[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.