Julius Masimba Musodza (born 29 March 1976) is a Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

an screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and author

Author

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. He has contributed to the StoryTime e-zine, which was founded by South Africa-based Zimbabwean author, Ivor Hartmann. He is considered to be a pioneer in African "Rastafarian Literature". He is also the author of the first definitive science fiction novel in the Shona

Shona language

Shona is a Bantu language, native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; the term is also used to identify peoples who speak one of the Shona language dialects: Zezuru, Karanga, Manyika, Ndau and Korekore...

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Publications

• The Man who turned into a Rastafarian,2007, Diggory Press, ISBN 978-1846855375
• Uriah's Vengeance, Lion Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0955808258
• African Roar (Anthology, contributed Yesterday's Dog, a short-story) edited by E. Sigauke/I.W. Hartmann, Lion Press, 2010, ISBN 978-09656242280

External links

• Interview with Musodza
• Musodza's website