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Notes from a Modern Chimurenga Collected Stuggle Stories / Tendai Rinos Mwanaka ; cover art by Tendai Mwanaka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mwanaka, Tendai R., author.
- Series:
- Mmap fiction series
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe : Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, [2020]
- Summary:
- Notes from a Modern Chimurenga is an extensive collection of Zimbabwe's political struggle short stories. It covers: the modern Chimurenga period from the formation of tribal trust lands (The Tortoise); the liberation wars (Zanzibar, Eating Whilst Running); the Gukurahundi massacre (Gukurahundi); the late 1990s democratic struggles pitting ZANUPF against the MDC (The List, Mbuya Chitungwiza, Operation Murambatsvina, Notes from Mai Mujuru's Breast, Breaking the Silence); the individual struggle within this democratic struggle (Mushazhike, Nyadzonya); the resultant migration and exilitic stories (Limpopo Bones, Germinston 1401); the corruption (Nyakasikana, Tree of the Year); the mismanagement of the country, the beatings and killings (Leonard, Karidza, Raising A Cain again); and the continuing democratic struggles.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The List
- ch. 2 The Tortoise
- ch. 3 Zanzibar
- ch. 4 Eating Whilst Running
- ch. 5 Gukurahundi
- ch. 6 Mushazhike
- ch. 7 Breaking The Silence
- ch. 8 Nyadzonya
- ch. 9 Mr. Zimyama
- ch. 10 Mbuya Chitungwiza
- ch. 11 A Look In The Mirror
- ch. 12 The Dark Haired Girls
- ch. 13 Limpopo's Bones
- ch. 14 Germinston 1401
- ch. 15 Chitungwiza
- ch. 16 Operation Murambatsvina
- ch. 17 Notes from Mai Mujuru's breast
- ch. 18 A Hero Of Zeroes
- ch. 19 Nyakasikana
- ch. 20 Hell's Heaven-Sent Refugees
- ch. 21 Raising A Cain Again
- ch. 22 Leonard
- ch. 23 Tree of the Year
- ch. 24 Karidza.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781779296139
- 1779296134
- OCLC:
- 1225546002
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