South African Literary Awards (SALA)
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2016) Winner
Panashe Chigumadzi
パナシェ・チグマジ
Panashe Chigumadzi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1991 （Harare, Zimbabwe）
- Nationality
- Zimbabwean
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Harare, Zimbabwe → South Africa → United States
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist, essayist, novelist
- Active Years
- 2013-2024
- Affiliations
- Founder of VANGUARD, Reporter for CNBC Africa
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of the Witwatersrand | — | unknown | — | — | South Africa |
| Harvard University | — | Hutchins Center for African and African American Research | doctoral student | — | United States |
University of the Witwatersrand
unknown
Country:
South Africa
Part of the Transform Wits Movement
Harvard University
Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
Degree:
doctoral student
Country:
United States
Doctoral student
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award | Sweet Medicine | — | South African Literary Awards | winner |
| 2015 | Ruth First Journalism Fellowship | Why I call myself a 'coconut' lecture | — | University of the Witwatersrand | fellowship |
K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award
2016
Work:
Sweet Medicine
Organization:
South African Literary Awards
Result:
winner
Ruth First Journalism Fellowship
2015
Work:
Why I call myself a 'coconut' lecture
Organization:
University of the Witwatersrand
Result:
fellowship
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sweet Medicine
2015 novelA novel exploring the 2008 economic crisis in Zimbabwe.
economic crisischarms and traditional medicinewomen's bodiesdecolonization
These Bones Will Rise Again
2017 memoir and historical essayA mixture of memoir and historical essay exploring nation-building in Zimbabwe from Shona perspectives on 'Mothers of the Nation'.
national identitycolonial legaciesNehanda Charwe Nyakasikana
Beautiful Hair for Landless People
unknownForthcoming.
Bibliography
- Sweet Medicine (2015)
- These Bones Will Rise Again (2017)
- Beautiful Hair for Landless People (forthcoming)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- exploration of national and personal historiesdecolonization themesstrong female characters
- Recurring Motifs
- Ubuntucoconut (cultural hybridity)race and identity
Legacy
Her work is widely studied in post-colonial studies, particularly on charms in Sweet Medicine and female representations.
In Popular Culture
- Programme Curator of the first Abantu Book Festival
- Contributor to New Daughters of Africa anthology
Quotes
-
In other words, despite the flourishing of Ubuntu in post-apartheid discourse... South Africa is a country in which we have... Ubuntu without Abantu.
Source: The Guardian (2021)
Trivia
- Founder of VANGUARD, a magazine for young black South African women.
- TEDxSoweto speaker.
- Participant in Transform Wits Movement.