Reading in ... Zimbabwe

       In The Herald Stanely Mushava writes about the situation in Zimbabwe, in Cry our beloved reading culture.
       The lament is common enough -- though rarely is the fault ascribed as here:

Writers, publishers and literary academics that attended the ZIBF Indaba blamed schools for the country's love-hate relationship with books.

       And:

[V]eteran author Aaron Chiundura Moyo said it was clear that schools had destroyed the reading culture.

       Harsh. (And, yeah, there may a few more issues locally .....)