Dozens of young writers were published first at Weaver Press, which believed in fiction as a way of telling the truth.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
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Variations of English names reveal the enduring effects of British rule - but there’s also a return to tradition.
Writers have challenged oppression, exposed social injustices and advocated for political change.
Novelist Petina Gappah’s call for translators on Facebook has resulted in the publication of Chimurenga Chemhuka.
Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.
There is a thriving counter-current of transnational African literary life that confounds rather than caters to an international taste for “digestible” fiction.
