Mandishona, Daniel

Daniel Mandishona (1959) is an architect.

He was born in Harare and brought up by his maternal grandparents in Mbare township (then known as Harari township). In 1976 he was expelled from Goromonzi Secondary School and lived in London from 1977-92. He first studied Graphic Design then Architecture at the Bartlett School, University College London. He now has his own practice in Harare.

His first short story, ‘A Wasted Land’ was published in Contemporary African Short Stories (Heinemann,1992). He has since been published by Weaver Press in Writing Now (2005), Laughing Now (2007) Writing Free (2011) and Writing Lives (2014). He also published a collection of short stories, White Gods. Black Demons (Weaver Press, 2009).