# @thebookerprizes on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CjKcBLjDK_7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24487163-thebookerprizes-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-10-01T07:44:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes) — https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes

## Caption

As part of our reader Q&As with Booker-shortlisted authors, NoViolet Bulawayo answered a question that feels very pertinent following the conviction of her fellow Zimbabwean author #TsitsiDangarembga
 
‘Did you feel any fear writing about a brutal regime when some of the players are still in power?’
 
‘I’d say instead of fear I felt this strong sense of purpose because for me the project was really about resistance. It was about showing up for a moment that demanded me as an artist, as a storyteller, to figure out how I could participate in Zimbabwe’s ongoing struggle for freedom. And, actually, seeing so many of my countrymen show up in their different capacities gave me the courage that I needed to simply do what I needed to do. And I am reminded of this Toni Morrison quote that kept me company, if I can read it very quickly. She said ‘There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language.’ That’s a quote that was close to me throughout that time.’

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| The Booker Prizes | @thebookerprizes | https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes | Awards Organization |

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