‘Friends. Here is a principle. If you want your suffering to end, you have to act. Action comes from hope. This is the principle of faith and action.’
On 31 July, President Mnangagwa deployed heavily armed soldiers and police onto the streets of the Zimbabwean capital city, Harare, where hundreds of activists and opposition leaders were set to stage a peaceful protest against the ongoing economic crisis and human rights abuses in the country. Tsitsi Dangarembga was one of those protestors. She was peacefully protesting with one other person against the current Zimbabwean government.
As she faces trial, we at Faber & Faber stand with Tsitsi Dangarembga to demand her acquittal and we urge others to support her cause. By joining together and raising our voices, let the power of our collective call effect change.
Alison White
Andrew Holgate, Literary Editor, Sunday Times
Andrew Motion
Andrew O’Hagan
Ann Jungman
Anna Burns
Atlantic Books
Barbara Kingsolver
Barney Norris
Benjamin Markovits
Bev Thomas
Bryony Lavery
Canongate
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Christopher Reid
Claire Adam
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Clare Wigfall
Daunt Books
Don Paterson
Edna O’Brien
Eimear McBride
Ella Okstad
Europa Editions
Francesca Wade
Francis Spufford
Gaby Wood, Literary Director, Booker Prize Foundation
Georgina Godwin
Granta Books
Hanif Kureishi
Harry Heape
Hermione Lee
Hilary Leichter
Ian Bostridge
Ian Leslie
Icon Books
Ingrid Persaud
Jacqueline Rose
James Catchpole
James Shapiro
Jamie McKendrick
Jennifer Clement, President, PEN International
Jenny Uglow
John Donnelly
John Haffenden FBA FRSL
Julia Copus FRSL
Julianne Pachico
Katherine Rundell
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kieran Larwood
Lachlan Mackinnon
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Lou Kuenzler
Louise Doughty
Lucy Caldwell
Luke Harding
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Nick Laird
Nicola Upson
Oliver Craske
Oneworld Publications
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Philippe Sands, President, English PEN
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Richard T. Kelly
Sarah Hall
Scribe Publications
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Tony White
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Wendy Cope
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