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Kristina Rungano (1963– ), first published woman poet in Zimbabwe Joe Ruzvidzo (1979– ), journalist and short-story writer [ 10 ] Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist [Gikandi] [Jahn]
Zimbabwean literature is literature produced by authors from Zimbabwe or in the Zimbabwean Diaspora.The tradition of literature starts with a long oral tradition, was influenced heavily by western literature that influenced multiple countries in the same region such as Malawi and Zambia whereby these three countries have very similar languages and a lot of words seem to be quite similar only ...
The Zimbabwe International Book Fair Association (ZIBFA) is a non-profit making association of professionals from the literary community within and outside Zimbabwe. ZimLA holds a seminar for librarians at the ZIBF which has been regarded as Africa's premier book and publishing trade fair.
Weaver Press is a Zimbabwean independent publisher formed in 1998 in Harare. [1] The press was co-founded by Irene Staunton, who has been credited with "quietly shaping post-independence Zimbabwean literature", [2] with Murray McCartney, and the Press has published many notable African writers.
Sinhala idioms (Sinhala: රූඩි, rūḍi) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language.This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs, which are known as prastā piruḷu (ප්රස්තා පිරුළු) in Sinhala.
With the re-launch of the Lakmini Pahana newspaper in 1934, he became more and more active in socio-cultural activities. [7] During this time, Kumaratunga briefly associated with S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's 'Sinhala Maha Sabha'. Also, during the 'Lakmini Pahana' period, on January 5, 1935, Kumaratunga initiated the establishment of a ten-member ...
"Glory" is a novel that tells the story of a fictional country's journey towards liberation after the downfall of Old Horse, its longtime dictator. Inspired by the real-life coup that ended Robert Mugabe's nearly four-decade rule in Zimbabwe in 2017, the book is a vibrant and imaginative take on a nation in transition, as told by a group of ...
Exception from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of British colonial rule in Sri Lanka. This period saw absorption of several English words into the local language brought about by the ...