Designed to amplify the authentic voices of emerging writers, Turquoise Dreams is a short story collection depicting life experiences through the eyes of women in modern day Southern Africa. With contributing writers from Matebeleland, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland and Manicaland, the stories portray post-colonial struggles amidst societal degeneration within a declining economic environment in Zimbabwe and beyond its borders.
There are 29 short stories in total, each ranging between 1500 and 7000 words, by the following 10 writers:
· Tinatswe Mhaka
· Mantate Queeneth Mlotshwa
· Nyasha Chiyanike
· Nadia Mutisi
· Chipo Mawarire
· Sibonginkosi Netha
· Nkosilesisa Kwanele Ncube
· Gwadamirai Majange
· Edith Moreblessings Virima
· Panashe Mawoneke