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This book examines literary developments within the field of childrens literature in Zimbabwe. While the book focuses on different Zimbabwean creative writers of childrens literature, special attention is paid to Stephen Alumendas work. The book argues that Alumenda was a leading artist in Zimbabwean childrens literature. It examines Alumendas contribution to the development of childrens literature in Zimbabwe. It also appreciates Alumendas sensitivity regarding the status of the girl child in Zimbabwean society. The book places him within the larger context of African childrens literature,...

This volume re-centres African women scholars in the discourse on African women and peacebuilding, combining theoretical reflections with case studies in a range of African countries.
The chapters outline the history of African women’s engagement in peacebuilding, introducing new and neglected themes such as youth, disability, and religious peacebuilding, and laying the foundations for new theoretical insights. Providing case studies from across Africa, the contributors highlights the achievements and challenges characterising women’s contributions to peacebuilding on the continent....

The Art of Survival: Depictions of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean in Crisis offers a fresh, interdisciplinary examination of a period against which development in Zimbabwe is often measured, one epitomized by the severe shortages and runaway inflation of 2008. While journalistic stories of the 1998-2008 era often privilege the reductive stories of woe, defeat and crushed hopes, this volume explores how survival was still possible in those circumstances. The book offers insights into how ordinary Zimbabweans battled the odds by making startling innovations in language use to legitimize new...