Chenjerai Hove

This elder poet is to many, a Zimbabwean national treasure, an articulate, prolific writer, a highly informed and passionate commentator. In the words of Irene Staunton, Zimbabwe’s representative for Poetry Web International ‘Chenjerai Hove’s four volumes of poetry reflect the progression of his ideas and experiences from the hot anger and challenge to colonial repression, through the scrupulous observation of the effects of liberation war on rural communities, to disillusion and bitterness over the failure of the new government’s promises. Hove’s writing is infused with his belief in the people for whom he bears witness, and informed by the pain of injustice.’

BIOGRAPHY

Chenjerai Hove born February 9, 1956, is a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist.  He was educated... More >

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