discussed in biographyMutswairo’s first novel, Feso (1956), was later banned by Rhodesian censors, but it quickly became required reading in nationalist circles because the plot seemed to be an allegory of the British-settler–Zimbabwean conflict. Mutswairo published his English version of the novel in 1974.
place in African literatureFeso (1956), a historical novel, was the first literary work to be published in Shona. An account of the invasion of the Rozwi kingdom and an expression of longing for the traditional past, it was written by Solomon M. Mutswairo. Another early novel, Nzvengamutsvairo (1957; “Dodge the Broom”), by Bernard T.G. Chidzero, has to do with...
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