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Emmanuel Sigauke

Emmanuel Sigauke grew up in Zimbabwe, where he studied English and linguistics at the University of Zimbabwe. He currently teaches composition and writing at Cosumnes River College, where he is an editor of Cosumnes River Journal. He also edits the online journal Munyori.

A House for Mother

By Emmanuel Sigauke
Poetry•Dismissing Africa - Vol. XXII (2009)

It’s a shame we never finished mother’s house. The plan germinated on Independence Day; then we left the village and settled in Harare— occasionally returning home at Christmas to sleep in mother’s rickety hut. It’s a shame we never noticed the village’s embrace of the new solar-lit homes, frowning at our grass thatch that pricked… [Read More]

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