Kudakwashe DHORO is an avid reader of books in Shana, French and English. The love for books started in his teenage years, and his two favorite quotations on books are from the French writer Marcel Proust: “There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book” and from William Styron: “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
He is also actively involved in research on translation and interpretation as well as publishing in Africa, having presented papers on these subjects at different forums.
He is also active in the Cultural exchange sector in Zimbabwe. He hopes to see a revival of Zimbabwean literature, with more and more new African voices being discovered, nurtured and shared with the world. This is what inspired him to come up with Africa Unpublished, which is an ongoing project which will be hosted on a website with same name (www.africaunpublished.org). The website is a platform for the presentation and showcasing of hitherto unpublished Zimbabwean and African literary works, from both established as well as budding writers. Writers will be re queered to create free accounts on the portal and they will create a profile that will among other things allow them to give a brief background of who they are, their style and genre, give titles of previously published work and have such options as work in progress, ask for collaboration and mentor ship. Membership will be free and each writer will have their own writing portfolio, and with time, there will be a community that will exchange writing tips via various fora, thus providing writers with the opportunity to meet and bond with fresh creative minds.
It is envisioned that every quarter, a panel of literature experts will review submissions (sample chapters and overviews of the whole book/poetry projects) and select a set number that they will incubate. The website itself is designed to act as an incubation hub for writers, providing them with guidance and mentorship, helping them develop their craft, raise their profile and, ultimately get publishers to notice their work. This will allow for the creation of a “one-stop shop” for African writers, publishers, content seekers and the general reading populace.
Name: Kudakwashe Dhoro
Country: Zimbabwe
City: Harare
Address: PO Box. BE 5890, Belvedere, Harare, Zimbabwe
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