Her definition of literature, “a record of experience”
I both like and dislike this definition – it’s kind of cool to think of how abstractly she defines literature but that same level of abstract is what I don’t like about it. Kind of hard to explain
Zimbabwe’s political independence didn’t take place until 1980
“Thus, from very early on, black literary production in Rhodesia was established as a public, non-profit exercise, while white literary production was established as a private, commercial undertaking” VERY INTERESTING QUOTE!
Another example of white literacy being taken more seriously than black literacy
The Literature Bureau wouldn’t publish anything that seemed as though it had a distaste for colonialism
The Zimbabwe Literature Bureau was then created in attempt to undermine the Literature Bureau and reverse censorship
“There had not been a single war novel written by a black Zimbabwean up until the time of independence”
Zimbabwe Literature Bureau closed in 1999 for unknown reasons
Colonial Film Unit made a rise
They screened propaganda
“At the country’s Independence, a man who had no training in economics or finance was made Minister of Economic Development and Planning. This man was Bernard Chidzero, who had been published by the Rhodesia Literature Bureau and who had studied psychology and politics in US institutions” WHAT!!!!!!
