Days after learning her novel “This Mournable Body” was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction, Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga was arrested for joining nationwide demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Host Marco Werman spoke to her about the protest, her work and her hopes for Zimbabwe’s future.
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