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Zimbabwean poet Togara Muzanenhamo's third collection captures events and stories told through the twentieth century, encased beneath an ancient, fragile sky.
Togara Muzanenhamo was born in Zambia and brought up in Zimbabwe. He has published two collections of poetry, Spirit Brides and Gumiguru. He has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Alderburgh First Collection Prize and the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry.
* Third collection by a leading contemporary African poet. * Currently lives in Zimbabwe but writes of the wider cultures of Africa. * Previous collection Gumiguru (2014) was runner-up for the 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry. * These poems capture events and stories told through a fast evolving century encased beneath an ancient, fragile sky. * Weather and the memory of wind are the keys to unlocking the twentieth century. * Events include the decimation of whole villages in northern Cameroon in 1986, the 1921 World Championship chess matches in Cuba, and the 1911 Japanese Antarctic Expedition. * He has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Alderburgh First Collection Prize and the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry.
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