Sekai Nzenza-Shand

Sekai Nzenza is a Zimbabwean writer and politician.[1] She was born in rural Zimbabwe, where she trained as a nurse, before doing additional nursing studies in England and subsequently going to live in Australia.[2] She held senior positions in Melbourne and Los Angeles.[3]

Her semi-autobiographical first book, Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story, was published in 1988. Her book Songs to an African Sunset (1997) describes her return to her family's village in the early 1990s.[4][5] She has a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Melbourne.[6][7] Sekai wrote a weekly column for the Herald newspaper from 2011-2018 often returning to the theme of Zimbabweans reclaiming their cultural heritage and village roots. She entered politics as the Member for Chikomba East in Zimbabwe's 2018 harmonised elections. She was appointed as Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare on 7 September 2018.

Bibliography

  • Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story, London: Karia Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0946918218.
  • Songs to an African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story, Lonely Planet Publications, 1997. ISBN 978-0864424723.

References

  1. ↑ "Sekai Shand". AustLit. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993, p. 855.
  3. ↑ "Contributors", in Philip Darby, From International Relations to Relations International: Postcolonial Essays, Routledge, 2015, p. xii.
  4. ↑ Nzenza-Shand, Sekai. Songs to an African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story (1997) ( ISBN 978-0864424723).
  5. ↑ (30 October 2003) "Life Matters: Feature Interview: Dr Sekai Nzenza-Shand", Radio National
  6. ↑ Sylvester, Christine, Fictional Development Sovereignties, in Edkins, Jenny, et al. (eds), Sovereign Lives: power in global politics, Routledge 2004, pp. 143-44 ( ISBN 978-0415947350).
  7. ↑ Bond, Marybeth & Michael, Pamela. A Woman's Passion for Travel: True Stories of World Wanderlust, 2004, p. 65 ( ISBN 978-1932361148).
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