Traces the ways in which the African oral story-telling tradition survived in several forms within the narrative interstices of the Zimbabwean black novel in English. Analyses the works of eight well-known Zimbabwean writers (including Wilson Katiyo, Chenjerai Hove, Charles Mungoshi and Yvonne Vera) and reveals ways in which they use Zimbabwes oral story-telling traditions to communicate views on resistance to authoritarian ideas. Index, 130pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Extended interview recorded in May 1987, a few weeks before Marechera's untimely death, in which he talks about death, politics, paranoia and the impulses that informed his writing. Bib, 39pp, AUSTRALIA. DANGAROO PRESS.

Comprises critical essays, letter extracts, notes and fragments from Marachera himself and appraisals by critics, reports and reviews, extracts from obituaries and tributes. A huge array of primary and secondary sources providing a picture of his life & work. 284pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

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Collection of essays that reflects the wide variety of readers Dangarembga has attracted: those interested in questions of gender, nationalism, postcolonialism, public health, systems of education, African Literature; or more narrowly, readers interested in Zimbabwean literature and cultural production in neocolonial Africa. Notes, bib, index, xix, 360pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

An introduction to writers - Tsitsi Dangarembga, Vivienne Ndlovu and Chenjerai Hove - their works, and their treatment of women. Berndt discusses patriarchal cultures, styles and themes drawn from older and newer cultural milieux, violence against women and children, female sexuality and historical developments and the development of a new female identity. Index, bib, 285pp, GERMANY. BAYREUTH AS.

Essays examining the ideals and concepts of manhood in key Zimbabwean literary texts. Literature provides a rich vein for the analysis of Zimbabwean masculinities, and these literary studies are interspersed with chapters that provide critical examinations of the ways in which ideals of manhood have been employed in leadership and the nation, as a justification for violent engagement, and in the field of HIV/AIDS. Index, 194pp, ZIMBABWE. WEAVER PRESS.

Contends that most books on Marechera focus on the man, and seeks to redress the balance by being the first full-length study of his oeuvre to be published. Notes, index, xi, 272pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Examines the complete opus of the late Yvonne Vera as well as texts by Chenjerai Hove, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nozipo Maraire, Shimmer Chinidya and Alexander Kanengoni, against the backdrop of contemporary politics and literary history. The culmination of nine-years of research. Index, 241pp, UK. I B TAURIS.

A comprehensive study of the growth of the Shona novel and related genres since 1956. Includes a dictionary of selected character's names. Bib, 309pp, ZIMBABWE. MAMBO PRESS.

Critical essays looking at the writing of Yvonne Vera, one of Zimbabwe's most important writers to have emerged during the nineties. Bib, notes, xvi, 236pp, ZIMBABWE. WEAVER PRESS.

The book scrutinizes Shona literature produced between 1956, when the first novel was published and 1980 when Zimbabwe gained political independence. 261pp, notes, bib. ZIMBABWE. MAMBO PRESS.

Based on a survey of 96 writers, this book provides social, linguistic, educational and other information on writers and brings together some of the discussion from a writers conferance held at tat the University of Zimbabwe. 171pp, 1993. BAYREUTH A S.

A study of Zimbabwe's theatrical infrastructures, its historical and ideological heritages, its diversity and the styles of theatrical production. Includes an indepth analysis of five different recent productions with special attention paid to the role of music, song, dance and mime. Index, 290pp, GERMANY. BAYREUTH A S.

Now in paperback. A collection of Doris Lessing's best essays. Touching on a wide variety of themes, topics include Olive Schreiner, Zimbabwe, political awakenings, the best books to come out of Africa, 9/11, the Opera, Jane Austen and many more. 376pp, UK. HARPER PERENNIAL.

A consideration of the relationships between Zimbabwe's creative literature, his-tory and politics, assuming that literature and culture cannot be understood sepa-rately from larger social trends. The contributors focus on pluralities, inclusiveness and the breaking of boundaries, and elucidate how literary texts are betraying multiple versions and opinions of Zimbabwe, arguing that only a multiplicity of opinions on Zimbabwe can do the complexity of the society and history justice. In-dividual cha late Yvonne Vera; and Alexandra Fuller. Also, works of literature, autobiography, history and memoir, questions of race in literature. contributors in-clude Annie Gagiano, Caroline Rooney, Tommy Matshakayile-Ndlovu and Terence Ranger. 280pp, ZIMBABWE. WEAVER PRESS..

Collection of essays on Zimbabwean literature bringing together studies of both Rhodesian and Zimbabwean literature, spanning different languages and genres. It charts the at times painful process of the evolution of Rhodesian/ Zimbabwean identities that was shaped by pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial realities. Two essays focus on the literature of the white settler: the first distils the essence of white settlers alienation from the Africa they purport to civilize, revealing the delusional fixations of the racist mindset that permeates the discourse of the white man's burden in imperial narratives; the second takes up the theme of alienation found in settler discourse, showing how the collapse of the white supremacists' dream when southern African countries gained independence left many settlers caught up in a profound identity crisis. Four essays are devoted to Ndebele writing. They focus on the praise poetry composed for kings Mzilikazi and Lobengula; the preponderance of historical themes in Ndebele literature; the dilemma that lies at the heart of the modern Ndebele identity; and the fossilized views on gender roles found in the works of leading Ndebele novelists, both female and male. The essays on English-language writing chart the predominantly negative view of women found in the fiction of Stanley Nyamfukudza, assess the destabilization of masculine identities in post-colonial Zimbabwe, evaluate the complex vision of life and reality in Charles Mungoshi's short stories as exemplified in the tragic isolation of many of his protagonists, and explore Dambudzo Marechera’s obsession with isolated, threatened individuals in his hitherto generally neglected dramas. The development of Shona writing is surveyed in two articles: the first traces its development from its origins as a colonial educational tool to the more critical works of the post-1980 independence phase; the second turns the spotlight on written drama from 1968 when plays seemed divorced from the everyday realities of peoples lives to more recent work which engages with corruption and the perversion of the moral order. The volume also includes an interview with Irene Staunton, the former publisher of Baobab Books and now of Weaver Press. 244pp, NETHERLANDS. RODOPI.