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Dambudzo Marechera Quotes

1952–1987

Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist, poet, short story writer and playwright, born on 4 June 1952 in Vengere Township, Rusape, Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Born Charles William Marechera, he grew up in poverty and experienced racial discrimination and political unrest during colonial rule.

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“How can you whitewash poverty?”

“A writer is part of society.”

“As soon as one talks about a writer’s role in society, before you know where you are, you are already into censorship.”

“I have been influenced to a point of desperation by the dogged though brutalised humanity of those among whom I grew up.”

“I am afraid of one-party states, especially where you have more slogans than content in terms of policy and its implementation.”

“We do not have one particular view.”

“It was a prison. It was the womb.”

“My hunger had become the room.”

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dambudzo Marechera (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.