Brian Chikwava

Karen Ferreira-Meyers (University of Eswatini)

Ed. by Helen Rachel Cousins, Newman University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kerry Myler (Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 1972
Activity c. 2003-ongoing

Places

Active in United Kingdom; Zimbabwe

Cultural Identities

Black British

Activities

Primary

Writer / Author

Other

Musician

Resources

Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer, journalist, and musician currently living and working in London, UK. Born in 1972 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, as the eldest of eight children, Chikwava had the benefit of a good education. His late father, a police officer, and his mother, a nurse, asked their son to set an example for his siblings by studying hard. They wanted Chikwava to become a doctor, but did not stop him from pursuing his interest in the arts. Very soon he became a regular at Harare’s Book Café and started experimenting with writing and music. In 1996, Chikwava graduated from the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, before moving to Bristol, in the UK, to study Civil Engineering. Since …

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Citation: Ferreira-Meyers, Karen. "Brian Chikwava". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 December 2019 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14117, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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