BATSIRAI E Chigama

Batsirai E Chigama is a name largely associated with spoken word is Zimbabwe. Her work is featured in several poetry anthologies in USA, England and New Zealand.  Batsirai has travelled to participate in a number of festivals in the region: Arts Alive (SA), SADC Poetry Festival (Botswana), Blantyre Arts Festival(Mal), Tambo Tambulani Tambo(Moz) and a host of other local festivals.  A published short story writer, Batsirai dedicates some of her time to write on the arts  and culture in Zimbabwe for the local website zimbojam.com.  She says she would like to lend her voice to the women whose voices have been silenced the world over.