“The struggle for Zimbabwe lit up the imagination of people around the ...” — Petina Gappah Quote

“The struggle for Zimbabwe lit up the imagination of people around the world. In London, New York, Accra and Lagos, bell-bottomed men and women with big hair and towering platform shoes sang the dream of Zimbabwe in the words of the eponymous song by Bob Marley: Every man has the right to decide his own destiny.”

“There's a Shona saying: 'chakafukidza dzimba matenga' - 'What covers the home is the roof,' or 'Every home has its secrets.'”

“'Authentic' is one of my least favourite words because in such a diverse country, whose authenticity are you talking about?”

“I'm the first to poke fun at myself when it comes to the hair. I even ask the audience 'hands up who had big hair in the 80s?'.”

“I have crazy, curly, big hair, so,if I have time to try to make myself look presentable, I usually spend it doing my hair.”

“Growing up, I had really big hair. Giant hair. As I got older, the goal was to make it smaller - I wanted to look like everyone else. So I got a weave. I would manipulate my hair and try to make it straight.”