Tapiwa mugabe biography channel

Tapiwa Mugabe is a self published author and poet from Zimbabwe now living in the UK. His writing delves deep into the complexities of the human experience.

He is the author of Zimbabwe. His poetry has been featured on Badilisha Poetry X-Change. Often enough when I read it, as a reader, I feel like you are calling me to pay witness to some things in my life, and things that are happening in the world that are important to any human being. I am interested in knowing what you are trying to do with your poetry.

Why do you write the poetry that you write? Tapiwa: I think initially with my book it was about creating a Zimbabwean voice and an African voice through poetry, and just facilitating conversations about certain topics that I felt as a Zimbabwean, African and as a man, we were not addressing.

Tapiwa Mugabe joins me to discuss his creative journey as a self published poet and author.

We might talk about them with our sisters and mothers but we never ever talk about our inner most thoughts. Which is one of the word that I associate with Zimbabwe. Its soft work. I think one of the things I was trying to publish a book of words that put Zimbabwe on the map. We often think that society tells only women how to be but there is also expectation that we as society, tell men how to be.

I see it as us being human beings, and us being able to access all the range of emotions that we experience as human beings and being able to express ourselves throughout the whole spectrum of being a human being. Because we are not one dimensional, even as males and females. One of my favorite poem by you is called You Are Oceanic.

I would love to hear you read it for me.