EPISODE · Jan 31, 2026 · 55 MIN
Tsitsi Dangarembga: The queen of African literature speaks
from The African Imaginary Podcast · host The African Imaginary
In this, our first episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, host Khangi Khoza and writer Tsitsi Dangarembga dive into the importance of the African imagination, Tsitsi's African icons, spirituality in her later writing, advice to writers, and more. Read the companion essay on Substack Follow us on Instagram Follow Tsitsi Dangarembga on Instagram Tsitsi Dangarembga is one of Africa's key literary voices. She has been writing for four decades and is best known for her trilogy of novels set in her home country, Zimbabwe. Nervous Conditions was the first novel by a black Zimbabwean woman to be published in English, and was praised by the late Chinua Achebe for being 'as natural as the grass grows'. * The African Imaginary on Linktree Our Website
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