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Topical: Chris Nyathi, left, and Oumi Ndaba in Nyasha Kadandara’s documentary Matabeleland about a Zimbabwean immigrant’s journey home from South Africa to retrieve his father’s bones. Photo: Supplied

Whose Zimbabwe is it anyway?

Beautifully made and emotionally rich, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight exposes the uneasy truth of who gets to tell Zimbabwe’s story

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Set against the backdrop of the 1983 Gukurahundi massacres — in which the Zimbabwean army brutally targeted civilians in Matabeleland, killing thousands — the film follows protagonist Chris Nyathi. (Photo supplied)

The ‘weight of heavy logs’: Masculinity and memory in Matabeleland

Filmmaker Nyasha Kadandara opens up about Matabeleland and the emotional journey behind her feature-length debut

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read