The Book Café & Mannenberg, Mar 05-14
SPECIALS THIS WEEK
FRI 06, 6-7pm, BOOK CAFÉ HAPPY HOUR! All local beers ‘almost free’!!
with special live mbira performance by MACINTOSH, Bocapa Xposure
winner
SAT 07, 2-5pm, ‘House Of Hunger’ POETRY SLAM “Working together –
Healing the Nation“ Poets register with Mandla before 2pm. A
project by Pamberi Trust, supported by Hivos
SAT 07, 9.30pm, F.L.A.M.E’s WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS – featuring
Prudence Katomene, Edene Timbe and Bernie Bismark on the eve of
International Women’s Day - Come and celebrate! FLAME is a gender
project by Pamberi Trust, supported by HIVOS. (see Press Release below
for more info)
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Visions of ailing men in Chenjerai Hove’s ‘Bones’ & Shimmer Chinodya’s ‘Strife’
Professor Robert Muponde
On Thursday 16 October, the 5.30pm Literary Evening at The Book Café extends a warm welcome to Professor Robert Muponde from the Department of English, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Responding to a long-standing invitation by Pamberi Trust, he will make a presentation based on the work of two of Zimbabwe’s best-loved authors, entitled ‘Visions of Ailing Men in Chenjerai Hove’s Bones and Shimmer Chinodya’s Strife.
The paper seeks to explore the ways in which differently placed dystopian masculinities in the two novels help us to think about an evolving narrative of postcolonial Zimbabwe.
Mr Memory Chirere of the UZ Department of English will chair the ensuing discussion. Read more
