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Review of Togara Muzanenhamo - James Stanley, metro, 30th August 2006

 Zimbabwean-born Muzanenhamo has earned his multicultural air miles, having lived and studied in Holland, Belgium and France, as well as in Manchester, where he worked on his poetry under the tutelage of Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy. mining the same rich seam of spirituality juxtaposed with reality as Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri, Muzanenhamo's work unveiles the magic behind the mundanity of our Western world, whether in the ritual of buying wine in a Parisian mini-mart or the sight of deer near The Hague's Central Station. Poems such as 'Strangers' (where the power is captured in what is left unsaid) offer fresh insight into his troubled home country. 

Driven by its strong rythmical tones and currents, Muzanenhamo's work is written to be read out loud, making this event a journey into worlds both familiar and strange.


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