Her respect for poetry began when she was at a teachers’ college and studied four South African protest poets for a project. Subsequently she studied for A-Levels in Divinity and English, both of which reawakened her appreciation of poetry. When the University of Zimbabwe opened a degree programme for practising teachers at what is now called the Masvingo State University, Joyce was part of the pioneer intake. She was in the 2004-2005 intake of the Crossing Borders Writing Project (Zimbabwe). See Issue no. XI of Poetry International Zimbabwe and also "An overview of Post-Independence Zimbabwean Poetry," Poetry International Web, 16 October 2008. Event Series