Josiah Nyanda
Biographic Data
| ID | 1252929 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josiah Nyanda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josiah |
| FAMILY NAME | Nyanda |
| SIGNATURE | NYANDA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Setting the record straight
In this paper, an argument is put forward that through literary and political patronage Morgan Tsvangirai constructed a life narrative that is meant to challenge the ZANU-PF hegemonic discourse of demonisation that presents and depicts him as a political puppet to the British whose agenda is to effect regime change in Zimbabwe. He thus makes use of the book as a political and literary tool to set the record straight. It is further argued that dif…
More lasting than bronze
When confronted with a society and system of government that keeps changing the country’s political history, individuals like Judith Garfield Todd turn to memoir writing to challenge the new “patriotic history”, and to resist attempts to erase them from national history. In this paper, I argue that in her memoir, Judith Todd uses the authority of presence, epistemic privilege, erasure, palimpsest and converging voices to construct a new account o…
Setting the record straight
In this paper, an argument is put forward that through literary and political patronage Morgan Tsvangirai constructed a life narrative that is meant to challenge the ZANU-PF hegemonic discourse of demonisation that presents and depicts him as a political puppet to the British whose agenda is to effect regime change in Zimbabwe. He thus makes use of the book as a political and literary tool to set the record straight. It is further argued that dif…
More lasting than bronze
When confronted with a society and system of government that keeps changing the country’s political history, individuals like Judith Garfield Todd turn to memoir writing to challenge the new “patriotic history”, and to resist attempts to erase them from national history. In this paper, I argue that in her memoir, Judith Todd uses the authority of presence, epistemic privilege, erasure, palimpsest and converging voices to construct a new account o…
More lasting than bronze
When confronted with a society and system of government that keeps changing the country’s political history, individuals like Judith Garfield Todd turn to memoir writing to challenge the new “patriotic history”, and to resist attempts to erase them from national history. In this paper, I argue that in her memoir, Judith Todd uses the authority of presence, epistemic privilege, erasure, palimpsest and converging voices to construct a new account o…
Setting the record straight
In this paper, an argument is put forward that through literary and political patronage Morgan Tsvangirai constructed a life narrative that is meant to challenge the ZANU-PF hegemonic discourse of demonisation that presents and depicts him as a political puppet to the British whose agenda is to effect regime change in Zimbabwe. He thus makes use of the book as a political and literary tool to set the record straight. It is further argued that dif…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Hegemony (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Memoir (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)