ZamaShort
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The ZamaShort imprint is focused on the powerhouse of the single short story. We champion multi-genre African literature excellence and diversity. zamashort.com
As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate initialised in 2007, ZamaShort continues to champion and add to the ever-growing canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate initialised in 2007, ZamaShort continues to champion and add to the ever-growing canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
The ZamaShort imprint series is solely focused on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story. We give each short story its own publication so that it may be read and enjoyed fully as a stand-alone publication.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The ZamaShort imprint series is solely focused on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story. We give each short story its own publication so that it may be read and enjoyed fully as a stand-alone publication.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Fable: fable.co/book/x-97891...
Thalia: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
Vivlio: shop.vivlio.com/product/9789...
Fable: fable.co/book/x-97891...
Thalia: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
Vivlio: shop.vivlio.com/product/9789...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Libby: share.libbyapp.com/title/12694704
Kobo: www.kobo.com/se/en/ebook/...
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1148998507
Google Play Books: play.google.com/store/books/...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/se/en/ebook/...
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1148998507
Google Play Books: play.google.com/store/books/...
‘Everyone is a Robot until Proven Otherwise’ is Available Here:
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Direct from ZamaShort in our Bundle or by Subscription: selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G9SH46ZK
(Also Amazon UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN)
Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/ever...
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
‘Everyone is a Robot until Proven Otherwise’ is Available Here:
Direct from ZamaShort in our Bundle or by Subscription: selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G9SH46ZK
(Also Amazon UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN)
Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/ever...
Direct from ZamaShort in our Bundle or by Subscription: selfany.com/s/ZamaShort
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G9SH46ZK
(Also Amazon UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, JP, BR, CA, MX, AU, IN)
Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/ever...
The tragedy is that everyone is being stopped to show their passports, even South African citizens, especially darker skinned ones as this is associated with Blacks from neighbouring countries. One must pay a bribe or risk getting your time wasted.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The tragedy is that everyone is being stopped to show their passports, even South African citizens, especially darker skinned ones as this is associated with Blacks from neighbouring countries. One must pay a bribe or risk getting your time wasted.
I conceived the story ‘Everyone is a Robot Until Proven Otherwise’ while detained. It is an allegory of the harassment of Black foreign nationals by vigilante groups like Operation Dudula in Johannesburg, with a tacit approval of the government.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I conceived the story ‘Everyone is a Robot Until Proven Otherwise’ while detained. It is an allegory of the harassment of Black foreign nationals by vigilante groups like Operation Dudula in Johannesburg, with a tacit approval of the government.
I have never been illegal in South Africa, but I have been arrested and detained, accused of being in the country illegally, and required to produce my passport—a document one cannot carry all the time in a country one has lived in for more than fifteen years and considers home.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I have never been illegal in South Africa, but I have been arrested and detained, accused of being in the country illegally, and required to produce my passport—a document one cannot carry all the time in a country one has lived in for more than fifteen years and considers home.
While Zimbabwe is riddled with poverty, South Africa has its own demons. Freedom is limited if you are a Black from neighbouring countries. Blacks are warring due to entrenched inequality.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
While Zimbabwe is riddled with poverty, South Africa has its own demons. Freedom is limited if you are a Black from neighbouring countries. Blacks are warring due to entrenched inequality.
I published my first book, Grace and Other Stories, in 2016 through Weaver Press, Harare. In 2018, I self-published Jimmy and the Giant Insects, a children’s fantasy novel.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I published my first book, Grace and Other Stories, in 2016 through Weaver Press, Harare. In 2018, I self-published Jimmy and the Giant Insects, a children’s fantasy novel.
The short-term goal was to work a year, save enough to go to university but it didn’t work. I ended up in Johannesburg, working as a gardener while using the pen to try and escape poverty, a feat that hasn’t worked so far, and I would not advise anybody to try.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The short-term goal was to work a year, save enough to go to university but it didn’t work. I ended up in Johannesburg, working as a gardener while using the pen to try and escape poverty, a feat that hasn’t worked so far, and I would not advise anybody to try.
As someone who came of age in the late 2000s, during Zimbabwe’s worst political and economic crisis, there was no money for university after high school, no job prospects in Zimbabwe, and like everyone else I headed south soon after writing my last high school paper.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
As someone who came of age in the late 2000s, during Zimbabwe’s worst political and economic crisis, there was no money for university after high school, no job prospects in Zimbabwe, and like everyone else I headed south soon after writing my last high school paper.
Throughout primary and high school, the writing continued, but there was no guidance, no clear route to publication, and everything I wrote disappeared.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Throughout primary and high school, the writing continued, but there was no guidance, no clear route to publication, and everything I wrote disappeared.
about discriminating against children as you never know who will look after you in old age. This was a little protest directed at my grandparents, and the longhand manuscripts disappeared under my late grandmother’s bed.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
about discriminating against children as you never know who will look after you in old age. This was a little protest directed at my grandparents, and the longhand manuscripts disappeared under my late grandmother’s bed.
When my aunty told me that someone like me writes them, I began to write mine on that day. The first was in grade five, at Nyashongwe Primary School, a story titled, ‘It’s Unknown what Fattened Pig’, which is a Ndebele idiom warning parents
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
When my aunty told me that someone like me writes them, I began to write mine on that day. The first was in grade five, at Nyashongwe Primary School, a story titled, ‘It’s Unknown what Fattened Pig’, which is a Ndebele idiom warning parents
At grade five, my parents split and I moved to my maternal grandparents where, luckily, one of my uncles was a reader and had Zulu and Ndebele novels in abundance. I read everything there was, and at one point began to wonder where such interesting stories came from.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
At grade five, my parents split and I moved to my maternal grandparents where, luckily, one of my uncles was a reader and had Zulu and Ndebele novels in abundance. I read everything there was, and at one point began to wonder where such interesting stories came from.
There were no books, no TV, and even the school ones were torn and missing pages. The only thing that satisfied my curiosity was an illustrated Watchtower Bible. I loved the story of Samson and Delilah, David and Goliath, and how Jephtha commanded the sun to stop while he fought a war.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
There were no books, no TV, and even the school ones were torn and missing pages. The only thing that satisfied my curiosity was an illustrated Watchtower Bible. I loved the story of Samson and Delilah, David and Goliath, and how Jephtha commanded the sun to stop while he fought a war.
In 2015, he was longlisted for the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for his story ‘Musoke’, a fictionalised account of the Ugandan rebel, Dominic Ongwen.
On ‘Everyone is a Robot until Proven Otherwise’ and more.
I grew up in a small, remote village in rural Zimbabwe.
On ‘Everyone is a Robot until Proven Otherwise’ and more.
I grew up in a small, remote village in rural Zimbabwe.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
In 2015, he was longlisted for the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for his story ‘Musoke’, a fictionalised account of the Ugandan rebel, Dominic Ongwen.
On ‘Everyone is a Robot until Proven Otherwise’ and more.
I grew up in a small, remote village in rural Zimbabwe.
On ‘Everyone is a Robot until Proven Otherwise’ and more.
I grew up in a small, remote village in rural Zimbabwe.
He has published short stories in magazines and literary journals such as Munyori, Lolwe, Kalahari Review, and many others. In 2018, he attended the Caine Prize workshop where he wrote the story ‘Ngozi’, which was published in the Caine Prize anthology, Redemption Song and Other Stories.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
He has published short stories in magazines and literary journals such as Munyori, Lolwe, Kalahari Review, and many others. In 2018, he attended the Caine Prize workshop where he wrote the story ‘Ngozi’, which was published in the Caine Prize anthology, Redemption Song and Other Stories.
Bongani Sibanda is a novelist and short story writer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the author of the collection of short stories, Grace and Other Stories (Weaver Press, 2016), and the children’s fantasy novels, Jimmy and the Giant Insects and The Goat that Refused to be Slaughtered.
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Bongani Sibanda is a novelist and short story writer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the author of the collection of short stories, Grace and Other Stories (Weaver Press, 2016), and the children’s fantasy novels, Jimmy and the Giant Insects and The Goat that Refused to be Slaughtered.