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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 ... -
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S RESPONSE TO POST DEATH RITUALS IN MUSAMI, 1980 – 2008: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
(2017)The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe has addressed indigenous post-death rites to varying depth and scope.This study examined the extent to which the Catholic Church in Musami, Zimbabwe has succeeded in implementing inculturation. ... -
Characterizing hunter-gatherer rock art: An analysis of spatial variation of motifs in the prehistoric rock art of Zimbabwe
(2017-03)This study investigated spatial variations of motif representation in Zimbabwean rock art. The major aim of the study was to examine the significance of this variation in the understanding of the lifestyles of its painters. ... -
Charles Mungoshi “and other writers”
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Christian theological perspectives on political violence in Zimbabwe: the case of the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe
(2013-03-14)This study seeks to establish the perspectives of the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) on political violence in order to understand its theological position on politically motivated violence in Zimbabwe. The UCCZ ... -
Coercive Discourse Patterns in President George Bush’s 2001 and 2005 Inaugural Addresses.
(Zambezia, 2006-06-28)This paper investigates coercive strategies employed by President Bush in his 2001 and 2005 inaugural addresses. The study is situated in the broad field of discourse analysis whose main thrust is to investigate the use ... -
Colonial agrarian history of Sanyati (Zimbabwe): Prelude, debates and innuendoes of Tribal Trust Land Development Corporation (TILCOR) Decentralised Development, 1948-1979.
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2016)This article examines the colonial agrarian history of Gowe-Sanyati Communal Lands in Zimbabwe between 1948 and 1979 paying attention to the context, debates and innuendoes of Tribal Trust Land Development Corporation (TILCOR) ... -
Complementation In Chakari Nyanja: A Case Study
(2012-08-30)This study is concerned with complementation in Chakari Nyanja. Complementation is looked at as the addition of a phrase or clause to make the predicate complete. A phrase or clause that serves this function is a complement. ... -
The Concept and Practice of Diakonia in The New Testament and its Implications in the Zimbabwean Context.
(2012-09-04)Since the time of its establishment in Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, the RCZ (formerly DRC) has been involved in a number of services in the area of its operation (southern Zimbabwe). This study on diakonia has analysed, ... -
Contesting Constructions of Cultural Production in & through Urban Theatre in Rhodesia, c. 1890–1950
(Boydell and Brewer Ltd, 2010)In this article I attempt to analyse three urban African performances; Nyawo, the tea party, and Beni. I employ the socio-historical analysis model which attempts to understand the relationship between the field of ... -
Contrasting Aspects of Africa Decolonisation Processes and Missions in West and Southern Africa: Ghana and Angola as Case Studies
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)A major result of the Second World War was a radically new world constellation. In 1945, Soviet Russian and American troops in Torgau at the Elbe shook hands over the ruins of an old Europe that never would dominate the ... -
The Conversion of Paul in the Light of the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2004)Paul’s influence on Christian teaching and practice cannot be underestimated. Several times his teaching is quoted to support certain Christian practices even in African Christianity today. However, the conversion of ... -
‘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 ... -
A Critical Re-Engagement With Stultifying Gender Binaries in HIV and AIDS Related Shona Novelistic Discourses.
(2006-09-12)The paper is an exposition and a critique of selected novelistic voices in Shona whose subject matter also includes HIV/AIDS. Yet, the informing philosophy on Aids in the novels is gender difference as the modus operandi ... -
The Debate Over Elephant Culling: Is it Ever Morally Justified to Cull Elephants ?
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)This article argues that, since elephants do not just live in forests or parks but in a whole social, economic, political and ecological environment, it is necessary to look at how surplus elephant populations affect the ... -
Defence Consiousness as a Way of Life: The Refuge Period and Karanga Defence Strategies in the 19th Century
(2006-05-23)Defensible settlement patterns are neither a new phenomenon in pre-colonial Zimbabwean history nor are they a development peculiar to the 19th century Shona alone. Nonetheless the 19th century in many ways constituted a ... -
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 ... -
‘Dismantling “Reason-based Moral Status” in Environmental Ethics.’
(2009-08-01)This article critically explores the assumptions of ‘reason-based moral status’ theorists, as well as ‘sentient’ theorists in establishing moral status. While ‘reason based moral status’ theorists regard reason as the key ... -
Dynamics of Democracy and Human Rights Among the Ndebele of Zimbabwe, 1818-1934.
(2012-08-30)This thesis is at once a profound historical reconstruction of an African polity, and a deeply informed mediation on key Ndebele concepts and ideas. Throughout the thesis, the Ndebele historical experiences are consistently ... -
Echoing Silences as a Paradigm for Restorative Justice in Post-conflict Zimbabwe: A Philosophical Discourse
(Zambezia, 2006)Drawing corroborative data from Echoing Silences (1997), an internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean liberation war novel written by Alexander Kanengoni, the article explores some perspectives on the history of violent pasts ...
