"You know you will disappear. Like you’re causing trouble. You can’t go to the village and start asking these sorts of questions without causing trouble. Many activists in Zimbabwe have, you know, disappeared or paid the price. But for me the structure of House of Stone mirrors exactly what you’re talking about… the difficulty of excavating history"
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"Women bring a subversive perspective" - Author Novuyo Rosa Tshuma on Zimbabwean literature,25 March 2024
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Novuyo Tshuma
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (28 January 1988) is a Zimbabwean writer and professor of creative writing. She is the author of Shadows, a novella and House of Stone, a novel. Tshuma was born and grew up in Bulawayo, a major city in Zimbabwe. She completed her high-school education at Girls' College, Bulawayo.
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