Children Writing Zimbabwe: An Anthology

Recently we read about a very successful Cover to Cover children's short story competition held in Zimbabwe. The range of talent in the writings led one judge, Ruby Magosvongwe, to label Zimbabwe a short story country. Well, those stories have been edited into an anthology entitled Children Writing Zimbabwe, which is to be launched on Monday, December 15.

The competition and book are moderated by The Standard newspaper, and sponsored in part by agencies like the British Council and others. The editors of the book are Memory Chirere, Ruby Magosvongwe, and Jerry Zondo. When your project has the approval stamp of these three scholars, you know you are up to something big. Congratulations, young Zimbabwean writers!

Comments

Masibanda said…
Hi Emmanuel

That sounds fantastic. I am also planning to carry out a short story competition for young writers in Zimbabwe as well. Here in Coventry I am working with children from across Africa to put up an anthology of African tales.

I can see you are doing a great jobs encouraging us to discover our voices.
December 16, 2008 at 4:59 AM
Emmanuel Sigauke said…
Thanks Saru. I thought the idea of the book was great too, because children have something to say too about the Zim situation.
December 16, 2008 at 7:27 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

FREEDOM, a poem on South Africa by Afzal Moolla

Freedom The shackles have been cast off. Chains broken. People once squashed, under the jackboot of Apartheid, are free. Free at last! Freedom came on the 27th day in that April, 1994. Freedom from prejudice. From institutionalised racism. From being relegated to second-class citizenship. Freedom came and we danced. We cried. We ululated as we elected our revered Mandela. President Nelson Mandela. Our very own beloved 'Madiba'. Black and white and brown and those in-between, All hues of this rainbow nation, rejoiced as we breathed in the air of freedom and democracy. Today we pause. We remember. We salute. The brave ones whose sacrifices made this day possible, on that 27th day of April, 18 years ago. Today we dance. We sing. We ululate. We cry. Tears of joy and tears of loss. Of remembrance and of forgiveness. Of reconciliation and of memories. Today we pause. We acknowledge the tasks ahead. The hungry. The naked. The destitut...
Read more

Importance of African Languages in African Literature

Once in a while, I check  the search engines terms that are driving the most traffic to my blog, Wealth of Ideas, and the searches are often revealing of what kinds of information people are looking for  at any time. Today, of the several interesting ones,  "the importance of African languages in African literature" stood out. It's a topic I too am passionate about. I have written about it before in a post entitled " Language in African Literature ", but even this doesn't begin to cover the most important facts about the issue. Perhaps one day I will write treatise on the topic of language in African literature, and mini posts like this are my way of mapping a project description. But now let's go to some serious stuff on African languages in African Literature. Let me start by saying that I am annoyed by glossaries. Their intent seems to be to appeal to a foreign audience, or, most importantly, to any speakers for whom the glossaried language is for...
Read more

Abuja Writers' Forum Call for Submissions

Wordsbody has announced the following call for submissions: CAVALCADE literary journal, devoted to publishing original stories, poems,one-act plays, reviews, critical essays and art from an African perspective,will debut in October 2008 with a special edition. The tri-annual journal, a project of the Abuja Writers' Forum (AWF), is now seeking submissions for the second and third editions. Deadline: October 30, 2008 See more details here: Contribute to Cavalcade.
Read more