Lazarus Sauti

by  zwnews24.com Award-winning journalist and 2017 National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) nominee, author, Lazarus Sauti has encouraged people to use the power of the pen to fight social ills in the country. The literature passionate scribe who loves writing books in his vernacular, Shona language, in documenting the Zimbabwean culture, said that the pen is mightier than the sword since it gives power to the powerless and voice to voiceless. Sauti, whose work, according to book publisher and award-winning writer Phillip Chidavaenzi, is a series of questions around issues that vex humanity and which demand answers, said literature should be recognised, celebrated and be promoted since it provides checks and balances in a representative democracy. zwnews24’s Brian Kazungu had an interview with Lazarus, author of the book ‘Nei?’,   which is a collection of poems and short stories in order to understand more about his personality and writing career. Zwnews24:   Briefly des