Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. He studied engineering at the University of Bristol and his short story Seventh Street Alchemy won the 2004 Caine Prize for African writing in English. His celebrated debut novel, Harare North, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2009. He was awarded a Charles Pick Fellowship in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, and lives in London.
Brian Chikwava
Original Series
In a time of mass migration
The far-right violence that has swept across the UK has left many migrants and their descendants feeling targeted and in danger. In our guest edition, In a time of mass migration, Brian Chikwava recalls that fear and bigotry have always been part of the migrant experience: ‘The migrant story, which speaks to what is wrong with the world we already have, is used to make us feel afraid of the possibility of changing that world.’ Brian's essay is read by Burt Caesar.
11th May 2022
Brian Chikwava
Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician.