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,...

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...