Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga decries state ‘chokehold’ after her arrest
State's neglect and mismanagement mean Zimbabweans are unable to afford a decent meal and health care, says Dangarembga
04 August 2020 - 20:34
Harare — Prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and a filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive “chokehold” as they endured an economic emergency.
Dangarembga, whose latest book, This Mournable Body, has been nominated for a Booker Prize, was bundled into a police truck while holding placards on Friday and charged with breaking the Covid-19 lockdown to hold an illegal gathering...
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