Pages: 108

Year: 2018

Category: Drama, Literature

Dimensions: 210 x 148 mm

ISBN:
Shipping class: POD

Oh My Grandfather

In this play by Zimbabwean playright Stephen Chifunyise, a peasant
farmer, Mutumwa Matanga from Gutu, visits his son in Borrowdale suburb,
Harare where he finds his 16-year-old granddaughter and 14-year-old
grandson. Matanga is surprised at how unaware his grandchildren are of
themselves, their family and their culture. He decides to correct the
situation by teaching them everything he thinks is critical for them to
know.

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About the author

Stephen Chifunyise

Stephen Chifunyise was born in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe in 1948 as twin in a
family of six. He obtained a BA with Education at the University of
Zambia in 1974 and an MA in Theatre Arts at the University of California
at Los Angeles in 1977. Since 1971, he has written seventy-eight plays.
Sixty-nine of these plays have been performed on stage; thirteen on
television and four on radio. He has published eight plays.