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“I remember particularly liking a story by a Zimbabwean writer, Melissa Tandiwe Myambo. This was before I started really writing contemporary fiction (I used to write children’s stories and fantasy fiction) but I knew her. Her story is called ‘Deciduous Gazettes’ and the title alone I loved, the way ‘deciduous’ rolls off the tongue. It’s such a fantastic word. It’s a story about women and regular scandals in Harare. I read it and it was like someone was telling me the story and it was written well, that’s the thing…I felt that it was a very apt title—Opening Spaces—because that’s exactly what it did. For me, it opened up the space for women’s voices. I felt I wanted to start writing these kinds of stories because I’ve got a lot of them I would like to tell. This book is how I got started writing, it prompted me to look at short stories as a form, I think specifically because Zimbabwean writing was included. I just thought it was a good collection overall.” Read more...
Blessing Musariri, Novelist
