Short Writings from Bulawayo III

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Description

Short Writings from Bulawayo won the Literature in English category at the 2005 Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association awards. It is a book of stories, poems and non-fiction pieces that are evocative of Zimbabwe's second city and its rural surroundings. The collection from 23 contributors tells of many things: of family and friendship, or fear and death, or witches and spirits, of hunger and drought, of dreams and aspirations, of leaving home and leaving Zimbabwe, of queues and loneliness, of football and bicycles and of growing old and of love. A unifying theme of many of the stories and poems is loss - of innocence, of purpose, of love, of culture, of belonging, and of life.

Sujets

• Literature

Informations

• Publié par: amabooks
• Date de parution: 15 août 2006
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780797443358
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Short Writings from Bulawayo III

Short Writings from Bulawayo III

Edited by Jane Morris

’amaBooks

ISBN 0797431314

This collection: ’amaBooks, 2006

Each contribution remains the copyright of the author

Published by ’amaBooks P.O. Box AC1066, Ascot, Bulawayo email: [e-mail], [e-mail]

Typeset by ’amaBooks Printed by Automation Business Forms, Bulawayo

Cover painting: ‘We Shall Rise’ by Owen Maseko ([e-mail])

’amaBooks would like to express their thanks to HIVOS for making this publication possible.

Drinking with Hitler, by Owen Sheers, was previously published in his collectionSkirrid HillCopyright © 2005 Owen Sheers., Seren, 2005. Reproduced by permission of the author c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN. This work is copyright and has been recorded for the sole use of people with print disabilities. No unauthorised broadcasting, public performance, copying or rerecording is permitted.

The Road, by Cornelus Sanders, was previously published inThe Lancet, December 2005.

The Jazz Goblin, by Brian Chikwava, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

The Boy with a Crooked Head

The Rhythm of Life

Cain and Abel

Sonnet with One Unstated Line

Your Burden

The Concert

Butterflies Drift into the Edges of our City Life

The Ambulance

Paying to Die Hands Ode to Departed Writers

Jock Sherlaw

Uncle Benny A Secret Place id i

A Matter of Statistics

Drinking with Hitler

Contents

Thabisani Ndlovu

Bryony Rheam

Raisedon Baya

John Eppel

Farai Mpofu

Mzana Mthimkhulu

John S. Read

Catherine Buckle

Ignatius Mabasa

Mary Ndlovu

Albert Nyathi

Pete Hutton

Mathew Chokuwenga

Jason Emde

Christopher Mlalazi

Wim Boswinkel

Owen Sheers

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Forgiveness

Another Day Pay Day Native

Tearing the Curtain

Home Sweet Home

Itekiya The Matriarch

The Harare Hermit

The Road

The Silent Prince

The Request

Metaphysica

The Jazz Goblin and His Rhythm

One by One My Leaves Fall

Contributors

Diana Charsley

Albert Gumbo

Pentecost Mate

David Goodwin

Bhekilizwe Dube

John Eppel

Godfrey M. Sibanda

Wendy Blakeley

Tinashe Mushakavanhu

Cornelus Sanders

Pathisa Nyathi

Adrian Ashley

Deon Marcus

Brian Chikwava

Judy Maposa

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