The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Tendai Huchu's The Hairdresser of Harare.
Published by Zimbabwean Weaver Press (see their publicity page), this title is also readily available abroad, like many other titles from African publishers, via the admirable African Books Collective -- basically as a print-on-demand title: a great development that I see very much as (part of) the wave of the future.
It's also good to see that the author has put considerable effort into (and met with considerable success) in getting coverage from online sites -- see the links to all the other available reviews. Geography is proving less and less of a hurdle in finding an international audience (as well as review-coverage) for books -- though I still wish readers would be more intrepid in seeking out many of these newly far-more-readily-accessible works and worlds .....
Published by Zimbabwean Weaver Press (see their publicity page), this title is also readily available abroad, like many other titles from African publishers, via the admirable African Books Collective -- basically as a print-on-demand title: a great development that I see very much as (part of) the wave of the future.
It's also good to see that the author has put considerable effort into (and met with considerable success) in getting coverage from online sites -- see the links to all the other available reviews. Geography is proving less and less of a hurdle in finding an international audience (as well as review-coverage) for books -- though I still wish readers would be more intrepid in seeking out many of these newly far-more-readily-accessible works and worlds .....