Faculty of Arts & Humanities: Recent submissions
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The exclusion of the African contribution to the conceptual development of reality, appearance and knowledge in the history of philosophy
(2014-05-21)Few histories of philosophy have probed the contributions of Africans or people of African descent. A significant section of modern and contemporary intellectual historians, unlike their classical counterparts, regards ... -
The Urban Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Threat to Human Security and Sustainable Development
(Ubiquity Press, 2013)Urban centres have existed and have been evolving for many centuries across the world. However, the accelerated growth of urbanisation is a relatively recent phe- nomenon. The enormous size of urban populations and more ... -
War legacy: a reflection on the effects of the Rhodesian Security Forces (RSF) in south eastern Zimbabwe during Zimbabwe’s war of liberation 1976 - 1980
(Academic Journals, 2012-10)As its central thesis, this paper discusses the effects of the Rhodesian Security Forces (RSF) operations during Zimbabwe’s liberation war on the Hlengwe/Shangaan (a minority group in the south eastern Zimbabwe) from 1976 ... -
A Social and Political History of Chishanga: South-Central Zimbabwe c.1750-2000
(2014-04-24)This thesis is about a ‘place’ that effectively no longer exists-in the sense of being a recognisable unit of territory. ‘Chishanga’ has always been a term of contestation, referring more or less tenuously to a stretch of ... -
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 ... -
A study of the theme of persecution and the relationships between victims and aggressors in four tragedies by Jean Racine: Andromaque, Britannicus Bajazet and Phedre.
(2013-09-06)Human violence has generated a lot of discussion and led to so many attempts, both scientific and philosophical, to understand its prevalence. Why do human beings inflict voluntary suffering or death to others? This is the ... -
An Investigation into the Practice of Directing and Theatre Making in Post-Independence Zimbabwe up to 1990: Some Urban Theatre Directors and/or Theatre Makers as Case Studies
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2006)This article examines the theatre making and directing styles inherent in urban Zimbabwean theatre in the first ten years after independence. It does so by scrutinising the works of selected urban theatre makers and/or ... -
Issues and Implications in Staging Mungoshi's Inongova Njakenjake (Each Does his Own Thing)
(Prestige Books, 2006)Charles Mungoshi is one of the most prolific writers Zimbabwe has produced. As with any attempt at categorisation, it proves futile to bunch Mungoshi with most Zimbabwean writers in the same cauldron of realism, as some ... -
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 ... -
‘Rewriting’ the Bible: its Canonical Implications and Meaning for Anglicans in the City of Harare.
(2012-09-04)The subject of ‘rewriting’ the Bible has caused considerable discussion in several forums. In theological debates this has led to the writing of a number of books. In church situations, there has been a lot of talk concerning ... -
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, ... -
Transitivity In Kalanga
(2012-08-31)This thesis examines transitivity as a grammatical aspect of the Kalanga language. The investigation is done using two theoretical frameworks: Relational Grammar (RG) and Hopper and Thompson’s (1980) Transitivity Theory. ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Environment and Culture: A Study of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
(2012-08-30)There is always a symbiotic relationship between the physical environment and cultural behaviour of a society. The physical environment provides resources and options for subsistence, raw materials for economic development, ... -
The Significance of Glossolalia in the Apostolic Faith Mission, Zimbabwe
(Edinburgh University Press, 2011)This study seeks to look at the meaning and significance of Glossolalia1 in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe.2 This paper has also been influenced by debates surrounding speaking in tongues in most of the Pentecostal ... -
The Sociolinguistics of Personal Address and Reference in Urban Shona Society
(2012-07-02)This thesis examines the forms, interpersonal or social functions and patterns of terms used as address or reference resources in spoken urban Shona, integrating Hymes’s (1962) Ethnography of Communication theory and a ... -
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 ... -
Forms And Functions Of Questions In The Speech Of A 28- Month -0ld Monolingual Shona Speaker.
(Zambezia, 2006-05-30)This paper analyses the forms and functions of Yes/No and Wh-questions produced by a 28-month-old child acquiring Shona as a first language (L1). Elicitation of data which spanned over a period of four weeks called for ...
