NoViolet Bulawayo manages it by forming a cast of characters so delightful and joyous that the reader is seduced by their antics at the same time as finding out about the country's troubles.

A meeting between Ndebele King Bulelani Khumalo, a descendent of late King Lobengula, and Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has angered government, with the Local Government ministry describing it as ...