Profiles

Tinashe Muchuri

Tinashe plays the recurring role of the N’anga in

Deadly Sins.  He is also composing poetry for the

hopefully spooky and mysterious soundtrack.

                                  

Tinashe is a performing poet, actor and

writer, based in Harare, Zimbabwe. His poems appear

in the following anthologies, Jakwara reNhetembo

(2008), State of the Nation: Contemporary Zimbabwean

Poetry (2009), War Against War (2010), Visions of

Motherland (2010), Daybreak (2010), Defiled

Sacredness (2010), Mudengu Munei (2010) and also in the international journals and magazine: Rattlesnake Review, Warwick Review, Cosumnes River Journal, illuminations.

His first Shona novel 'Chibarabada' will be coming out this year. He also writes for Writers International Network Zimbabwe blogspot under the column, 'The Regular Writer'.

Tinashe has acted in the following fims: Tanyaradzwa, I want A

Wedding Dress, NyamiNyami,Playing Warriors, The Husband,

and the following Television dramas:Suburb D, New Dawn, and

Tiriparwendo. He has performed poetry at various events & international platforms such as; HIFA, Intwasa Arts Festival

koBulawayo, Dzimbabwe Arts Festival, Chimanimani Arts Festival,Arts Alive International Johannesburg,

SADC Poetry Festival in Botswana among others.

As if all of that wasn’t enough.  He is also the secretary of the Zimbabwe Writer’s Association.