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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Writing Zimbabwe鈥檚 Women

This week as part of the 大象传媒 World Service鈥檚 100 Women Season we're celebrating the female writers, artists and performers overcoming challenges and making their voices heard.

This week as part of the 大象传媒 World Service鈥檚 100 Women Season we're celebrating the female writers, artists and performers overcoming challenges and making their voices heard.

Shortlisted for the prestigious Booker prize, Tsitsi Dangarembga鈥檚 latest novel This Mournable Body reveals late 1990s Zimbabwe through the eyes of her female lead, Tambusai. Tsitsi talks to Tina about exploring the experience of Zimbabwean women through her characters and how she feels about being shortlisted at this point in her writing career.

Chilean female collective Las Tesis speak to our reporter Constanza Hola about their viral protest song The Rapist in Your Path and how it鈥檚 inspired women worldwide to speak out against sexual violence.

British Somali poet Hibaq Osman鈥檚 writing explores family history and identity with heartfelt honesty. She shares a poem from her first full collection, Where the Memory Was.

Plus: has a film, a book or a song ever changed the way you see the world? South African singer-songwriter Zahara on how she took courage from the film A Walk to Remember.

Presented by Tina Daheley.

(Photo: Tsitsi Dangarembga. Credit: DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images)

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