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Andrew Chatora
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Harare, Zimbabwe
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Harare Voices and Beyond
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2023
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Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories
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Diaspora Dreams
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2021
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Where the Heart Is
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2021
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Charles Mungoshi – Eulogy to Greatness
You brought pure joy to the lecture rooms and classrooms. Always.
Big up Musimuvi, Shava.
When the history of Zimbabwean literature and arts is written, it would be a travesty and undoubtedly leave an indelible lacuna were Charles Mungoshi’s name to be omitted. Even so, I doubt much justice can be done in eulogising a literary giant whose influence transcend the literary scene in Zimbabwe, both
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"Andrew Chatora is angry, and he makes this clear in every piece included in “Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories”. His anger is targeted at the political corruption of Zimbabwean society, at the dire record of Tory politics in Britain in t"
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"Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories is one of those books that comprise an illness present in society called racism, present in the lives of Zimbabweans living in England or/and naturalized, an active disease propagated and promoted by the"
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"By the time I’d finished reading this collection of dark and often extremely disturbing short stories, I felt I’d not only gained huge insights into the challenges faced by each of the characters, but also gained a deeper understanding of conditions "
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“Harare Voices and Beyond is remarkable as a black writer’s handling of Zimbabwe’s land reform from a white perspective...it is a rare writer who will imagine what it is to be on the other side.”
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Enthralling and Completely Immersive... David Chasumba’s latest short story collection sweeps through immigrant lives, racism and moral duplicity. Chasumba is a master of understatement, keenly alert to his society’s flaws and follies without strongar ...more |
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“Criminalising dissent is one conspicuous sign of a failed state.”
― Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories
― Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories
“I am the inheritor of a proud tradition. If contemporaries don’t chase the ghosts of Chinua Achebe, James Baldwin, Charles Mungoshi, Stanlake Samkange, Yvonne Vera and other makers of the great tradition, what are we doing here?”
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“If xenophobia and racism are not the logic of Brexit, I don’t know what other delusions we have to deal with here.”
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“The beauty of writing is that no one can take it away from you. It’s a powerful, liberating force whereby one writes what they want without restriction. I find, when writing, that I’m in my own personal safe space where I navigate fluidly with no fear of failure or judgement.”
― Diaspora Dreams
― Diaspora Dreams
“I am the inheritor of a proud tradition. If contemporaries don’t chase the ghosts of Chinua Achebe, James Baldwin, Charles Mungoshi, Stanlake Samkange, Yvonne Vera and other makers of the great tradition, what are we doing here?”
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“If xenophobia and racism are not the logic of Brexit, I don’t know what other delusions we have to deal with here.”
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“The immigrant experience is a story worth telling, one for which I am willing to stick my neck out above the parapet and share with fellow global citizens.
I will always maintain our stories should never be forgotten. The heroism and the desperate struggles many of our people have had to endure in their adopted homes the world over should forever be kept green in the memory of posterity. This is the remit I seek to achieve in my writing.”
― Diaspora Dreams
I will always maintain our stories should never be forgotten. The heroism and the desperate struggles many of our people have had to endure in their adopted homes the world over should forever be kept green in the memory of posterity. This is the remit I seek to achieve in my writing.”
― Diaspora Dreams
“Go home white man!” I hear that everywhere. Of course I am white. Of course you are black….But can’t we see that we are trapped together by a sad history. Can't it be negotiated amicably now that we agree that we fought each other for too long? Can't a dignified way be found?”
― Harare Voices and Beyond
― Harare Voices and Beyond
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