Quotes by Zimbabwean authors
It is much harder to retain your position at the top than to get to the top.
Kirsty Coventry
Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation of Zimbabwe
Publishing can be a cliquish and incestuous business; it is not uncommon for writers from the same agencies and publishers to review each other.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
Ian Smith thought his Rhodesia would last 1,000 years: it lasted less than 15.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
The people's voice, as I say, is the voice of God.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of Zimbabwe
In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance.
Kirsty Coventry
Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation of Zimbabwe
We should never remain hostages of our past.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of Zimbabwe
Everyone at home is so supportive. People recognise me, say how proud they are of me. It's awesome to hear, it's amazing to know I can touch so many people in a positive way.
Kirsty Coventry
Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation of Zimbabwe
On April 18, 1980, the last outpost of empire in Africa died. From Rhodesia's ashes rose a country that would take its place among the free nations as Zimbabwe, the last among equals. And men and women leapt to embrace this dream called Zimbabwe.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
I don't want to write because I have to; I want to write because I want to. Sometimes, when writers write because they have to, the results are disastrous.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
What we are trying to do now, this new generation of African writers, is to write about what it is to be a human being living in a particular African country. These are stories that resonate with anyone, anywhere.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
I speak English. I dream in it. I cannot separate my English from my Shona; I see the world with those two languages.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
There are some people who are happy to be African writers. They are pan-Africanists. I'm not a pan-Africanist. I think African countries have a lot in common. But we are also very different.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
I wish to be clear: all foreign investments will be safe in Zimbabwe.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of Zimbabwe
He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.
Nick Price
Zimbabwean professional golfer
For the first years of my life, I went to school in Rhodesia. My memory of living in the townships is that they were actually really happy places.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of Zimbabwe
Only al-Jazeera is allowed to report from Zimbabwe, but it is unwatchable. Their Zimbabwean reporter Supa Mandiwanzira was one of Zanu-PF's praise-singers at the reviled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
People always ask me how I manage to find humor in so much bleakness. I think this is almost a necessary skill to have.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
I see myself a humble man, and I tell you I have no ambitions to be president.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of Zimbabwe
I wonder why people commit crimes that are premeditated - to gain love, because of hatred, or for financial reasons.
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean lawyer
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