Tinashe Mushakavanhu akazvarirwa muHarare, Zimbabwe . Iye munyori, mupepeti uye nyanzvi yakavakirwa paSt Anne's College, University of Oxford . Pakutanga, anga ari mumwe wepashure peWits Institute for Social &amp; Economic Research (WiSER) paUniversity yeWitwatersrand muJohannesburg, South Africa . Ane mubairo wePhD muChirungu kubva kuYunivhesiti yeKent . Mushakavanhu akazvarirwa muHarare akakurira, uye paakanga ava nemakore gumi nematanhatu mhuri yake yakatamira kuguta reGweru uko kwaakadzidza chikoro chinonzi Fletcher High School muSenga icho chaimbozivikanwa nemukurumbira muZimbabwe . Akabatana neMidlands State University muna 2002, makore maviri mushure mekunge yatangwa, uye akazopedza dhigirii rekutanga kirasi yekukudza muChirungu & Kukurukurirana. Mushure mezvo, akazotama akaenda kuTrinity College, Carmarthen kwaakapedza kudzidza aine MA muCreative Writing. Mushure mezvo, akaenderera mberi nekugamuchira PhD muChirungu kubva kuUnivhesiti yeKent . Akabata kuyanana kwakakurumbira muEdinburgh, Johannesburg neNew York uye akapa hurukuro nehurukuro kumaunivhesiti akasiyana siyana nemakoreji. Semudzidzi wepayunivhesiti, VaMushakavanhu vaive nhengo yesangano ravanonyora reBudding Writers Association of Zimbabwe (BWAZ), iro rakasarudzwa kuve munyori mukuru wekomiti huru.