Zimbabwean writer Dangarembga receives German peace prize

Tsitsi Dangarembga said bringing about real change will require not 'miracle cures,' but hard, conscious work on behalf of those who have benefited from Western power structures. Photo: AFP

Accepting a prestigious German prize on Sunday in honour of her work, Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga called for a "new Enlightenment,” saying a fundamental shift is needed to overcome the structures of racial hierarchy that have led to violence in her home country and across the world.

"What we can look to is to change our thought patterns word by word, consciously and consistently over time and to persevere until results are seen in the way we do things and in the outcomes of our actions,” she said at St Paul’s Church in Frankfurt.