These Bones Will Rise Again

Phenomenal !!!

“I finally found the word, Panashe!  Your ability to write is phenomenal.”

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7 August 2018 Panashe Chigumadzi the author of Sweet Medicine discussed her book titled “These Bones Will Rise Again” at African Flavors Books, a local bookshop in Braam. The bookstore is known for being the premium re-seller of African stories, authors, and knowledge.

Panashe’s work filled the store with intrigued powerful people of color, from well-known poets to feminists. All hungry to hear what she had to say. The author is a young ambitious media executive who is aimed at reaffirming the African identity.


These bones will rise again speaks of the people of Zimbabwe and the political occurrences while adequately bringing the country's history into focus. The book dances with the roles of females in the journey of the nation but mainly the two ancestral spirits of her grandmother and the mother of the nation.
 

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I asked her why her book danced so authentically with women empowerment and African identity and How as an African she plans to evolve and bring her vision into the book. Panashe read from her artwork. “Page 28, the struggles over history are complex”  six letters into her reply her voice grabbed the attention of every individual in the room poetically wrapping everyone's thoughts around the story.

Panashe speaks of her paternal grandmother, Mbuya Lilian Chigumadzi at the launch. Panashe described her as free, strong in charge of her life, unburdened from any preconceived notions placed on women like children and a husband. When Panashe described her gran's journey, the bookshop listened intensely, one could only envision a strong black woman.

Displacement is also a topic in the novel. Her thoughts dismantle ideas of being or belonging to a certain region and arose questions like, why are Africans so indifferent when handling or attending to one another’s political struggles. I believe Panashes writing speaks in multitudes and should be provided as literature in learning institutions such as high schools and colleges. Her ability to captivate the audience with well-placed analogies and tactful metaphors is simply Phenomenal. We don’t have many African idols but Panashe may be just what we need.

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