Frankfurt am Main: The author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Dangarembga is a widely audible voice of Africa in contemporary literature, said the head of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Schmidt-Friedrichs. In her acceptance speech in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, the author impressively described the conquest of her homeland Zimbabwe by British settlers and the violence that colonialism has brought with it. She called for old patterns to be overcome, also with language. Dangarembga published her acclaimed debut novel “Nervous Conditions” in 1988 as the first part of an autobiographical trilogy. She fights for freedom rights and against corruption.
Source: Bayern 2 Nachrichten, 10/24/2021 8:00 p.m.
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