Chigumadzi successfully nests the intimate charge of her poignant personal story in the sweeping historical account and mythology of Zimbabwe. --Brian Chikwava, author of Harare North

Chigumadzi's exploration of personal, family and national history reincarnates in stark, vivid images, many of those interred in the shadows of her country's 'Big Men'. --Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of Nervous Conditions

An extraordinary and thrilling history of Zimbabwe, culminating in the overthrow of Robert Mugabe. --Alex Clark, Guardian

Panashe Chigumadzi is a Zimbabwean-born novelist and essayist. Raised in South Africa, she is the author of Sweet Medicine (Blackbird Books, 2015), which won the 2016 K. Sello Duiker Literary Award. She is the founding editor of Vanguard magazine, a platform for young black women coming of age in post-apartheid South Africa. A contributing editor to The Johannesburg Review of Books, her work has featured in publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, Transition, Chimurenga, Washington Post and Die Ziet. These Bones Will Rise Again (The Indigo Press, June 2018) will be her first book published in the UK.

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