Griots and Galaxies: Chido Muchemwa and Mubanga Kalimamukwento

This week's episode of Griots and Galaxies features a conversation with hosts Jenna Hanchey and Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, and guests Chido Muchemwa and Mubanga Kalimamukwento. Muchemwa, published under C.T. Muchemwa, is a Zimbabwean writer and academic, author of the short story collection 'Who Will Bury You?' and Other Stories. Kalimamukwento is founding editor of Ubwali Literary Magazine, and the first African winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. She is an award winning writer and author of 'The Mourning Bird', 'Unmarked Graves', 'Obligations to the Wounded', and 'The Shipikisha Club'. In this episode, they talk about grief and the specific challenges of losing parents overseas. Further in the conversation is what it means to preserve black women and their influence after their passing, how we build communities around their teachings in their honor, and the catharsis of writing speculative fiction for processing trauma and building a cultural archive.