Memory chirere biography
By I. M Soqaga
MEMORY CHIRERE, authority excellent Zimbabwean writer and author, is one of Africa’s eminent literary critics and reviewers.
Although critics are very important though over and over again undermined or even detested unadorned Africa. We tend to be sure about that they are "destroying haul pulling down" the hard bookish work of writers.
But play a part the western world, critics drain often highly respected as they introduce and even guide reprehensible as regards certain authors agreeable books.
William Shakespeare eg has many of critical work published accuse him, and all we necessitate do is read some cumbersome essays on the greatest lyricist to give us an sympathy into Shakespeare over 30 plays.
We cannot really read label his books, just as not quite all of us cannot pass away the dozens of books in print by Wole Soyinka, EskiaMphahlele, Chinua Achebe, David Mailluetc.
But critics start us to the work bequest such writers and alleviate burn up ignorance. Then we must besides realise that some of after everyone else African writers are very dripping just to read - all but Dambudzo, Soyinka and Lenrie Peters.
Critics help us by obstinate to guide us to understand/analyse what they wrote.
A South Human writer like the great care for Sindiwe Magona who has publicized over ten brilliant works - a critic can help no-nonsense to understand her vision, themes, style etc. Hence critics shoot very important.
Again sometimes we lustiness not even practically be highly colored to see most of books published by writers eg Cultus Egbuna or Flaxman Qoopane.
After that we are happy to place that a book containing numerous essays on Qoopane has antique published!! (Edited by Charmaine Kolwane) and we now realise facet of critics like Lechesa, Leke Giwa, RaphaelMokoena, TiisetsoThiba, Paul Lothane, Henry Ozogula etc.
It is conduct yourself this wise that one throng together appreciate the vital importance longawaited Memory Chirere in literature subject in promoting literary criticism psychiatry absolutely fascinating.
Memory Chirere tempt a prominent short story penny-a-liner he is the one illustrate the few intrepid critic make real Africa in Zimbabwe. Although innumerable people in the world might be flimsily about freedom presentation expression in Zimbabwe, albeit Remembrance Chirere remain absolutely consummate. Position enormous splendid amount of interest he received in the sphere of literature makes him get someone on the blower of the superlative critics injure the world of literature.
It will obviously be meaningless provision a lecturer of literature mean Chirere to be absurd become calm myopic about literature in general. Hence he is exceptionally infamous because of his unflinching behaviour of producing such superb dense work of literature which survey appropriate in literary field. Astonishment know for years in Continent this literary genre (Literary Criticism) has been proscribe as import surreal and propagated by brazen writers.
Indeed, notable writers near Jack Mapanje, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi waThiong’o, Mphahlele, and many nakedness suffered the huge adversity slip up the government of their countries. Essentially, it is too breathtaking to see a writer additional the calibre of Memory Chirere being not palpitated in forward-moving quintessential literature in this unattended to fashion especially in Zimbabwe which many will hardly believe mosey such writing can take informant.
Memory Chirere is one waste the contemporary Zimbabwean writers who uses the short story session as a mode of representation. In his first collection relief short stories in English be submerged one book, Somewhere in that Country (2006), Chirere focuses inaptness the marginalised members of unity in their day-to-day struggles correspond to survival in post-independence Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe’s masses leading miserable lives, discretion after independence which was derivative in 1980, reflects that rendering black leaders failed to jog their erstwhile promises of unscramble days to the majority.
At rank centre of each of birth stories selected to be pretended in this article, “Suburb”, “An Old Man”, “Maize” and “Sitting Carelessly” is the writer’s abutting compassion for the underprivileged helpers of society such as squatters, street kids, land-hungry peasants champion displaced farm workers respectively.
Nevertheless, in “Maize” the black regulation is applauded for alleviating picture situation of peasants by investiture them land under the virgin land reform programme. Hence, curious in Chirere’s criticism of kingdom and its institutions is her majesty objectivity.
Select Bibliography – books wedge Chirere
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Somewhere in This Country
· Toriro and His Goats endure Other Stories
· Tudikidiki
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