Awards

• Winner of K. Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award 2016

Overview

What are the right questions to ask when seeking out the spirit of a nation? In November 2017, the people of Zimbabwe took to the streets in an unprecedented alliance with the military.  Their goal, to restore the legacy of Chimurenga, the liberation struggle, and wrest their country back from over thirty years of Robert Mugabe's rule. In an essay that combines bold reportage, memoir and critical analysis, Zimbabwean novelist and journalist Panashe Chigumadzi reflects on the 'coup that was not a coup', the telling of history and manipulation of time and the ancestral spirits of two women - her own grandmother and Mbuya Nehanda, the grandmother of the nation. '...an extraordinary and thrilling history of Zimbabwe.' - The Guardian

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Chigumadzi successfully nests the intimate charge of her poignant personal story in the sweeping historical account and mythology of Zimbabwe. --Brian Chikwava, author, Harare North Chigumadzi's exploration of personal, family and national history reincarnates in stark, vivid images, many of those interred in the shadows of her country's 'Big Men'. --Tsisti Dangarembga, author, Nervous Conditions An extraordinary and thrilling history of Zimbabwe, culminating in the overthrow of Robert Mugabe. --Guardian

Chigumadzi successfully nests the intimate charge of her poignant personal story in the sweeping historical account and mythology of Zimbabwe. --Brian Chikwava, Harare North * Best Books, Summer 2018 --The Guardian

* Best Books, Summer 2018 --The Guardian Chigumadzi successfully nests the intimate charge of her poignant personal story in the sweeping historical account and mythology of Zimbabwe. --Brian Chikwava, Harare North

Author Information

Panashe Chigumadzi was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, where she is considered one of the most promising young writers of the ‘Born Free’ generation. Her debut novel Sweet Medicine (Blackbird Books) was published in 2015 and won the K. Sello Duiker Literary Award. She is the founding editor of Vanguard magazine, a platform for young black women coming of age in post-apartheid South Africa, and a contributing editor to Johannesburg Review of Books. Her work has featured in The Guardian, The New York Times, Washington Post, Die Zeit and Transition.

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