Self-publishing in ... Zimbabwe

       In The Herald Stanely Mushava considers The self-publishing, mediocrity debate.
       Admittedly, this could be written/said about pretty much anywhere (and often is):

Self-publishing, as it is happening in Zimbabwe, is by and large a spiral of mediocrity whereby more and more is being produced without commitment to quality.

       And one can certainly agree:

Writers must stop recycling clichés in technically bankrupt paraphrases, as they short supply the self-replicating creative potential of great ideas.

       As well as:

(W)ith lax commitment to quality, so many writing today are causing the retardation, even the regression of local writing.

       As he notes, however, there's also great opportunity here -- especially in a country/economy in which the established publishing industry faces tremendous limitations.