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Zimbabwe

by Tapiwa Mugabe · 2013

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Zimbabwe gathers the poems of a writer born in that country who now lives in the United Kingdom. These are her first published verses, and they carry a strong, confident voice shaped by a life lived between places and cultures. The collection belongs to a wave of work by young African writers and artists of the millennial generation, a movement that is changing how the continent is seen and heard. Readers will find poetry that is bold in its images and direct in its concerns, placing the author's own experience within a larger current of contemporary creative energy.

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Audience
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Length
short · 84 pages
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