Petina Gappah (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was...
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offices. The neighbourhood also lends its name to the eponymous book by Petina Gappah published in 2016. The northern and north-eastern suburbs of Harare...
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On stage with Petina Gappah and Lee Randall at the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival...
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Shining Light is a 2019 historical novel by Zimbabwean writer and lawyer Petina Gappah. Her fourth novel, it was published by Faber & Faber in the UK and by...
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Nice from London is a 2013 Zimbabwean British drama film written by Petina Gappah and directed by Nick Marcq. The film stars Munya Chidzonga, Tonderai...
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Dangarembga (born 1959), author and filmmaker John Eppel (born 1947), writer Petina Gappah (born 1971), writer and lawyer Peter Godwin (born 1957), author, journalist...
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professor of English Literature; Frances Wilson, critic and biographer; Petina Gappah, writer and lawyer and Alexander Van Tulleken, doctor and TV presenter...
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Sales of the national flag were sky-high in the country. According to Petina Gappah in The Guardian in 2010, the flag is a "reminder that the nation was...
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or were first published by Kachifo, including Oyinkan Braithwaite, Petina Gappah, and Bisi Adjapon. Farafina Books is an imprint of Kachifo Limited that...
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The neighbourhood also lends its name of to the eponymous book by Petina Gappah published in 2016. The architects who worked along Rotten Row and the...
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Rockwell Tomb of Sand रेत समाधि Tilted Axis Press Frank Wynne Merve Emre Petina Gappah Viv Groskop Jeremy Tiang Shortlist Bora Chung South Korea Anton Hur...
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Vladimir Šubic, Slovenian architect Lovro Toman, Slovenian politician Petina Gappah, author and International lawyer Franz Unger, Austrian paleontologist...
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a 1963-66 animated series. Out of Darkness, Shining Light (2019) by Petina Gappah is a fictionalized account of how Livingstone's body, papers, and maps...
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de Bellaigue Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten Peoples Shortlist Petina Gappah An Elegy for Easterly John Kampfner Freedom For Sale: How We Made Money...
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Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work, alongside books by Petina Gappah, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jacqueline Woodson, and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton...
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which was a 2022 finalist for the Booker Prize, as well as books by Petina Gappah and Tsitsi Dangarembgwa. Chung was recognized as one of the BBC's 100...
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novelist Nnedi Okorafor. The 2016 award went to Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah, and the 2017 award to the Nigerian writer and organiser Lola Shoneyin...
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born 1940, China/France, f/d/nf) Gao Yu (高瑜, born 1944, China, nf) Petina Gappah (born 1971, Zambia/Zimbabwe, f) Ilija Garašanin (1812–1874, Ottoman...
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Tristan Egolf, American novelist and activist (died 2005) unknown dates Petina Gappah, Zambian-born fiction writer John Wray, American novelist January 18...
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novelist[Gikandi] John Eppel (1947– ), novelist, poet and short-story writer Petina Gappah (1971– ), short-story writer and novelist Chenjerai Hove (1956– ), novelist...
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Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Paul Auster, Michael Cunningham, Lydia Davis, Petina Gappah, Nikki Giovanni, Rawi Hage, Shahriar Mandanipour, Colum McCann, Michael...
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Daughters of Africa Margaret Busby Finalist Out of Darkness, Shining Light Petina Gappah Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates...
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Thomas Mapfumo Brian Nhira Tinashe Dj Edu Farai Gundan Taponeswa Mavunga Petina Gappah Hugh Masekela Derick Chisora Khama Billiat Esrom Nyandoro Kirsty Coventry...
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Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri as well as many up-and-coming writers such as Petina Gappah, winner of the 2009 Guardi, Henrietta Rose-Innes (2008 Caine Prize-winner)...
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notable authors such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Laila Lalami, and Petina Gappah. It published work by writers such as Wole Soyinka, Segun Afolabi, and...
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Choice Award Outstanding fiction book: Out of Darkness, Shining Light – Petina Gappah Outstanding Fiction Book: The Fading Sun – David Mungoshi Outstanding...
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sports. There are four houses, which are sable, eland, roan and kudu. Petina Gappah - writer Albert Alan Owen - composer Grant Symmonds - Currie Cup cricketer[citation...
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Hamilton Masakadza, Marc Pozzo, Heath Streak, Morgan Tsvangirai and Petina Gappah. A subset of the general accent is general Zimbabwean English as spoken...
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poet, writer, and musician Tsitsi Dangarembga, novelist and filmmaker Petina Gappah, lawyer, writer, and novelist Chenjerai Hove, poet, novelist, and essayist...
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poet, writer, and musician Tsitsi Dangarembga, novelist and filmmaker Petina Gappah, lawyer, writer, and novelist Chenjerai Hove, poet, novelist, and essayist...
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