Source: Culture Fund newsletter The Government of Sweden through the Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust awarded the Harare City Library over USD 1 million. The library renovations will be initiated this year. On Thursday December 6, 2012, the project was… read more
Archived posts, January, 2013
Zimbabwe needs more pulp fiction projects to boost reading culture
There is always a demand for pulp fiction, movies etc. One can expect it in any half-way economically sensible country. The inability of a country like Zimbabwe to produce cheap romances is partly an indicator of the state of publishing and… read more
Women Writers in Zimbabwe
reprinted from Panorama, by Tinashe Mushakavanhu Zimbabwean literature largely remains a male playground filled with a lot of testosterone and defined by patriarchal values and attitudes. Tracing the history of writing in Zimbabwe from the 1960s and 1970s, there is… read more
Textbook piracy is burgeoning in Zimbabwe
reprinted from the Sowetan Books have become cheaper for cash-strapped but education-hungry Zimbabweans, yet publishers and writers are seeing their earnings evaporate due to burgeoning book piracy. Fledgling publisher Edmund Masundire is weighing whether to release new titles under a… read more
The rise of cheap tablets could be a solution for educating Zimbabwe
By Christopher Mims, Source: QZ.com In India, Suneet Tuli hopes his startup Datawind will educate every schoolchild through the world’s cheapest functional tablet computer. Tuli’s company is selling the seven-inch Aakash 2 tablet computer to the Indian government for distribution to 100,000… read more
MDG Indaba for educationalists in Bulawayo (Dec 12-13)
Regional Indaba On Fulfilling The Millennium Development Goals On Education (MDG2) in Matabeleland: Regional Centre for Social Responsibility Venue: NUST Bulawayo Date: December 12-13 Theme: ‘Corporate Social Responsibility In Action: Count Me In’ The purpose of the Indaba (the first… read more
Green revolutionist Chris Magadza on Zimbabwean poetry and non-reading UZ students
reprinted from Poetry International Web Franziska Kramer of Weaver Press interviews poet Chris Magadza, “a man whose life has served as a barometer of Zimbabwe’s more recent history.” FK: Your personal and professional background is multi-layered: you are an academic… read more
Zimbabwean children story-writing and drawing competition (deadline: Nov 30)
Open Invitation by the International Liaison office of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum, London. We are inviting all Zimbabwean children to commemorate the International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2012 with us through story and drawing competition. Background information… read more