Black Sunlight

TitleBlack Sunlight
Year for Search1980
AuthorsMarechera, Dambudzo(1952-87)
Date Published1980
PublisherHainemann
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsMale author, Zimbabwean author
Annotation

Dystopia set in a future of constant war. A play, Black Sunlight, by the Zimbabwean author and playwright Petina Gappah (b. 1971) based on Marechera’s life, premiered in Harare, Zimbabwe, in November 2020. The first act can be found in The Johannesburg Review of Books 4.7 (August 2020). [The JRB Exclusive] Read the first act of Petina Gappah’s new Dambudzo Marechera play, Black Sunlight – The Johannesburg Review of Books.

Additional Publishers

Originated in part from a manuscript published as “Black Insider.” In his Black Insider. Comp. and ed. Flora Veit-Wild. Harare, Zimbabwe: Baobab Books, 1990), 23-115.  Rpt. (London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1992), 33-154. U.S. ed. (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Books, 1999), 23-115.

Info Notes

A play, Black Sunlight, by the Zimbabwean author and playwright Petina Gappah (b. 1971) based on Marechera’s life, premiered in Harare, Zimbabwe, in November 2020. The first act can be found in The Johannesburg Review of Books 4.7 (August 2020). [The JRB Exclusive] Read the first act of Petina Gappah’s new Dambudzo Marechera play, Black Sunlight – The Johannesburg Review of Books.

Author Note

Zimbabwean author (1952-87).

Full Text

1980 Marechera, Dambudzo (1952-87). Black Sunlight. London Heinemann. Originated in part from a manuscript published as “Black Insider.” In his Black Insider. Comp. and ed. Flora Veit-Wild. Harare, Zimbabwe: Baobab Books, 1990), 23-115.  Rpt. (London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1992), 33-154. U.S. ed. (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Books, 1999), 23-115. PSt

Dystopia set in a future of constant war. A play, Black Sunlight, by the Zimbabwean author and playwright Petina Gappah (b. 1971) based pm Marechera’s live, premiered in Harare, Zimbabwe, in November 2020. The first act can be found in The Johannesburg Review of Books 4.7 (August 2020). [The JRB Exclusive] Read the first act of Petina Gappah’s new Dambudzo Marechera play, Black Sunlight – The Johannesburg Review of Books. Zimbabwean author.