'It's very troubling to me because writing of a place is not the same as writing for a place,' she says. 'If I write about Zimbabwe, it's not the same as writing for Zimbabwe or for Zimbabweans. I have to remember that as much as there are many people unhappy with Robert Mugabe's regime, there are many who are not: about 49% [of the electorate] voted for him.' – from “Petina Gappah: ‘I don’t see myself as an African writer,’” by Stephen Moss, The Guardian