Zimbabwean Writing in English - 35 Years On

22 April 2015

Last Saturday, April 18, as Zimbabweans we celebrated 35 years of independence and for writers the moment serves well to reflect on the journey so far travelled. It is a time to celebrate our living and fallen literary heroes. No doubt we should boast of a colossal archive of Zimbabwean literature in the three mostly used languages (English, Shona and Ndebele). There is a vast wealth of local literature to read now than there was before independence when Zim literature was launched in1956.

I have chosen to reflect on Zimbabwean writing in English. The black Zimbabwean writing in English has taken various different dimensions, beginning with an experimental trickle and then bursting the flood gates, becoming more and more dominant as from the 50's.

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