Ethel Irene Kabwato
Born in Mutare, Zimbabwe, Ethel Irene Kabwato trained as a secondary school teacher and holds a BA in Media Studies. She is featured in important anthologies that have shaped literary spaces in Africa and the world such as New Daughters of Africa (Myriad Press), Sunflowers in Your Eyes (Cinnamon Press), Poetry International Website (Netherlands), Writing Free ( Weaver Press), and Ghetto Diary (Zimbabwe Publishing House) an anthology that was selected as a set book for Advanced-level literature students in Zimbabwe. Her poetry is included in Between Two Rocks, (ed. Ben Gaydos, Flint University) in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Cultural Centre in Detroit (ZCCD). In August 2023, Kabwato was the ZCCD/Litfest research writer in residence in Detroit.