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First Steps in The Oral Historiography of The Midlands: a Review of the Work of Harald von Sicard
(2006-05-23)
For over 25 years Harald von Sicard made a sterling contribution to the history of Mberengwa and adjoining areas. By1971 he had well over 23 articles on several aspects of this area published in various languages and ...
Policy-makers, the Press and Politics: Reporting a Public Sector Document
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
News media often have to present public policies, originally articulated in technical
civil service documents, to the public, and to contextualise and comment on them.
Such situations result in ‘chains’ of intertextual ...
Elizabeth Musodzi: The Catholic Woman Agent of the Gospel
(2006-06-22)
The role played by Catholic African Women agents of the gospel in the propagation of the faith in Zimbabwe has not been highlighted in Catholic historiography in Zimbabwe This article focuses on Mai Musodzi of St Peters ...
Mass Neurosis, Entrapment, Closure and the Race’s Race of Life in Masango Mavi(1998) and Mapenzi (1999).
(2006-09-12)
This paper critically analyses the projection of the African image and the condition
of the African race as depicted in Emmanuel Chiwome’s Masango Mavi (1998), and
Ignatius Mabasa’s Mapenzi (1999) in the broad context ...
Morpho(?) Phono (?) Logical Fuzzy Edges: The Case of {-/I/-}/{-/U/-} Semantic (?) Contrast in Shona
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2000)
Although the Western world of Science continues to be dominated by the black and white (or 'binary')laws of logic, the binary logic has always faced doubt. (Un)fortunately, logical positisim has remained the working ...
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 ...
Metaphors in Shona: A Cognitive Approach
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003)
This article discuses the pervasiveness of metaphors in everyday Shona language. It argues that metaphorical expressions are not mere words, but they are part of a much bigger way of conceptualising things. Examples are ...
Lexical Metamorphosis of the Kalanga Language: Towards an Analysis of the Impact of Ndebele Domination of the Kalanga Language
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
This article examines the lexical metamorphosis of the Kalanga language caused by
the dominance of the language by Ndebele. It is based on research conducted among
the Kalanga-speaking people of Bulilima-mangwe in ...
"Some Are More White Than Others": Racial Chauvinism As A Factor of Rhodesian Immigration Policy, 1890-1963
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2000)
This article analyses the role of ethnic chauvinism in determining the
patterns and trends of white immigration into Rhodesia from the country’s
occupation in 1890 to the Second World War. It argues that, while scholars
have ...