Dr. Trishula Rachna Patel

Author's Corner with Trishula Rachna Patel, author of BECOMING ZIMBABWEAN upress.virginia.edu/author-corner/…

A year of Zimbabwean academic authors. I have devoured the other 3 and wrote the 4th. Works By @SimuChigudu @trishulapatel @MilesTendi @drDendere You can read them in any order or 1. Becoming 2. Chasing 3. Death 4. The Overthrow Nhasi ndezveduwo. Itai Makorokoto kwatiri

We are very excited to launch our 2026 book list! We are traveling from Cameroon, Mutare, Mogadishu, Lagos, to Sweden, Harlem, London, Toronto across generations, centuries and through cosmology, dreams and history! Come along for the ride!

One of my vows this year is to do something with the fantastic @HarareBookClub. Thrilled to see 2026 includes books by @JCObioma, J Makumbi's KINTU and my new fav writer @trishulapatel who has written a brilliant history of Indians in Zimbabwe. Please join them! I mean us!

@VascoDaGappah Thank you so much Petina! I actually sent you an email a few weeks ago (got your contact from @drDendere) - let me know if you didn’t get it and I’ll send again!

@trishulapatel Many congratulations! Please get in touch ...need to talk about bringing your book to a wider audience. Looking forward to the cricket book as well!

Author's Corner with Trishula Rachna Patel, author of BECOMING ZIMBABWEAN upress.virginia.edu/author-corner/…

Zohran Mamdani’s story is a bold challenge to rigid identity boxes. As a Ugandan-born, Indian American democratic socialist, he weaves his migration history into a political identity that celebrates transnationalism. By @trishulapatel in @AHAhistorians buff.ly/PXFreeC

If you can't attend in person, be sure to visit our virtual exhibit here: upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/aha26/ Take 40% off when you enter code <10AHA26> at checkout!

Stop by our booth at #AHA! Peruse our books, chat with an editor, explore our digital content, and take advantage of the conference discount! #twitterstorians

Read an interview with the author! upress.virginia.edu/author-corner/…

Happy #pubday to "Becoming Zimbabwean: A History of Indians in Rhodesia" by Trishula Rachna Patel! @trishulapatel The first comprehensive history of Indian migrants and their descendants in Zimbabwe upress.virginia.edu/title/10169/ #booktwitter

Highly recommend Trish Patel’s becoming Zimbabwean a nuanced & beautifully written book on the history of Zimbabwean-Indians. Had me weeping in the end. Read it in just two days because it is that good. Highly recommend. The story about the struck plane in 1979 😭complicated!

@British_Care__ This is a scam and I have reported you

@British_Airways Again, how is this helpful?

@trishulapatel We know it's frustrating when your flights are delayed. We'd only ever do this is absolutely necessary. The team will get you away as soon as they can. Tony

@British_Airways @British_Airways the last time I was significantly delayed like this I contacted your customer relations team and never heard back from them. If you actually want to do something, contact me directly.

@British_Airways What help is that with the delays, exactly? I’m getting home two days later than I planned and now I’m facing even more delays

It is available for preorder here: UVA Press website: upress.virginia.edu/title/10169/ Barnes and Noble: tinyurl.com/3e3rk7t6 Amazon: tinyurl.com/28a86fv5 Very grateful to everyone who helped me get here!

Excited to share that my book, Becoming Zimbabwean: A History of Indians in Rhodesia, will be published in January 2026 by @uvapress!

It’s based on research I did for my dissertation, which I have spent the past two years rewriting and revising. In other words, it’s been a long time coming, and I cannot wait to share the history of my family, my community, and my country with the world in Spring 2026!

Thrilled to announce that my book, “Becoming Zimbabwean: A History of Indians in Zimbabwe, 1890-1980” is officially under contract with the @uvapress Reconsiderations in Southern African History series!

Such a beautiful tribute from @gib_zzz on the contributions of Pathisa Nyathi theconversation.com/zimbabwes-publ…