Publisher: Modjaji Books, South Africa
An honest exploration of dislocation and (un)belonging in its forms: exile from language, exile from country, and exile from sanity. In her debut collection of poetry, Ndoro divides and intermingles national and personal history in an attempt to reach herself. Within its fragmented prose and lyrical poems, Agringada is not only a celebrated capture of language but also of its intriguing subversion as it navigates meetings of class, gender, nationality and race.
Price range: £17.00 through £18.00
About the author
Tariro Ndoro is a Zimbabwean poet and storyteller. Born in Harare but
raised in a smattering of small towns, Tariro holds a BSc in
Microbiology and an MA in Creative Writing. Her work has been published
in numerous international journals and anthologies including 20.35
Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (Brittle Paper, 2018) Kotaz,
New Contrast, Oxford Poetry and Puerto del Sol. Her poetry has been
shortlisted for the 2018 Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize and awarded second
place for the 2017 DALRO Prize. Agringada is her debut collection.
Review
“Tariro Ndoro wields many tongues to give a testament of the
innumerable ways humans survive. She is not concerned with comforting
you with hope: poems end with severed limbs, and you too are dragged
through southern African borders. She leaves you panting, too afraid to
stop for a sip of self-pity, and she has made you too familiar with her
foreignness to want belong disappears, yet, you are acutely aware that you are
alive. Agringada is a powerful way of speaking life into things that
suffocate when we are too afraid to name them.”
Katleho Kano Shoro (Serurubele)
Megan Ross (Milk Fever)