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No Uhuru yet for the Zimbabwean LGBTI movement

LGBTI people in Zimbabwe are regularly harassed by the regime. During teh 2013 election the abuse escalated when president Robert Mugabe tried to win voters by promising that if he won there would be “hell for gays”. Journalist and activist Miles Rutendo Tanhira describes the Zimbabwean activists' catch 22 – if they follow the law, they will adapt to the regime.

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December 16 2014. #15 2014.

Becoming An Insect

There are some things that can never be depicted in Zimbabwe; neither in journalism nor in fiction. But in this short story, a Zimbabwean writer writes under pseudonym about a historical case of ethnic cleansing. This novel would be impossible to publish in Zimbabwe.

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July 7 2011. #1 2011.

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