinese. First published in 1978 as part of Heinemann’s African Writers Series, the book is a collection of a novella and nine satellite short stories, and has widely been noted as a commentary on the author’s own troubled, tragically short life. […]
Zimbabwean Mapping Project Documents the Movements of Dambudzo Marechera in Harare
An unusual mapping project has documented the movements of Dambudzo Marechera in Harare. “Home Means Nothing to Me,” published in the June 2018 issue of Chimurenga’s The Chronic titled “The Invention of Zimbabwe,” is the brainchild of three Zimbabwean creatives: Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, and Simba Mafundikwa. Their work was shortlisted for the 2018 Brittle Paper Award for […]
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