It is an irony that the ­literary journal, Chimurenga, and its younger sibling, the Chimurenga Chronic, are produced in Cape Town. Indeed, that was the first question its founder, Ntone Edjabe, the ...

Let’s begin with the meaning of the word chimurenga. In Shona, the main language spoken in Zimbabwe, it means insurrection. In the history of Zimbabwe, there have been two chimurengas. The first ...

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