‘I think that the creation of an equal, just society is impossible under capitalism, which is why we need to learn from the mistakes of the past and imagine other ways of living. I think understanding caste, class, race inequalities is fundamental to any understanding of women’s struggle.’
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In Zimbabwe, in this patriarchal society, women are still equated to children. The sacredness of rape culture is a notion that needs to be shattered. We need to stop beating about the bush and labelling it a female problem.
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The concept of a ‘nation’ doesn’t have the power to describe the contemporary identity of people living in the world. We should look for other ideas to describe us as a collective, as a group, as a society.
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To write thinking of a novel’s reception and anticipating that it will be of interest is an idea of hell, a betrayal.
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The category of ‘woman writer’ can include anyone who covers gender-based oppression and violence from a position of lived experience, but only – and most importantly – if they want or need for the category to contain them.
Read MoreTo mark International Women’s Day 2016, the founder of #readwomen gives her top recommendations of women writers in translation.
Read MoreAmid recent election controversies, Bashir Sakhwaraz writes about Afghan women’s poetry
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