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Dambudzo Marechera

@dmarechera

Poet, playwright, novelist. Born in Zimbabwe.

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Joined January 2013
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Celebrating the literature and legacy of Dambudzo Marechera namibian.com.na/the-literatu…
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@JoramMDJun 5
A walk in the morning, as I thought about the Russian Fydor Dostoevsky, who in strange ways reminds me today of the Zimbabwean Dambuzo Marechera. Through their writerly rebellion, spitting truth at power, I see myself in their subversive characters in more ways than I can tell!
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marechera
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@Freyy_isJun 20
book lovers, who’s an author that consistently makes you think, “how does someone even write like this?”
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@RFIJul 12
Dambudzo Marechera, «l’enfant terrible» de la littérature zimbabwéenne ➡️ go.rfi.fr/YnY
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What are you clowns on? teapawt.org/doulbedoink/status/208…
Got CTE from playing Peek-a-Boo (@doulbedoink) profile pictureGot CTE from playing Peek-a-Boo@doulbedoinkJul 31
Keep laughing at the idea of her slipping up at the end and accidentally going “Fuck chinua achebe, read percy jackson!”
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Reginald Chirenje@cde_internetAug 19
How can you 'observe' a stone that's about to strike you? - Dambudzo Marechera
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Reginald Chirenje@cde_internetAug 19
“Points of principles cannot be given up simply because one has got to eat”—Dambudzo Marechera.
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Austin Kaluba writes to Samantha again memorychirere.blogspot.com/2…
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These are the people that deserve roads like Enterprise Road being renamed after them not mbavha. If I had the power, I would rename it Dambudzo Marechera Road to solve there error once and for all.
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@RexMidzi7 Jun 2025
Dambudzo would have been 73 years old two days ago , I wonder what kind of sekuru he would have made " I got to a stage where I simply couldn't understand anything unless it was loud and violent and unreal. I was sixteen and already old. " - House of Hunger-
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A tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong'o

A tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Whatever the ideological shifts in his body of work, Ngugi’s fundamental belief is in the restorative agency embedded in all human cultures.

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London. 1978.
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@sharonmufaro16 Jan 2024
If only I could be half the writer Dambudzo Marechera was. I would have reached the pinnacle.
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.@brookespoetry has teamed up with @TORCHOxford to tell the story of how Dambudzo Marechera rose from being a tent-dwelling uni reject to an internationally acclaimed author. Check out bit.ly/disruptiveshow @ArtsatOFS
An exhibition.

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Froggy's Delight@Froggydelight8 Nov 2023
[LeCTuRe] La maison de la faim - Dambudzo Marechera "C’est un livre coup de poings que nous proposent les éditions Zoé autour de l’histoire pleine de fureur d’un jeune homme au cœur du Zimbabwe avant l’indépendance. " buff.ly/3u4DCxn
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Shrieking Tinman@phased_bemused10 Jun 2023
Just failed to Google this poem using the phrase "pellucid cameos", so for ease of me finding this in the future, this is a poem about the Brixton Riots by the Zimbabwean-born poet and (iirc) participant in the riot, Dambudzo Marechera
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Dambudzo Marechera camped at Port Meadow, and there wrote his critically acclaimed book The House of Hunger. Junior Research Fellow @tinsmush has curated a display on this 20th Century Zimbabwean writer. It combines Bodleian items and items from Dr Mushakavanhu's own collection!
A photograph of a display case featuring items about Dambudzo Marechera: books, photographs, and accompanying paragraphs.

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A photograph of a display case featuring items on the theme of Dambudzo Marechera: leaflets, maps, photographs, and books.

ALT A photograph of a display case featuring items on the theme of Dambudzo Marechera: leaflets, maps, photographs, and books.

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Beautiful review of my novella Shards by Memory Chirere, a Zimbabwean literary great. He writes that my writing "carries close and vigorous...echoes of (famed Zimbabwean writer) Dambudzo Marechera" and he also delves into various parts of the story. memorychirere.blogspot.com/2…
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Ben Morrin@BenMorrin6 May 2024
Decent to see a fresh face on the wall at new college. Dambudzo Marechera. A rule breaker who needed to be one. @ninamaefowler great picture
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"Dreams are made by individuals, not by political parties." - Dambudzo Marechera-
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