Turquoise Dreams: Anthology of short stories by Zimbabwean women

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Designed to amplify the authentic voices of emerging writers, Turquoise Dreams is a short story collection depicting life experiences through the eyes of women in modern day Southern Africa. With contributing writers from Matebeleland, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland and Manicaland, the stories portray post-colonial struggles amidst societal degeneration within a declining economic environment in Zimbabwe and beyond its borders.

There are 29 short stories in total, each ranging between 1500 and 7000 words, by the following 10 writers:

• Tinatswe Mhaka

• Mantate Queeneth Mlotshwa

• Nyasha Chiyanike

• Nadia Mutisi

• Chipo Mawarire

• Sibonginkosi Netha

• Nkosilesisa Kwanele Ncube

• Gwadamirai Majange

• Edith Moreblessings Virima

• Panashe Mawoneke