With a belief that art is a catalyst for change, Tinashe Tafirenyika has disrupted the Zimbabwe Poetry Scene. In 2017 she became the first woman and youngest person to receive a National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) in Spoken Word Poetry in...

Tinashe Tafirenyika is a multi-award-winning writer and poet from Zimbabwe. In 2017 she became the first woman and youngest person to receive a National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) in Spoken Word Poetry in Zimbabwe. The same year she also received...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] "I do not have any coins, So for your change Will you take condoms or cigarettes?" Unconsciously she shrinks my choices To either lung cancer Or ninety-something-percent "safe" sex And the percentage decreases considerably If it is...