Samm Farai Monro, better known as Comrade Fatso, is one of the most popular poets in the Zimbabwe arts scene. Born in 1980 he spent most of his youth in Zimbabwe inspired by life and the struggle for justice. Cde Fatso calls his poetry Toyi Toyi Poetry, urban street poetry that mixes Shona with English, mbira with hip hop, poetry with the struggle to survive. His poetry is the voices of the marginalized, the brutalized, the street kid, the abused maid. His poetry is not the voice of the voiceless. His poetry is insurrection.

Fatso has performed extensively, having been invited to perform his rebel poetry at festivals in France, the UK, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa. He has shared the stage with leading performers such as Lemn Sissay, Antjie Krog and Metaphysics while also collaborating with artists such as Chiwoniso, Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa, Jitsvinger, Dizraeli and Adisa. A flexible performer Fatso performs his rhythmic poetry acapella, accompanied by bass guitar or with his band, Chabvondoka. Chabvondoka's sound effortlessly blends the sound of Chimurenga, Jazz, Afrobeat and Hip Hop to create a sound that is at once revolutionary and immensely danceable. Their performances have uplifted crowds from Harare to Johannesburg, with their recent perfromance at the Harare Interational Festival of the Arts 2007 labelled as "the best perfomance of the festival" (Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa). Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka are currently working on an album and will soon release their single, Mahara. Fatso's poetry has appeared on BBC, CNN, SABC, ZBC and KPFA FM (California).

Not one to be confined, Fatso is more than a mere poet. As a cultural activist he is one of the founders of the House of Hunger Poetry Slam, Harare’s hugely popular poetry slam where the next generation of poets spit fire to appreciative crowds. At the same time he is co-founder and facilitator of the Uhuru Network, a radical grassroots youth network that uses arts, media, permaculture and community action in the struggle for social justice in Harare’s ghettos. Fatso has also been involved in journalism for many years starting when he was 17 years old as a columnist for the popular Horizon magazine and has subsequently had articles on politics and culture appearing in publications such as The Zimbabwean (UK), ZMag (USA), SchNEWS (UK) and Indymedia (USA).