Chirikure Chirikure, an accomplished poet and main curator of the annual Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) spoken wordprogramme, is satisfied with the growth of the poetry segment since ...

Zimbabweans are leaving their mark in the world of blogs and other social media tools. Zimbabwean blogger, poet, playwright and writing instructor, Mcgini Nyoni, is not an exception. Mcgini is the ...

Zimbabwean poet Chioniso Tsikisayi has published her debut collection, Blood Joy, through Carnelian Heart Publishing, ...

(MISA/IFEX) – Poet Sikumbuzo Dube faces a one-year prison sentence and a Z$20,000 (approx. US$370, £250) fine for writing and reciting a poem ridiculing President Robert Mugabe. Ridiculing the ...

According to Plato, “At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” But we’d wager the misery of a breakup has spawned much more passionate rhymes. Literature is a greedy beast who feeds on human ...

The death in Norway last month of Zimbabwe writer and activist Chenjerai Hove rocked the African literary world. Hove, who was 59, went into exile in 2001. He had been a critic of the government of ...