The stage, a breath held, a story waiting to unfold. I am Zaza Muchemwa, a Zimbabwean storyteller. My voice, a thread spun from our vibrant land, weaves tales both here and far away. I dance with yesterday in ink, question today in plays, and listen for the winds of tomorrow.
Words are my tools. Short stories, like "Dance with Yesterday," bloom in the company of others. Plays, like "The IVth Interrogation," "Numbers," and "A Westerly Wind," crack open the heart. My poems, tiny stars, shine in the digital night of Pen International and within the pages of "Tesserae," "All Protocols Observed," and "Cyphers." I've also left footprints of words in Index on Censorship, Povo Magazine, and MUD Journal.
As a director, I shape light and shadow. "The Incident" and "How are you really?" under my guiding hand earned the Zimbabwean NAMA's golden touch.
At Almasi Collaborative Arts, my work facilitates the nurturing of African stories, helping them rise. And with Vaviri Creative's "We Are Us," I watched a story journey to Kampala, its essence unfettering in new soil.
University of Iowa's quiet halls, a 2022 gift, let me listen deeper to the stories within.
This space is a glimpse into those stories, a simple offering of the echoes I carry. Welcome.
