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Why they are here
Feso was the first novel written in Shona, and he spent his later years as the University of Zimbabwe's first writer-in-residence and chairman of the National Arts Council.
Solomon Mutswairo was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet who wrote Feso, the first novel in the Shona language.
He was the first Writer-in-Residence at the University of Zimbabwe and chaired the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in the late 1990s. His research into Zimbabwean oral culture has been widely used by African and Western scholars alike.
He was the first Writer-in-Residence at the University of Zimbabwe and chaired the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in the late 1990s. His research into Zimbabwean oral culture has been widely used by African and Western scholars alike.
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