Late Zimbabwean Writer Remembered

The death in Norway last month of Zimbabwe writer and activist Chenjerai Hove rocked the African literary world. Hove, who was 59, went into exile in 2001. He had been a critic of the government of President Robert Mugabe. Fellow writers and readers agree Hove combined masterful literary technique with patriotism and a passion for justice. Chenjerai Hove was born to a village chief in rural Rhodesia in 1956.He was deeply horrified by the violence he witnessed during the 13-year war...

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