Books & Literature
Chenjerai Hove
author whose works
target the human heart
Reward Mushayabasa, London
C
henjerai Hove is who the leading
literary luminaries to emerge out
of Zimbabwe since the country’s
independence in 1980, is to Zimbabwe,
what Chinua Achebe is to the Nigerians.
Now exiled in Norway, Hove spends
most of his time on the lecture circuit
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giving presentations on creative writing
in Europe and the United States of
America (USA).
Hove was born in Mazvihwa near
Zvishavane in 1956 and holds university
degrees in English and Education obtained
from the University of South Africa
(UNISA) and University of Zimbabwe. On
completion of his education, Hove worked
The Parade - Zimbabwe’s Most Read Lifestyle Magazine
for several years as a teacher. He later
joined a publishing house as an editor. It
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