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Q&A : The Desire To Be An Outsider
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 11 days ago
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There was nothing left but stains, bloodstains and fragments of flesh... Dambudzo Marechera, House of Hunger Marechera died in 1987 at the age of just 35, but the handful of slender novels, short stories and poems he left behind continue to hold the imaginations...
Tags: House of Hunger Marechera, Dambudzo Marechera, Marechera Celebration, Zimbabwean, University of Zimbabwe, short stories, Rhodesia, Oxford, female students, Mindblast, Zimbabwe, Harare
Dambudzo Marechera's Influence on Contemporary Zimbabwean Fiction
Over at Ivor W.Hartmann's Facebook fan page, some Zimbabwean writers and readers are remembering Dambudzo Marechera (June, 1952-August, 1987). The man has had a profound influence on Zimbabwean literature, and a lot of the contemporary writers in would...
Tags: dambudzo marechera, zimbabwean fiction, african literature, christopher mlalazi, memory chirere, petina gappah, brian chikwava
Munyori Literary Journal to Feature an Interview with Memory Chirere, Zimbabwean Writer
The next issue of Munyori Literary Journal will feature interviews on the recent Dambudzo Marechera Festival at Oxford. Among the writers interviewed is Memory Chirere, who presented a paper on the influence of Marechera on University of Zimbabwe undergratuate...
Tags: emmanuel sigauke, memory chirere, dambudzo marechera, zimbabwean literature
Books of Gold and Munyori discuss African Literature
Below is dialogue that has begun in response to a questionnaire on African literature I posted a week ago. memole, who blogs at Books of Gold, sets us off with this very good comment, which I think deserves highlighting: The first one is not a silly...
Tags: african literature, chinua achebe, books for gold, memole, dambudzo marechera, Nadine Gordimer, coetzee, andre brink
Munyori Lit (June/July) to Feature Several Interviews on Dambudzo Marechera
The Dambudzo Marechera conference took place on from May 15 to 17 at Oxford University at an event that has been described as the university's way of reclaiming an African poet that it once rejected. My interviews with Dambudzo Marechera scholars and/or...
Tags: dambudzo marechera, brian chikwava, tinashe Mushakavanhu, Memory Chirere
Marechera in Oxford, Gappah in South Africa: A Zim Lit Weekend
The weekend of May 15 was a busy one for Zimbabwean literature. Scholars from all over the world met at Oxford University to celebrate Dambudzo Marechera's work and life. Noted scholars like Flora Veit-Wild, Memory Chirere, and others presented papers...
Tags: petina gappah, dambudzo marechera, Zimbabwean literature
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