Selina Linda Mudavanhu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1253175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Selina Linda Mudavanhu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Selina Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Mudavanhu |
| SIGNATURE | MUDAVANHU S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4431-547X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unmasking Inequity
Informed by Critical Race Theory (CRT) and using qualitative content analysis, this paper examines how Canada frames its priorities for Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) in light of the systemic barriers faced by Black students. The paper reviews key policy documents, including Moving Forward Together: Canada’s 2030 Agenda National Strategy, the Canadian Indicator Framework, Voluntary National Reviews, and the SDG Data Hub. Although Canada b…
Teaching Africa in Canada
Background: Stereotypes about Africa, rooted in colonialism, persist in some media outlets in the Global North. In this brief, I reflect on my approach to designing and teaching a graduate course in this context at a Canadian university, and on how Afrocentric and decolonial pedagogies can inform media education in polarized times. Analysis: Afrocentricity centres African agency. Decolonial theory critiques ongoing colonial influences in media an…
Media Framing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob)’s Agitation for the Restoration of Biafra in Two Nigerian Newspapers (2017–2022)
The perceived marginalisation of the Igbo ethnic group of South East Nigeria and the failure of the Nigerian government to pursue peace-building initiatives 50 years after the end of the Nigerian and Biafran civil war are the root causes of the current agitation for the restoration of Biafra by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Thus, the present study analysed 120 news stories from The Daily Sun and The Punch newspapers in Nigeria, from 1 J…
White Masters and Black Servants
In December 2021, Zimbabwean musician Winky D (born Wallace Chirumiko) released the video to his song “Happy Again.” While many cheered the release, the “Happy Again” video was not immune to criticism. Drawing on concepts of coloniality and decoloniality as well as framing theory, this article uses thematic analysis to deconstruct the kinds of selections that perpetuate coloniality that were spotlighted and made noticeable in the “Happy Again” mu…
Subaltern’ pushbacks
In April 2020, two French doctors discussed on television the idea of testing a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa. The controversial utterances were widely condemned, subsequently leading the doctors apologizing. Using thematic analysis, and drawing on Stuart Hall’s encoding–decoding model and the concepts of coloniality and decoloniality, this article analyses responses to the doctors’ statements by social media users. Of the decoding positions propose…
Propositions for Decolonising African Journalism and Media Research
In 2015, student activists at the University of Cape added their voices to calls for decolonising “postcolonial” Africa that had been happening since the 1950s (Achebe 1958; wa Thiong’o 1986; Mbemb
Positioning God as the ultimate frame of reference in politics and everyday life
In the early 1980s, former President Mugabe was a celebrated nationalist hero at home and abroad. Towards the end of the 1990s, in some sections, Mugabe’s popularity plummeted in the wake of occupations by war veterans of white-owned farms. In the face of strident criticisms, the Mugabe administration used, among other tactics, state-controlled stations like Radio Zimbabwe for rebutting the disparagements and accentuating their own ideological po…
Comrades, Students, Baboons and Criminals
The years 2015 and 2016 will be remembered at the University of Cape Town along with 1957, 1968 and 1976 as years of protest in which students and staff at the institution staged various demonstrations. This paper focuses on the most recent of the protests, #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall and #Shackville, that took place in 2015 and 2016. Using thematic analysis, this study examines the ways in which the #RhodesMustFall movement credited for the a…
Dominant representations of girls and women on Radio Zimbabwe
This paper uses textual analysis to discuss the dominant ways girls and women were constituted on the state-owned radio station, Radio Zimbabwe between March and April 2011. The bulk of existing research has focused on representations of women in news content published by the print media. Not much attention has been paid to radio despite the medium being the most popular means of communication in Africa. Also, missing in current research is a foc…
The politics of ‘patriots’ and ‘traitors’ on Radio Zimbabwe
This article analyses internal dynamics within the groups of people constituted on the state radio station, Radio Zimbabwe, as ‘patriots’ and ‘traitors’ between March and April 2011. While it appears as if these groups were made up of a homogeneous people, a closer look at the broadcasts using critical discourse analysis suggests that each group was internally fraught with inequalities. President Mugabe along with a group labelled as ‘national he…
Taking feminist activism online
In the last decade, the world has become digitally hyper-connected, resulting in many activists taking online spaces as a crucial part of their activism. This article focuses on an e-campaign, ‘A Call to Action: Keep Saartjie Baartman Centre Open’, in which feminists located at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children and the African Gender Institute of the University of Cape Town worked in solidarity to bring into the public domain th…
Taking feminist activism online
In the last decade, the world has become digitally hyper-connected, resulting in many activists taking online spaces as a crucial part of their activism. This article focuses on an e-campaign, ‘A Call to Action: Keep Saartjie Baartman Centre Open’, in which feminists located at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children and the African Gender Institute of the University of Cape Town worked in solidarity to bring into the public domain th…
Taking feminist activism online
In the last decade, the world has become digitally hyper-connected, resulting in many activists taking online spaces as a crucial part of their activism. This article focuses on an e-campaign, ‘A Call to Action: Keep Saartjie Baartman Centre Open’, in which feminists located at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children and the African Gender Institute of the University of Cape Town worked in solidarity to bring into the public domain th…
The politics of ‘patriots’ and ‘traitors’ on Radio Zimbabwe
This article analyses internal dynamics within the groups of people constituted on the state radio station, Radio Zimbabwe, as ‘patriots’ and ‘traitors’ between March and April 2011. While it appears as if these groups were made up of a homogeneous people, a closer look at the broadcasts using critical discourse analysis suggests that each group was internally fraught with inequalities. President Mugabe along with a group labelled as ‘national he…
Comrades, Students, Baboons and Criminals
The years 2015 and 2016 will be remembered at the University of Cape Town along with 1957, 1968 and 1976 as years of protest in which students and staff at the institution staged various demonstrations. This paper focuses on the most recent of the protests, #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall and #Shackville, that took place in 2015 and 2016. Using thematic analysis, this study examines the ways in which the #RhodesMustFall movement credited for the a…
Dominant representations of girls and women on Radio Zimbabwe
This paper uses textual analysis to discuss the dominant ways girls and women were constituted on the state-owned radio station, Radio Zimbabwe between March and April 2011. The bulk of existing research has focused on representations of women in news content published by the print media. Not much attention has been paid to radio despite the medium being the most popular means of communication in Africa. Also, missing in current research is a foc…
Positioning God as the ultimate frame of reference in politics and everyday life
In the early 1980s, former President Mugabe was a celebrated nationalist hero at home and abroad. Towards the end of the 1990s, in some sections, Mugabe’s popularity plummeted in the wake of occupations by war veterans of white-owned farms. In the face of strident criticisms, the Mugabe administration used, among other tactics, state-controlled stations like Radio Zimbabwe for rebutting the disparagements and accentuating their own ideological po…
Subaltern’ pushbacks
In April 2020, two French doctors discussed on television the idea of testing a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa. The controversial utterances were widely condemned, subsequently leading the doctors apologizing. Using thematic analysis, and drawing on Stuart Hall’s encoding–decoding model and the concepts of coloniality and decoloniality, this article analyses responses to the doctors’ statements by social media users. Of the decoding positions propose…
Propositions for Decolonising African Journalism and Media Research
In 2015, student activists at the University of Cape added their voices to calls for decolonising “postcolonial” Africa that had been happening since the 1950s (Achebe 1958; wa Thiong’o 1986; Mbemb
White Masters and Black Servants
In December 2021, Zimbabwean musician Winky D (born Wallace Chirumiko) released the video to his song “Happy Again.” While many cheered the release, the “Happy Again” video was not immune to criticism. Drawing on concepts of coloniality and decoloniality as well as framing theory, this article uses thematic analysis to deconstruct the kinds of selections that perpetuate coloniality that were spotlighted and made noticeable in the “Happy Again” mu…
Media Framing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob)’s Agitation for the Restoration of Biafra in Two Nigerian Newspapers (2017–2022)
The perceived marginalisation of the Igbo ethnic group of South East Nigeria and the failure of the Nigerian government to pursue peace-building initiatives 50 years after the end of the Nigerian and Biafran civil war are the root causes of the current agitation for the restoration of Biafra by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Thus, the present study analysed 120 news stories from The Daily Sun and The Punch newspapers in Nigeria, from 1 J…
Unmasking Inequity
Informed by Critical Race Theory (CRT) and using qualitative content analysis, this paper examines how Canada frames its priorities for Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) in light of the systemic barriers faced by Black students. The paper reviews key policy documents, including Moving Forward Together: Canada’s 2030 Agenda National Strategy, the Canadian Indicator Framework, Voluntary National Reviews, and the SDG Data Hub. Although Canada b…
Teaching Africa in Canada
Background: Stereotypes about Africa, rooted in colonialism, persist in some media outlets in the Global North. In this brief, I reflect on my approach to designing and teaching a graduate course in this context at a Canadian university, and on how Afrocentric and decolonial pedagogies can inform media education in polarized times. Analysis: Afrocentricity centres African agency. Decolonial theory critiques ongoing colonial influences in media an…
Law (7 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Cape (3 works)