There has been a time when Zimbabwe readership had dwingled to such proportions that you would hardly find someone reading a novel in the streets.I still recall,when we were growing up,people used to move the streets of Bulawayo reading or merely holding a novel.With the advent of writers such as Christopher Mlalazi,the City of Kings,is set to revive and reform its reading culture.However,the challenge with most of local writers has been the obsession with English as a mode of communication which leaves local languages eroded and shunned ,as people measure the success in life with ability to effectively use english.
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There has been a time when Zimbabwe readership had dwingled to such proportions that you would hardly find someone reading a novel in the streets.I still recall,when we were growing up,people used to move the streets of Bulawayo reading or merely holding a novel.With the advent of writers such as Christopher Mlalazi,the City of Kings,is set to revive and reform its reading culture.However,the challenge with most of local writers has been the obsession with English as a mode of communication which leaves local languages eroded and shunned ,as people measure the success in life with ability to effectively use english.
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