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Makeba: My Story by Miriam Makeba with James Hall
The nineteen chapters in this book are evidence of this hope, determination and song in her life. Two things that strike me about Makeba ...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Elizabeth Musodzi and the Birth of African Feminism in Early Colonial Zimbabwe by Tsuneo Yoshikuni
Here is a story of a woman who refused to be confined to her home to play out the traditional script of a woman belonging to the kitchen ...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Not My Time To Die by Yolande Mukagasana
‘Not My Time To Die’ is a memoir by Yolande Mukagasana, a Rwandan nurse who retells her truth about the 1994 genocide. In this book she ...
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read


A Review of Ellen Kuzwayo’s Call Me Woman
The book is divided into three parts (Soweto, My Road To Soweto, Patterns Behind the Struggle) and eighteen chapters.
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Thoughts on Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Muta Maathai
Unbowed is a biography of Wangari Muta Maathai, an honest read of one woman’s experience of life. Wangari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Rutendo Chichaya
2 min read


Thoughts on I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone with Stephen Cleary
This is the story of Nina Simone the Freedom Singer who refused to be shoved into boxes such as jazz, pop, classical, folk or blues.
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


A Reflection of Zimbabwe in Gather the Children by Batsirai Chigama
Gather the Children is an anthology of fifty poems written by Batsirai E. Chigama.
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems by Alice Walker
Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems is an anthology of poems collected from 1965- 1990. In over one hundred and fifty poems...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Verses of Bold Resistance in No Roses From My Mouth by Dr Stella Nyanzi
No Roses From My Mouth is a collection of about one hundred and fifty poems. The collection is divided into three volumes which address ...
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Uprooted by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure
UPROOTED is an anthology made up of about seventy poems which address and explore issues of displaced immigrants and refugees living in ...
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read


Reflecting the Moments in Nikki Giovanni’s Collected Poetry (1968 -1998)
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni is an anthology that features her early poems, these poems were written between 1968 and 1998.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks
This is a highly charged collection of selected poems from various works. A collection that tackles so many issues that affected ...
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read


Brass Neck by Victoria Naa Takia Nunoo
In this anthology Nunoo writes about owning desire, discovering sensuality, belonging, tragedy, tenderness and self love.
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read


Memory & Burping Justice in Koleka Putuma’s Collective Amnesia.
Reading Koleka Putuma’s poetry felt like being immersed in a sermon on every page. A baptism of reality to a society that ...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Twenty Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing
The twenty short stories in this book make up a beautiful collection. The introduction by Ben Okri is befitting, enlightening, comforting
Rutendo Chichaya
2 min read
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