Tag: Land reform

Andrew Chatora on the Faultlines of Nation-Building Andrew Chatora’s 2023 novel, Harare Voices and Beyond, interrogates land, race and nationhood in Zimbabwe. Mukoma Onai picks apart the allegorical layers of the book. By Mukoma Onai | May 1, 2024 Andrew Chatora is a storyteller who hides his stakes in plain sight. The UK-based Zimbabwean novelist gives away the combustibles of his story at the earliest convenience but only names them as they go off in the endgame. Chatora’s books end with a twisted insight that questions our sense of detail and reflows what was already in our face from the beginning. In his debut novella, Diaspora Dreams, we cycle back from the kicker to make sense of the revelation, somehow hinted all along, that the narrator is writing from a menta...

Zimbabwean Writer Andrew Chatora Awarded for Land-Themed Novel in New York Andrew Chatora was recently awarded the Anthem Award for championing diversity, equity and inclusion in his work. Chatora’s winning novel, Harare Voices and Beyond, interrogates Zimbabwe’s land reform discourse as well as drug abuse, mental health crimes, crime and corruption.  By Mukoma Onai | February 5, 2024 Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora was silver recipient at the Anthem Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion held in New York on January 30. A noted crusader of African immigrant literature based in the UK, Chatora was recognized for his 2023 novel, “Harare Voices and Beyond”. Chatora’s novel interrogates landreform discourse and race relations in Zimbabwe. Hollywood no...