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Virginia Phiri Quotes

born 1954 Zimbabwe

Virginia Phiri (born 1954) is a Zimbabwean feminist writer she was actively involved in the Zimbabwe's liberation war at the age of 17. Later, in 2000, together with Zimbabwe Women Writers she contributed to an anthology, Women of Resilience – the voices of women ex-combatants.

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As writers we do it for the love of the art, but to then get nothing out of it while every street corner is littered with your books, it is heartbreaking and demoralising

Vampires that suck your shadow and confidence.

I don’t care what people say though, the book’s champion declared. It is beautiful writing

I am from a background of women who are activists

This is what is happening in our society and people tend to shy away from talking about it. So as a writer I have found a niche

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