Table of Contents

Mbongeni Z. MALABA: Introduction
Anthony CHENNELLS: Great Zimbabwe in Rhodesian Fiction
John MCALLISTER: Knowing Native, Going Native: – Cognitive Borderlines and the Sense of Belonging in Doris Lessing’s African Laughter and Dan Jacobson’s The Electronic Elephant
Bevelyn DUBE: Representing the Past in the Present: – The Timelessness of the Ndebele Royal Praises
Alena RETTOVÁ: Inkos’ uLobengula yasinyamalala: – The Attitude to Tradition in Ndebele Theoretical Writing
Samukele HADEBE: The Significance of Ndebele Historical Fiction
Tommy MATSHAKAYILE–NDLOVU: The Changing Roles of Women in siNdebele Literature
Mbongeni Z. MALABA: The Portrayal of Women in Stanley Nyamfukudza’s Works
Patricia ALDEN: Coming Unstuck: – Masculine Identities in Postcolonial Zimbabwean Fiction
Owen S. SEDA: The Fourth Dimension: Dambudzo Marechera as a Dramatist – An Analysis of Two Plays
Emmanuel M. CHIWOME: Modern Shona Literature as a Site of Struggle 1956–2000
Kennedy CHINYOWA: From a “Puny Domesticity” to Topical Commitment: – Trends in the Development of Shona Written Drama Since 1968
Rosemary GRAY: “Spirit of Place”: – Mungoshi’s Rolling World
Virginia PHIRI: The Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF)
Annelie KLOTHER: “You need to have the idea, the vision, and the passion”: – An Interview with Irene Staunton
Geoffrey V. DAVIS: Words of Praise for Yvonne Vera: – On the Occasion of the Award of the LiBeratur Prize For Her Novel Butterfly Burning in German Translation Under the Title Schmetterling in Flammen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 6 October 2002
Book Reviews by Meg SAMUELSON and Christine MATZKE
Notes on Contributors and Editors
Notes for Contributors

About the Author

Mbongeni Z. Malaba teaches at the University of Namibia in Windhoek. Geoffrey Davis is at the University of Aachen in Germany.

Contributors: Patricia Alden; Anthony Chennells; Kennedy Chinyowa; Emmanuel Chiwome; Geoffrey Davis; Bevelyn Dube; Rosemary Gray; Samukele Hadebe; Annelie Klother; Mbongeni Malaba; Tommy Matshakayile-Ndlovu; Christine Matzke; John McAllister; Virginia Phiri; Alena Rettová; Meg Samuelson; Owen Seda; Irene Staunton.