from: http://www.thezimbabwean.co/2015/09/zimbabwean-writers-feature-in-a-celebration-of-africa/
Tendai Huchu and Bryony Rheam are set to take part in
debates at Africa Utopia. Back for a third year Africa Utopia celebrates the
arts and culture of the African continent. The festival looks at how Africa can
lead the way in thinking about culture, community, business and technology and
includes topics ranging from fashion, gender and power in politics,
sustainability and activism. The 2015 edition of the festival features some of
Africa's greatest artists across music, dance, literature and the arts,
including Baaba
Maal, Spoek Mathambo, Tosin Coker, Irenosen Okojie, Tony Allen, Toumani and
Sidiki Diabaté, Orchestra Baobab, Kassé Mady Diabaté, Chineke! and Chi-chi
Nwanoku.

Joining Tendai at the festival
will be Bulawayo-based writer, Bryony Rheam, who is a panellist the following
day - Sunday September 13. The panel of which she is a member, will be looking
at how genre fiction is changing the narrative of African fiction. Pulp and
genre fiction include: sci'fi, horror, crime, erotica, utopia and historical
fiction. Following on her first novel, This
September Sun, Bryony has just finished writing her second novel, which is
a murder mystery set in Bulawayo. This panel is chaired by Zimbabwean
editor and literary critic, Ellah Allfrey.

Bryony's prize is one
night's accommodation at the Grand Hotel in Torquay, where Agatha Christie
spent her honeymoon with her first husband. That evening, there will be a
dinner at Christie's house, Greenway, now a National Trust property, also
attended by the other prize-winners. Before the dinner, there will be a
tour of the house, which is now a National Trust property. At the dinner will
also be Christie's grandson, Matthew Pritchard, and her British and American
publishers at HarperCollins. Agatha Christie was born in 1890, so this
year is the 125th anniversary of her birth and there is a special celebration
in Torquay where the annual Agatha Christie Festival is held.
As a great fan of Christie's, Bryony is thrilled to be among the
prize-winners. References to Agatha Christie can be found in This September Sun. The character of the
grandmother in the novel is also passionate about Christie's work and her
intricate plots.
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