Dr. Tadiwa Madenga

Biography

Tadiwa Madenga is a scholar specializing in African Black diasporic literature, gender, sexuality, and print cultures. His research is concerned with the relationship between literature and sexuality, tracing the evolution of African book fairs in the 20th and 21st centuries. These book fairs, known for their keynotes, book stalls, magazines, and poetry, serve as sites of critical scholarly engagement. His current research project focuses on the emergence of African queer literature and its political ramifications, particularly through the lens of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. This fair, a prominent destination for African literature and arts during the 1980s and 1990s, became a site for public debates on race and homosexuality, prompting Madenga to reconsider the genres and spaces that define foundational subjects in African literary studies and Black queer studies. His research has received support from fellowships and grants from prestigious institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

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