Career
He is a graduate of the University of Zimbabwe and an Honorary Fellow of University of Iowa, United States. He worked with one of Zimbabwe"s leading publishing houses as an editor/publisher for 17 years, until 2002. He now runs a literary agency and also works as a performance poet, cultural consultant and translator. He has contributed some pieces in a Shona poetry anthology, Zviri Muchinokoro (2005, ZPH Publishers).
He has written and translated a number of children"s stories and published some educational textbooks, and has also been an occasional contributor to the print media and ran a radio programme for young Shona writers.
Chirikure performs his poetry solo and/or with his mbira music ensemble. He has recorded an album of poetry and music, Napukeni (2002), with his colleagues, DeteMbira Group.
He has also written lyrics for a number of leading Zimbabwean musicians and he occasionally performs with some of these musicians.
