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Sekai Nzenza is a Zimbabwean writer, cultural critic and politician.[1]

Biography

She was born in rural Zimbabwe, where she trained as a nurse, before doing additional nursing studies in England and subsequently going to live in Australia.[2] She held senior positions in Melbourne and Los Angeles.[3]

Her semi-autobiographical first book, Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story, was published in 1988. Her book Songs to an African Sunset (1997) describes her return to her family's village in the early 1990s.[4][5] She has a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Melbourne.[6][7]

Sekai wrote a weekly column for The Herald newspaper from 2011 to 2018,[8] often returning to the theme of Zimbabweans reclaiming their cultural heritage and village roots. She entered politics as the Member for Chikomba East in Zimbabwe's 2018 harmonised elections.[9] She was appointed as Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare on 7 September 2018.[10]

Bibliography

• Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story, London: Karia Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0946918218.
• Songs to an African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story, Lonely Planet Publications, 1997. ISBN 978-0864424723.

References

External links

• Sekai Nzenza page at The Herald.
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