Explore Bevin Magama's Books
DREAMING ALL THINGS GREAT
Dreaming All Things Great is a collection of colourful tales that shock, surprise and weave through the dramas and dilemmas of life. How much ridicule does a boy who is dreaming of becoming a comedian have to go through? How about the dark secret of what happens in Radyr? Or even the tale of a man who visits a witch in the middle of the night? Bevin Magama is a renowned storyteller who has dedicated his life to challenging social issues through the medium of storytelling in a thought -provoking, humorous and entertaining way. A collection of odder short stories which tie emotions to places, blurs the conventions of commas and full stops and allows the reader to pick his own rhythm.
HARARE IS SICK
Flame Lily, the beautiful daughter of a billionaire politician is out to get blood when her father dies in a mysterious air crash. The closer Flame comes to discovering the truth, the more she is dragged into a treacherous world of secrets and deceit that strike at the very heart of democracy.
Her father’s diamond mining operations are under threat from forces wanting control. Who are these forces? And how would the scores be settled on such an unfair playing field?
VICIOUS
This is Bevin Magama’s autobiography examining his upbringing in Zimbabwe Bevin interweaves traditional folktales leading the reader to Bevin’s survival through a vicious cycle of violence.
GROSS MISCONDUCT
Gross Misconduct consist of 5 lively and enquiring plays.The plays show subtle rhythms of people living on the periphery and the malleability of human personality. What runs through each play is some erosion of personal integrity
ONE DEAD ZIMBO WALKING
1997. Corruption is rampant in the heart of the rapidly collapsing Zimbabwean economy. After years of facilitating corrupt deals for the Vice President and senior government ministers, Fungai Moyo, a top civil servant wants to stop living a life of deceit. In his desperation to disappear overseas, Fungai makes a decision he can never undo. Stealing top secret official documents and two million dollars bribe money intended for the ruthless Vice President, Gondo, was not a good idea. Fungai is caught and tortured by Gondo’s men. They murder his family in cold blood. Fungai is prepared to die the cruellest death, unaware that his sister, Sekai, harbours a deadly secret