These Bones Will Rise Again

'In a searing account that explores the heady post-independence days of the eighties, the economic downturn of the nineties, through to the effects of the land reform policies at the end of the century, Chigumadzi weaves together reflections on a nation's founding spirit'

https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/these-bones-will-rise-again-is-an-intimate-telling-of-zimbabwean-history-shaazia-ebrahim/

-- Jennifer Malec * The Johannesburg Review of Books *

'Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers and cultural figures - part 2'

'an extraordinary and thrilling history of Zimbabwe'

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/08/best-summer-holiday-reads-2018-philip-pullman-maggie-ofarrell-nina-stibbe-part-two

-- Alex Preston * The Guardian *

'These Bones Will Rise Again reminds its readers of the complexities in the cultures of Africa . . . Panache Chigumadzi's essay is a welcome addition to the new cannon of decolonised historical literature.'

https://livemag.co.za/book-review-panashe-chigumadzis-these-bones-will-rise-again/

-- Terry Simelane-Mathabathe * Live Mag *

http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2018/08/27/i-wanted-to-interrogate-the-legacy-that-belonged-to-me-panashe-chigumadzi-on-these-bones-will-rise-again/

-- Rufaro Samanga interviews Panashe Chigumadzi * Okay Africa *

'By refusing to conceal the marks of its making, Chigumadzi's essay lays bare the challenges of constructing historical narratives'

http://review31.co.uk/article/view/592/perhaps-she-was-this-perhaps-she-was-that

-- Jacqueline Landey * Review 31 *

'Chigumadzi writes of her feeling of dislocation from the land of her birth having been raised in South Africa and her ancestral connection to Zimbabwe. Her sincerity to seek truth carries out beautifully throughout the book.'

https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/these-bones-will-rise-again-is-an-intimate-telling-of-zimbabwean-history-shaazia-ebrahim/

-- Shaazia Ebrahim * The Daily vox *

'the author has masterfully succeeded in providing the reader with a book that is a powerful ode to the various women, both great and small, who took Zimbabwe through its multiple phases of liberation'

http://www.rewritelondon.com/portfolio/book-review-these-bones-will-rise-again/

* Rewrite *

'Panache Chigumadzi passionately places her personal story, connected to the family history and the history of her nation, within a blend of Zimbabwe's national mythology & socio-political turmoil'

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/non-fiction/2019-05-02-these-bones-will-rise-again-breaks-120-years-of-oppression/

-- Bryan Davis * Sunday Times Books *

Opinion: Mugabe Is Dead, but Big Man Politics Lives On

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/opinion/robert-mugabe-zimbabwe.html

-- Panashe Chigumadzi * New York Times *

10 Best Political Activism Books of All Time

https://bookauthority.org/books/best-political-activism-books?t=h63snq&s=author&book=1999683307

* Book Authority *

Panashe Chigumadzi ZAM Nelson Mandela Lecture 2023

https://youtu.be/LuuV1KFei-0

* ZAM Magazine *