Introduction to Zimbabwean literature in English. Rino Zhuwarara

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents Acknowledgements vi 1 Background to Zimbabwean Literature 8 2 Charles Mungoshi: Personal background 27 Coming of the dry season 28 Shadows on the Wall , 29 The Crow 31 The Mountain 33 The Hero , 35 The Setting Sun and the Rolling World 37 The Lift •. ,...,...„• 39 The Ten Shillings „ 41 Coming of the Dry Season 43 SOS fromthe Past 45 The Accident 47 Conclusion . 49 Waiting for the Rain 49 Some kinds of wounds and other stories , 66 Mount of Moriah 66 Who will stop the Dark? .-. , 70 The Brother 73 White Stones and Red Earth , „ 76 Some kinds of Wounds 79 The Victim , •. 82 A Need for Shelter ; 86 The Day the Bread Van Didn't Come 87 The Flood 90 Conclusion 94 Walking still 95 The Hare •. 95 The Homecoming , 99 The Singer at the Wedding 101 Did You Have to Go that Far? 103 Empty House 106 Of Lovers and Wives Ill The Slave Trade 112 Sacrifice 116 The Little Wooden Hut in the Forest 119 Conclusion 124 Stanley Nyamfukudza : Personal Background 128 The Non-Believer's Journey 129 Aftermaths (1983) 142 Boots ." 142 Opting out 143 Crossing the river ....,..'. 145 Lucia 146 Guilt andSorrow 148 Refugees; 149 Aftermaths: 150 The Visitation S. 152 A Fresh Start , 1^.. 153 Settlers 154 Dissident in the family •. 155 Conclusion 157 If God was a woman (1991) 158 The Power of Speech '.'. 158 Curious Cows 159 Eaten Promises 160 Days Without Hope 162 Unkind Monologue 164 Posters on the Wall 166 No Smoke , No Fire ; 168 Other People 170 If God Was a Woman..... 172 Having Been Someone 175 Conclusion .., 178 Dambudzo Marechera : Personal Background 180 House of Hunger 183 Black Sunlight 198 Chenjerai Hove : Personal Background 216 Bones '.".. 217 Tsitsi Dangarembga: Personal Background 235 Nervous Conditions 236 Yvonne Vera: Personal Background 262 Why Don't You Carve Other Animals 262 Boundaries 263 Independence Day 268 The Shoe-Maker 268 Shelling Peanuts 270 It is Hard to Live Alone 272 Moon on the Water, ..' 273 A Thunderstorm 276 Whose Baby Is It? 277 The Bordered Road 278 Getting a Permit 280 Why Don't You Carve Other Animals 282 The Unyielding Circle 285 Ancestral Links 287 During the Ceasefire 290 It Is Over 291 Conclusion 292 Without a name 293 Bibliography 310 Index 317