Power in Contemporary Zimbabwe

ISBN-13: 9780367591182 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 184 str.

Erasmus Masitera; Fortune Sibanda

Opis

This book brings together contributors from various academic disciplines to reflect on and theorize the contours of power in Zimbabwe, including the intrinsic and or extrinsic models of power, which pertain to individuals, communities, and or groups in order to transform society.

Spis treści

Grappling with Power in Contemporary Zimbabwe: The Introduction

Erasmus Masitera and Fortune Sibanda

The Search for Justice and Peace: Reflections on the Jambanja Discourse as an Articulation of Justice Foreshadowing Peace

Dr Dube Edmore

Reconciling the Indigenisation Narrative and the Eurocentric Education Curriculum in Zimbabwe: A Critical Dialogue

Dennis Masaka

Acculturation and Religious Ingenuity key for African Independent Churches: The Case of Guta Ra Jehova Church in Zimbabwe

Shoorai Konyana

Epistemic Injustice and Shona Indigenous Conceptions of Political Power 48

Ephraim Taurai Gwaravanda,

‘Backward is forward!’ Power and Israelite founding values: Lessons for Zimbabwe

Archieford Kurauone Mtetwa

Indigenous African Crusaders of Environmental Keeping: A Phenomenological Reflection on the Power of AICs’ Practices in Zimbabwe

Bernard P Humbe

Bulawayo Linguistic Landscaping as Representative of Power Relations and Dynamics 86

Sambulo Ndlovu

Ubuntu Justice and the Power to Transform Modern Zimbabwean Rehabilitation Justice System. 96

Erasmus Masitera

Cultural Alienation and Violence in Zimbabwean Politics: Some Lessons from the Ngozi Phenomenon

Prosper Muzambi

Handing down the Poisoned Chalice: Institutionalization of Partisanship, Coercion and Solipsism in Mlalazi’s They are Coming (2014)

Thamsanqa Moyo

Unlocking the Media Power and Politics of Televangelism in Zimbabwe: A Contemporary Discourse

Fortune Sibanda, and Elizabeth Farisai Hove

Indigenous Religion and Environmental Challenges: Phenomenological Reflections on the Role of Environmental Management Agency in Zimbabwe.

Tenson Muyambo

O autorze

Erasmus Masitera is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo.

Fortune Sibanda holds a DPhil in Religious Studies from the University of Zimbabwe. He lectures in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo.