Controversial Zimbabwean Author's Legacy Lives On
Controversial, outspoken and talented is probably the best way to describe Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera's life and work, which is still a cult icon to aspiring young writers in Zimbabwe and abroad.
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Zambia:
The Undying Legacy of Dambudzo Marechera
IPS, 29 August 2012
Legendary and controversial Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera, who once famously told people to let him write and drink his beer, has been dead for 25 years. However, interest… Read more »
Author Dambudzo Marechera
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Zimbabwe:
Drum Beat - Marechera - Views From the Grave
Zimbabwe Standard, 21 July 2012
It is reported that in 1978, Dambudzo Marechera heckled Robert Mugabe when he addressed his nationalist compatriots at the Africa Centre in London. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
What Would Have Been Different?
The Herald, 26 March 2012
What would have been different if he had written a will? 'Which one of you bastards is Death?' Dambudzo, I am sitting by your bed watching you die. I have never seen anyone die… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Me, Dambudzo - a Personal Essay
The Herald, 19 March 2012
Now it is I who is getting impatient, while he dithers. He needs another beer and a third or fourth, before we timidly ask for a room. Even more embarrassing: "For how long? Half… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Continue Marechera Research - Scholars
Zimbabwe Standard, 30 May 2009
ENIGMATIC Dambudzo Marechera might not have been at Oxford conference held in his honour, but as in life he pulled many from around the world all seeking to discover the complex… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Marechera 'Returns' to Oxford
Zimbabwe Standard, 16 May 2009
NEARLY four decades after it expelled him, Oxford University is this weekend celebrating enigmatic writer Dambudzo Marechera. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Marechera Enigma Lives On
Zimbabwe Standard, 24 January 2009
Two decades after Dambudzo Marechera's passing, his influence still seems larger than life in the literary circles. Read more »