Zimbabwe, she wrote: the women telling their country’s story for a new era
A handful of events, says author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, define her generation. “The war, the HIV crisis, migration and the brain drain, and the creation of the Zimbabwean diaspora.”
They have not been topics that the country’s rulers want spoken of and many who have spoken frankly about Zimbabwe have been imprisoned or persecuted. But a new generation of female novelists is exploring the people, the political problems and the history of this complicated and still fledgling nation.
“I wanted to talk about what had happened. What does 40 years of a postcolonial country look like, and what does 40 years of a postcolonial country look like for says Ndlovu, author of the award-winning “How did that affect our
