Who Will Bury You? Short stories from Zimbabwe about women who refuse to be easily defined

By Gibson Ncube, Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University

Zimbabwe-born, Canada-based Chido Muchemwa’s debut short story collection, Who Will Bury You?, was published late in 2024 and immediately attracted the right kind of attention.

Here was an unexpected range of themes: queer identity, dislocation in the diaspora, the lingering complexities of family and cultural belonging. The 12 stories, set between Zimbabwe and Canada,…

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~	Fear of crime is a useful political tool, even if the data doesn’t back it up

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