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Democratic Discourse? Realising Alternatives in Zimbabwean Political Discourse
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2000)
This article discusses political discourse in Zimbabwe from a perspective of discourse analysis. It examines the two speeches presented (in English) at a seminar on Structural Adjustment and Political Democracy and ...
The Language of Ethnic Contempt: Malawian-Zimbabwean Shona Rivalry
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
The contact between the Shona and immigrants from Malawi dates back to more than six
decades ago. Throughout this period, the ethnic relations of the two groups have been
represented in fiction, drama and popular music ...
Identity and democracy in pro-democracy protest theatre in Zimbabwe: 1999-2012
(2017-03)
This study investigates a brand of theatre that is oppositional to oppression. This theatre,
which this study calls protest theatre, predicates its practice upon democratic intentions and
values. In Zimbabwe, some scholars ...
Transculturalism in Post-independence Zimbabwean Drama: Projections of Zimbabwean Theatre at the Onset of a New Millennium.
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2004)
This article examines transculturalism in Zimbabwean theatre in the postindependence
era. It begins with a historical background to the socio-cultural forces
that shaped attitudes to cultural life, first in the colony, ...
Black Female Identities in Harare: The Case of Young Women with Dreadlocks
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2004)
The construction of post-colonial African female identities has faced a number of
challenges. Colonial ideologies and African patriarchal traditions threaten to stifle
African women. African cities have become sites of ...
Towards an educational charter for Little Children of our Blessed Lady religious congregation (LCBL)
(2014-06-03)
This study set out to investigate the Philosophical Foundations of Education for the Little
Children of Our Blessed Lady Congregation (LCBL). In this regard I presented
information obtained from research conducted from ...
‘A Crisis of Expectation?’ Narratives on the Impact of Migration on Gender and Family in Zimbabwe, 2000-2011
(University of Zimbabwe, 2013)
The article employs the narratives of those left behind to explore the impact of
migration on the Zimbabwean family institution and its gender terrain in the post-
2000 period. It uses narratives collected from various ...
'The Politics of the Womb’: Women, Politics and The Environment in Pre-Colonial Chivi, Southern Zimbabwe, c.1840 to 1900
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003)
Women have always played a vital role in the environment of pre-colonial Zimbabwe
especially as they constituted the backbone of traditional agriculture. Pre-colonial
studies have either ignored or understated that fact. ...
TILCOR-Sanyati Irrigation: A case of development within the decentralisation policy context in colonial Zimbabwe, 1956-1980.
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2015)
Extensive global and African scholarship exists on how decentralisation has been
implemented to achieve rural growth. Pre-eminent scholars like Liihring, Mutizwa-
Mangiza, Fortmann and Hankla contend that decentralisation ...
Zimbabwean video films as alternative cinema
(2017-03-14)
This study examines the filmmaking practices of selected Zimbabwean video filmmakers across the filmmaking value chain in order to explore how they ‘negotiate’, ‘appropriate’, ‘contaminate’ and ‘violate’ mainstream ...