They are Coming

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They are Coming They are Coming Christopher Mlalazi Published by Weaver Press, Box A1922, Avondale, Harare. 2014 © Christopher Mlalazi, 2014 Typeset by Weaver Press Cover Design: Design Duo, Harare Cover illustration: Calvin Chimutuwah Printed by: Directory Publishers, Harare and Bulawayo All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise – without the express written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-1-77922-258-9 iv CHRISTOPHER MLALAZI is currently Guest Writer of the City of Hanover in Germany, the most recent of a series of writing fellowships. In 2012, he was a fellow at the Iowa International Writing Program, USA; in 2011, he was Guest Writer at the Nordic Africa Institute in Sweden; and, in 2010, Guest Writer at Villa Aurora, in Los Angeles, USA. Prolific as a prose writer and playwright, in 2008 he was the co-winner of the Oxfam Novib PEN Freedom of Expression Award at the Hague for theatre. He won NAMA awards for his short story collection, Dancing With Life: Tales From The Township and for his play Election Day. His second novel, Running with Mother, has been translated into German and Italian. v ...