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Language, thought, art & existence : creative nonfictions / Tendai R. Mwanaka.

This book comprises 19 creative non-fiction pieces and essays centred around the topics of language, thought, art and existence seen through the prism of practising artist in contemporary Africa. The collection continues with Zimbabwe's Tendai Mwanaka's creative non-fiction ideology of pre...

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Main Author: Mwanaka, Tendai R. (Author)
Other title:Language, thought, art and existence : creative nonfictions.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Mankon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2017]
Subjects:
Creative nonfiction, African (English)
Autobiography.
Authorship.
Authors, Zimbabwean > Diaries.
Zimbabwean literature > 21st century.
Zimbabwean literature.
Authors, Zimbabwean.
Diaries.
Essays.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Language, thought and reality
  • 2. The writer's experience
  • 3. Memories and memoir writing
  • 4. The Caine Workshop and African writing reflections : how I decided on "Notes from Mai Mujuru's breast"
  • 5. My Volmoed journey
  • 6. Nyanga, December 2015 : in search of ancient ways
  • 7. Collectivism vs. Individualism
  • 8. Desire and pasion
  • 9. Death (life)
  • 10. Doubt
  • 11. Dear John
  • 12. It's not about me : dairies (2010-2011)
  • 13. Age has no numbers
  • 14. Gathering evidence : dairies (2012-2013)
  • 15. Running away from the lotus position
  • 16. The evidence of things said : dairies (2014-2015)
  • 17. Coldplay's X & Y, angels, him and her
  • 18. A date with Jonathon Matimba : an appreciation of the legendary Zimbabwean sculptor
  • 19. Music and me.

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