The Hare Gets Married and Other Tales
Victoria Mushaba Chimhutu's book is a fantasy/folktale book recently published in 3 languages. This book is inspired by folktales that Victoria's grandmother narrated to her when she was a child and is a collection of different folktales that happened a long time ago, somewhere deep in the forests of Zimbabwe. We have conducted an interview with Victoria. Who inspires you to write your book "The Hare Gets Married and Other Tales"? This book is inspired by folktales that my grandmother narrated to me when I was a child. Growing up in rural Zimbabwe, we would sit around the fire in our mud hut after dinner and listen to my grandmother's storytelling long into the night. I also strongly believe that there is a need to document and preserve the culture of storytelling and traditional wisdom from the society that I grew up as part of and to share this with the whole world. This prompted me in writing “The Hare Gets Married and Other Tales”. I have notic...