Two Interviews Featuring Zimbabwean Writers
A Tripartite Dialogue on Zimbabwean Literary Culture: Emmanuel Sigauke, Tinashe Mushakavanhu & Christopher Mlalazi Sentinel Literary Quarterly (SLQ) has published a roundtable discussion featuring Christopher Mlalazi, Tinashe Mushakavanhu, and me. The editor writes, "Three Zimbabwean writers ... discuss the state of Zimbabwean literature, writing from the Diaspora, what is African literature among other literary issues. In this candid roundtable discussion, they question the direct nature of literature and its suitability in chronicling moments of unique political and social significance. In a country like Zimbabwe, which exists to the West as a flurry of news reports and political upheavals, literature attains an importance that it rarely enjoys in Britain or America: it becomes a necessary thing, essential to the survival of the self. A sobering set of first-hand accounts accompanied by revealing anecdotes about writing and reading experiences influenced by the three writer...