Chirikuré Chirikuré

Nzvimbo dzemumabhuku

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Nzvimbo dzemumabhuku

wese andaita mahwekwe naye
mubvunzo ndiwo mumwe chete:
kwakadini kwamanga mapota?

mhinduro ndinopa yepasi pemoyo:
kutaura zvese handingakwanisi
zvakapinda mumusoro zvinozadza dura

vose vanozoita kunge vapatika kuhope
vobvunza zvakare, uso vasunga:
gara zviya ndepiko kwawaiva?

handinonoki kudzora mhinduro:
ndaiveko kunyika yemutsindo
kumatunhu emuzinda weTimbouctou

vose vanokapaza misoro semabhuru
vopfipfidza vachinwa rukweza rwavo:
nzvimbo dzakadaro ndedzemumabhuku chete

ndinotsikitsira wangu musoro pasi
ndozvipodza hana nemashoko mumoyo:

Chirikuré Chirikuré

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* 17.03.1962, Gutu, زيمبابوي
يعيش في: Harare, زيمبابوي

Chirikuré Chirikuré was born in Gutu, Zimbabwe, in 1962. He is one of Africa’s well-known performer of lyrical poetry.

Chirikuré is a graduate of the University of Zimbabwe and an Honorary Fellow of Iowa University, USA. He worked with one of Zimbabwe’s leading publishing houses as an editor/publisher for 17 years, until 2002. He now works as a cultural consultant and freelance editor and translator. He was also involved in several theatre productions as an actor, poet and performer.

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Chirikuré has published three volumes of his poetry: “Rukuvhute” (1989), “Chamupupuri” (1994), “Hakurarwi – We Shall not Sleep” (1998). He has contributed some pieces in a Shona poetry anthology, “Zviri Muchinokoro” and to CD-projects against political repressions in Zimbabwe. Chirikuré has also written and translated a number of children’s stories and published some educational textbooks.

Chirikuré performs mostly with musicians and traditional African instruments, often with Chiwoniso Maraire or Okay Machisa. His performances at the Rotterdam and Medellín poetry festivals were celebrated in equal measure by the press and the public. His works are significant for the unique link between traditional African poetry and song forms with non-African, avant-garde departures.

His first three poetry books received first prizes in the annual Zimbabwe writer of the year awards. In 2004 his book 'Hakurarwi - We shall not sleep' was voted as one of the best 75 Zimbabwean books of the century and as one of the best five books published in the Shona language in the last century.

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