Garikai N. Mutasa (born 1952) is a

Zimbabwean Demographic features of the population of Zimbabwe include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population The population of Zimbabwe ...

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

. His novel ''The Contact'' (1985) is a victory story of the Zanla guerrillas, based on

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socialist-realism models. He previously trained as a teacher at Gweru Teacher's College

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