Of the stories written by Petina Gappah that I have read, there are some whose narrator luxuriates in the musicality of language, introducing an ease in narration only exemplified in few instances in Zimbabwean literature. The few instances can be found in Charles Mungoshi, Memory Chirere, Yvonne Vera, and of course, now, Petina Gappah, who … Continue reading A Moment in Gappah’s “The Annexe Shuffle” →

Zimbabwe has ceased to make sense to most people. They have wondered how people could exist in a country where the perecentage of inflation is in the billions, and bread costs millions. Economists don't even understand in what ways Zimbabwe is a useful case study anymore.  But there is one place you can always count … Continue reading Christopher Mlalazi Wins the NAMA →