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Zimbabwe Women Writers (ZWW) is an organization for women writers established in 1990 in Zimbabwe. It was "the first women's organization in Zimbabwe and in Southern Africa to address gender imbalance through writing and publishing".[1]

Established in response to a need expressed at a 1990 writers' workshop, ZWW had over ninety branches across Zimbabwe by the turn of the century.[2] In its first decade, it published over two hundred books by women, in English, Shona and Ndebele.[3]

Publications

  • Kitson, Norma, Anthology of Zimbabwe Women Writers. Zimbabwe: ZWW, 1994. With a foreword by David Karimanzira.
  • Selections: English Poetry and Short Stories. Harare: ZWW, 1997, repr. 2001.
  • Inkondlo [Selections]. Harare: ZWW, 1998. (A Ndebele anthology.)
  • Nhetembo [Selections]. Harare: ZWW, 1990. (A Shona anthology.)
  • Women of Resilience: The voices of women ex-combatants. Harare: Zimbabwe Women Writers, 2000.
  • A Tragedy of Lives. Harare: Zimbabwe Women Writers, 2003.

References

  1. ^ Tando, Mary O. (2007). "Zimbabwe Women Writers, 1990–2004". In Lydia Alpízar Durán; Noël D. Payne; Anahi Russo (eds.). Building Feminist Movements and Organizations: Global Perspectives. Zed Books. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-1-84277-850-0.
  2. ^ Cheris Kramarae; Dale Spender (2004). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge. Routledge. p. 1709. ISBN 978-1-135-96315-6.
  3. ^ Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). "Zimbabwe Women Writers". Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.