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If I truly had the courage of my convictions, I would be a full-blown comic novelist.

Petina Gappah

If I truly had the courage of my convictions, I would be a full-blown comic novelist.

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About Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was named African Literary Person of the Year by Brittle Paper. In 2017 she had a DAAD Artist-in-Residence fellowship in Berlin.