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Zimbabwean writer (* 1964)

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J. Nozipo Maraire (born 1964) is a Zimbabwean doctor, entrepreneur and writer. She is the author of Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter. The novel was published in 1996, was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year" and a Boston Globe best-seller.[] It has been published and translated into more than 14 languages.

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Alternative Names: Nozipo Maraire • Nozipho Maraire • Jacqueline Nozipo Maraire

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Until the lion learns to write tales of hunting, we'll always glorify the hunter

Racism is a phenomenal thing; it is like a thick mist that obscures the vision and judgment of even great minds.

I saw the world as vast and magical with so many cultures and people. It opened me up and made me very adaptable to change. It also meant that I was not afraid to be in strange places, to experience and to learn.

African women especially young ones have been silent foe so long. We are the discussed,the studied,the analysed and the written about. And I am so privileged to have been able to raise my voice and speak for what we felt and cried and yearned.