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10/05/2023 GMT

Intergenerational: Two stories of heritage lost and found

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A playwright in search of the truth about his father; and a musician’s lockdown discovery

Zimbabwean playwright Tonderai Munyevu on seeking the truth about his father and his country, and musician Nabihah Iqbal on a burglary and a call that changed her life.

Zimbabwean playwright Tonderai Munyevu always knew that his charismatic, chaotic father loved him. But he also knew something had damaged his father’s life and happiness forever. When he began to write a play about Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, it took him on a search for the truth about his dad and his country.

Musician Nabihah Iqbal had just finished work on her second album, in early 2020, when her studio was burgled. The album, which she had not backed up, was gone. As she stood watching the police dust the room for fingerprints, her phone went. It was her grandmother in Karachi, telling her that her grandfather was seriously ill in hospital. Grief-stricken, Nabihah got on a plane to Pakistan, not realising the pandemic meant she would not be able to come home for weeks. Confined to house and garden with her grandmother and slowly-recovering grandfather, she began to rebuild. 

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