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Below is Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, and filmmakerTsitsi Dangarembgas list.

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In gentle, patient prose, Ogwang dissects the commonalities that override class differences amongst women in contemporary Africa.

This look from within the culture at the damage young mens initiation can do is immensely courageous and honest.

Azotus: The Kingdomis a quietly compelling gem of African speculative fiction.

An Image in the Mirror, by Ijangolet S Ogwang

This is the delightfully whimsical tale of a Dolly Parton lookalike called Genie.

Mda celebrates the healing power of tenderness and love in this triumphant, wonderfully moving work.

Enticed by the promise of easy money and thrills, he becomes a gang member in a Durban township.

A Man Who is Not a Man, by Thando Mgqolozana

It is a novel of the pernicious social breakdown without relief which besets too many African states.

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