Voices of The Tormented Soul

Voices of a Tormented Soul is more than an anthology, it's a collective outcry, a poetic resistance, and a sanctuary for survivors.

Compiled and edited by Brighton "B Shaps" Shapita, this collection brings together bold and vulnerable voices from across Zimbabwe and beyond, each poem a scar, a survival song, a cry for justice, and a step toward healing. Through the lens of gender-based violence, trauma, mental health, and resilience, these poets reveal what society silences: the raw, the wounded, and the rising.

Featuring contributions from both emerging and established writers, including Beverly Krismas, Francisca Mhlahlo, Andile Tshuma, Richard Ngoni Gore, Bion Gorombe, Mazvita Mhungu, and Michelle Chipanga, the anthology explores the pain of abuse and the strength it takes to endure and overcome it. Men speak. Women roar. Children remember. Survivors rise.

Published under the African Youth Voices Project, Voices of a Tormented Soul is a call to action and a platform for truth. These stories are real. These wounds are lived. And in the telling, there is transformation.

This book is for the unheard, the hurting, and the healing.
Because poetry remembers what the world tries to forget.