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Bookshelf


Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga
"To be a feminist while black and female in Zimbabwe is to live at the epicentre of structural racism and a brutal militarised patriarchy...
Rutendo Chichaya
7 min read


Tomorrow I Become A Woman by Aiwanose Odafen
“And I felt it again - that nameless thing that flowed between us. A puppet of the strings of invisible hands waiting for something to...
Rutendo Chichaya
7 min read


3:15 am and Other Stories by Rudo D. M. Manyere
“Even after thirty odd years since our liaison came to an end, she still makes my heart flutter under my chest.” page 13 3:15am and Other...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Just As I Am: A Memoir by Cicely Tyson and Michelle Burford
“I am not one to feel as if I have arrived, for even at age ninety-six, I am still arriving.” (Page 175) Last year I made a decision to...
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
“Once I went to live among strangers and I learned what it was like to lose yourself. To feel the fragments flying off you. As if your...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
“What I have realized since is that those moments of feeling alive are part of a continuum. You find that moment. You bask in it. Then as...
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read


Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
If she were to listen to her stomach she’d have long ceased eating, but then this isn’t really an issue of the stomach at all. And it’s...
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


On The Road Again by Freedom T. V. Nyamubaya
It’s the simplicity, clarity and powerful message that leave a mark. The message is relevant now as it was then in 1986.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Bless the Daughter Raised By a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head is Warsan Shire’s first full collection and it’s loaded.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Bringing Us Back by Mercy Dhliwayo
Bringing us Back is a collection of heart aching stories, so you need all your strength ready as you prepare to read this one.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Soweto Stories by Miriam Tlali
My first book of the year is ‘Soweto Stories’ by Miriam Tlali published in 1989 by Pandora Press.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


For Women Trying to Breathe and Failing (It’s Not Your Fault) by Batsirai Chigama
In Batsirai Chigama’s latest offering there is a voice that says, do not be still, you can not sit still while your world burns around you..
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Bantu Knots by Lebo Mazibuko
In her debut novel Lebo Mazibuko ushers us into the world of Naledi, Dineo and Norah (Mama). These three people are tied by blood ...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Souls of Forgotten Queens by Chengeto Mayowe
‘Souls of Forgotten Queens’ is a poetry anthology by Chengeto Mayowe that speaks to victory, rebirth and reclamation of power.
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3 min read


Harare Streets by Tau Tawengwa
I enjoyed the fact that although the story is fictionalized it is based on actual research of the underground life on the streets of Harare.
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3 min read
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