Acclaimed Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has won an appeal against her conviction for inciting violence by carrying a placard calling for political reform.
Ms Dangarembga paid a fine of about $110 (£100) to avoid serving a three-month jail term last year, following her conviction in a magistrate’s court.
She challenged the ruling in the high court, which has now acquitted her.
Ms Dangarembga is one of Zimbabwe’s most famous authors. Her novel, This Mournable Body, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020.
In the same year, she was arrested for walking along a road in the capital, Harare, holding a placard which called for political reform and the release of two government critics.
In a ruling that was widely condemned, the magistrate said the protest could have incited other people to join, and cause a breach of peace.
