Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah
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Zimbabwean lawyer and writer working in English

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Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah, born in 1971, is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English and also draws on Shona, her first language. Brittle Paper named her African Literary Person of the Year in 2016. In 2017, she held a DAAD Artist-in-Residence fellowship in Berlin.

Born
1971
Languages
English and Shona
2017 fellowship
DAAD Artist-in-Residence, Berlin
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Sources and credits

Article
Petina Gappah (English Wikipedia)
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Q4949447
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