The House of Hunger (1982) Chris Austin

Feature drama/documentary for Channel Four based on the prize-winning novel by Dambudzo Marechera, on growing up black in white Rhodesia, and the exiled writer’s return to the newly liberated Zimbabwe. Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright whose works were famous for its critique on humanity and society. Often described as a ‘trouble maker’, Marechera was particularly distasteful of the then colonial regime in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In 1978 came his debut in literature The House of Hunger, winning the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979.