Interview with Primrose Dzenga, Zimbabwean Poet
Primrose Dzenga is a gifted poet, author and lifestyle coach born in Wedza, Zimbabwe, in 1982. Her debut biographical book The Unsung Heroine: Auxillia Chimusoro was published by Zimbabwe Women Writers in 2009. She has also published another poetry collection called Destiny in My Hands . Literary journalist Beaven Tapureta (BT) caught up with Primrose Dzenga (PD) to share her thoughts on life and writing. BT: Who is Primrose? PD: Primrose Dzenga is writer and poet born and raised in Wedza, and also lived in Chitungwiza. While writing has always been my life professionally I come from a background of accounts and banking. BT: Was writing The Unsung Heroine as much fun as it looked? PD: It took me two years to research and write the book but two hours before the deadline for submitting the manuscript to the publishers I lost the file. I was not yet very good at saving documents on my laptop. The craziest thing is I rewrote the whole book in a week witho...