Solomon Mangwiro Mutswairo, also spelt Mutsvairo (26 April 1924 – November 2005), was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet. A member of the Zezuru people of central Zimbabwe, he wrote the first novel in the Shona language, Feso.
In his late years, Mutswairo was a central figure in Zimbabwean academic and cultural circles. He was the first person to be named Writer-in-Residence at the University of Zimbabwe, and was the Chairman of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe during the late 1990s. Mutswairo wrote the text for "Simudzai mureza weZimbabwe", the Zimbabwean national anthem.
Solomon Mangwiro Mutswairo, also spelt Mutsvairo (26 April 1924 – November 2005), was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet. A member of the Zezuru people of...
tradition, which was incorporated into the first Shona novel, Feso by SolomonMutswairo, published in 1956. English is primarily spoken in the cities but...
tradition, which was incorporated into the first Shona novel, Feso by SolomonMutswairo, published in 1956. English is spoken primarily in the cities, but...
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Zimbabwean song. The winning entry was a Shona song written by Professor SolomonMutswairo and composed by Fred Changundega. It was translated into English and...
tradition, which was incorporated into the first Shona novel, Feso by SolomonMutswairo, published in 1957. English is spoken primarily in the cities, but...
and poet Masimba Musodza (1976– ), screenwriter, novelist, producer SolomonMutswairo (1924–2005), novelist and poet (see also Zambia)[Gikandi] Togara Muzanenhamo...
novelist and short story writer; writer-in-residence at UZ 1982–1985 SolomonMutswairo, novelist and poet; wrote the lyrics to the National Anthem of Zimbabwe;...
dictionaries (chiefly Shona – English). The first novel in Shona, SolomonMutswairo's Feso, was published in 1957. Subsequently, hundreds of novels, short...
King, English children's writer and academic (died 2018) April 26 – SolomonMutswairo, Zimbabwean novelist and poet (died 2005) May 1 – Terry Southern,...
determine a new national anthem and "Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe" by SolomonMutswairo was chosen. The new anthem was promoted prior to "Ishe Komborera Africa"...
Mungoshi (1947–2019)), Zimbabwe David Mungoshi (1949–2020), Zimbabwe SolomonMutswairo (1924–2005), Zimbabwe Meja Mwangi (born 1948), Kenya Glaydah Namukasa...
(1952–1987) Nozipa Maraire (born 1966) Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019) SolomonMutswairo (1924–2005) Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (born...
Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu, and one of New Zealand's two national anthems. "My...
of the Harlem Renaissance Wayétu Moore author, publisher, activist SolomonMutswairo novelist and poet Gloria Oden BA 1944, JD 1948 Pulitzer Prize-nominated...
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