Tinashe MuchuriTinashe Muchuri is a poet, performer, actor, and writer currently living in Harare. Many of his poems were published in online journals such as the Munyori Journal and Arts Initiates and print anthologies.

He performs regularly at arts festivals in Zimbabwe and currently features in a local historical soap called Tiriparwendo as the character Jecha. Muchuri has been a long-serving member of the Budding Writers Association of Zimbabwe, a young writers’ organisation in which he served as branch chairperson for the period 2005-2008 and also currently sits in the executive committee of Zimbabwe Readers Association.

Today, some of his poems have been accepted by an international poetry magazine called Illuminations (UK), Rattlesnake Review (USA) and his Shona poems appeared in an anthology called ‘Jakwara reNhetembo’ (2008,Mambo Press, Zimbabwe).

18 October 2009

The Tale of Maina by Tinashe Muchuri

Maina came with Mai Dendera from Chiredzi. Mai Dendera’s husband, Mr Dendera worked in the Hippo valley Sugar Estates. He was a tractor driver. He hardly came home. Mai Dendera was the one who visited him every month end. She could stay in Chiredzi for a week. Every time she came back she would find her house broken in. The thieves normally stole sugar and cooking utensils. But on their first month they stole the family radio. Maina was short and very beautiful. Every man would admire Maina. No man’s eyes could resist her smile... Full Story


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19 July 2009

Suicides Notebook by Tinashe Muchuri

Susan’s letter arrived late Wednesday the 7th of May. It was addressed to mama. The letter read: ‘Mama, I have tried all the tricks you taught me to at least have Munya back to me. He seems to have been given a muti to forget all about me. The heat here is too strong that it is pushing me to the grave. Munya’s mother, of all the people wants me to leave this place... Full Story





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