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The memorial service for the late historian and writer Pathisa Nyathi has started at the Bulawayo Amphitheater where hundreds of Bulawayo residents have converged to pay their last respects to the renowned author before he is buried at the Lady Stanley Cemetery.
On the podium is close confidant Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Reverend Paul Damasane said Nyathi wrote 20 books that articulated the history of the liberation war against minority rule from the British colonisers, the highest number of publications authored by any writer in Zimbabwe.
The late Nyathi was born in Kezi, Matabeleland South Province, on 10 July 1951 and passed away on 2 November 2024 after a long illness. He will be buried next to his wife Elizabeth who passed in 2016. The late historian, according to Reverend Damasane, chose not to re-marry but to focus on his family and his writings.
Among those in the crowd to bid farewell to the celebrated writer at the Bulawayo Amphitheater are the Bulawayo Provincial Minister Judith Ncube, Bulawayo Mayor Councillor David Coltart, Nkayi Chief Dakamela among other dignitaries.
The late Nyathi wrote over 70 books, which Bulawayo Mayor Councillor David Coltart said must be readily available in all council owned libraries for future generations.
He is survived by three children – Sikhanyisile, Butho and Fikile.
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