{"product_id":"ghetto-blues-poems-9781779314956","title":"Ghetto Blues: Poems","description":"Even though Zimbabwe's ghetto musicians have been vocal in articulating the ghetto struggles through Zimdancehall music, Ghetto literature in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century in Zimbabwe is an area that has scarcely got strong attention from Zimbabwean poets and writers writing now. Yes, we have tackled ghetto subjectivities and difficulties through tackling Zimbabwe's political situation, which I still do in this collection, but I also went further and tackled ghetto as \"place literature\", developing voices for the masses in ghettos, especially in Zimbabwe's biggest ghetto city, Chitungwiza. The ghetto is a place that changes you in ways that only blues music can manage to encapsulate and like Blues music this collection is both bitter and sweet. A few poems in \u003cem\u003eGhetto Blues\u003c\/em\u003e give insight into what shaped the poet, in poems about his birthplace in the east of Zimbabwe, on love, on religion, on race, on migration and xenophobia in South Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tendai Rinos Mwanaka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mwanaka Media and Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781779314956\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mwanaka Media and Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40934693601395,"sku":"9.78178E+12","price":39.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_db6f266f-a6e4-492a-bdc7-c90a4d646049.jpg?v=1692967407","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ghetto-blues-poems-9781779314956","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}