[3] Mahanya is one of the pioneering writers of detective stories in the Shona language.

[4] His books Chidamwoyo, Zvinoyera and The Wound are about the Rhodesian Bush War.

Morgan Mahanya was born at Zimuto Mission in Masvingo Province in a ChiShona-speaking family.

His father Nicholas, who died in 1966, was the headman in Mahanya Village, Zimuto.

He lives a humble life in Zhombe, Empress Mine Ward in a village called Totororo.