Hazel Tafadzwa Ngoshi
Biographic Data
| ID | 2012315 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hazel Tafadzwa Ngoshi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hazel Tafadzwa |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngoshi |
| SIGNATURE | NGOSHI H T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Midlands State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4016-745X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The discursive construction of blackness on WhatsApp status posts in Zimbabwe
The paper unpacks the discursive construction of black Zimbabwean identities through multimodal WhatsApp status update posts by Zimbabweans on the WhatsApp social media platform. Cognisant that WhatsApp constitutes part of the public sphere where public discourses are generated and shaped, it explores and interrogates how status update content provoke and inspire identity discourses that perpetuate unequal racial relations that we argue are roote…
Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe
This article explores the paradox of repression, dissent and censorship in Zimbabwe. It interrogates how selected literary artists in Zimbabwe have negotiated repression and censorship via choices of genre, codes, themes and publishing strategy. Given the internet-enabled diversification of publishing platforms, it is argued that alternative literary forms have emerged on social media, and, by refusing to be overtly political, some of the literat…
Carnivalising Postcolonial Zimbabwe: The Vulgar and Grotesque Logic of Postcolonial Protest in NoViolet Bulawayo'sWe Need New Names(2013)
This article set out to explore NoViolet Bulawayo's We need new names from the perspective of carnivalised writing. The objectives of the article were to unpack how the vulgar and the grotesque were used to create carnival moments in the narrative and to examine how marginal subjects gain voice and some degree of power to live an alternative life, even if this is momentary. It sought to examine how Bulawayo derives her aesthetics from the vulgar …
Masculinities and Femininities in Zimbabwean Autobiographies of Political Struggle: The Case of Edgar Tekere and Fay Chung
Because masculinities and femininities are socially and culturally constructed, they \noften play significant roles in constructing identities and distinguishing one another. \nFemininities and masculinities therefore play a key role in nation-building and in the \nsustenance of national identities. In this article I explore, through the autobiographies \nof two luminaries of Zimbabwe’s liberation war, how individual politicians \nconfigure their…
The female body and voice in audiovisual political propaganda jingles: The Mbare Chimurenga Choir women in Zimbabwe's contested political terrain
Zimbabwe's post-2000 political terrain has been highly polarised and contested; a minefield requiring political resourcefulness to negotiate. Political actors in this terrain have employed an array of political and cultural tools, ranging from discourses of black empowerment and democratisation, to written texts and performances of political propaganda to garner support from the electorate and gain political mileage. This article explores the lit…
When the written and visual texts collide: Photographic images and acts of memory in Zimbabwean autobiography
Studies focusing on the inclusion of visual/photographic images in autobiographical narratives have recently gained currency. This article is based on the notion that photography is a mode of representation and a technology of memory; and it will critique the strategic deployment of photographic images in autobiographies of Zimbabwean politicians. The article explores the dynamics of how photographic images render remembering and self-constructio…
Recovering the tongue: Memorializing grieved women through spirit possession and ritual in Zimbabwean literature
In memorializing the past, Zimbabwe's national and cultural discourses have more often than not drawn their legitimacy from selective versions of past experiences. These discourses are therefore exclusionary or inclusive depending on the cultural and political exigencies of the time. In both national historiography and cultural discourses, the total female experience has not been accounted for. The accounts of the past are fairly homogenized. Thi…
Carnivalising Postcolonial Zimbabwe: The Vulgar and Grotesque Logic of Postcolonial Protest in NoViolet Bulawayo'sWe Need New Names(2013)
This article set out to explore NoViolet Bulawayo's We need new names from the perspective of carnivalised writing. The objectives of the article were to unpack how the vulgar and the grotesque were used to create carnival moments in the narrative and to examine how marginal subjects gain voice and some degree of power to live an alternative life, even if this is momentary. It sought to examine how Bulawayo derives her aesthetics from the vulgar …
Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe
This article explores the paradox of repression, dissent and censorship in Zimbabwe. It interrogates how selected literary artists in Zimbabwe have negotiated repression and censorship via choices of genre, codes, themes and publishing strategy. Given the internet-enabled diversification of publishing platforms, it is argued that alternative literary forms have emerged on social media, and, by refusing to be overtly political, some of the literat…
The female body and voice in audiovisual political propaganda jingles: The Mbare Chimurenga Choir women in Zimbabwe's contested political terrain
Zimbabwe's post-2000 political terrain has been highly polarised and contested; a minefield requiring political resourcefulness to negotiate. Political actors in this terrain have employed an array of political and cultural tools, ranging from discourses of black empowerment and democratisation, to written texts and performances of political propaganda to garner support from the electorate and gain political mileage. This article explores the lit…
Recovering the tongue: Memorializing grieved women through spirit possession and ritual in Zimbabwean literature
In memorializing the past, Zimbabwe's national and cultural discourses have more often than not drawn their legitimacy from selective versions of past experiences. These discourses are therefore exclusionary or inclusive depending on the cultural and political exigencies of the time. In both national historiography and cultural discourses, the total female experience has not been accounted for. The accounts of the past are fairly homogenized. Thi…
Recovering the tongue: Memorializing grieved women through spirit possession and ritual in Zimbabwean literature
In memorializing the past, Zimbabwe's national and cultural discourses have more often than not drawn their legitimacy from selective versions of past experiences. These discourses are therefore exclusionary or inclusive depending on the cultural and political exigencies of the time. In both national historiography and cultural discourses, the total female experience has not been accounted for. The accounts of the past are fairly homogenized. Thi…
When the written and visual texts collide: Photographic images and acts of memory in Zimbabwean autobiography
Studies focusing on the inclusion of visual/photographic images in autobiographical narratives have recently gained currency. This article is based on the notion that photography is a mode of representation and a technology of memory; and it will critique the strategic deployment of photographic images in autobiographies of Zimbabwean politicians. The article explores the dynamics of how photographic images render remembering and self-constructio…
Masculinities and Femininities in Zimbabwean Autobiographies of Political Struggle: The Case of Edgar Tekere and Fay Chung
Because masculinities and femininities are socially and culturally constructed, they \noften play significant roles in constructing identities and distinguishing one another. \nFemininities and masculinities therefore play a key role in nation-building and in the \nsustenance of national identities. In this article I explore, through the autobiographies \nof two luminaries of Zimbabwe’s liberation war, how individual politicians \nconfigure their…
The female body and voice in audiovisual political propaganda jingles: The Mbare Chimurenga Choir women in Zimbabwe's contested political terrain
Zimbabwe's post-2000 political terrain has been highly polarised and contested; a minefield requiring political resourcefulness to negotiate. Political actors in this terrain have employed an array of political and cultural tools, ranging from discourses of black empowerment and democratisation, to written texts and performances of political propaganda to garner support from the electorate and gain political mileage. This article explores the lit…
Carnivalising Postcolonial Zimbabwe: The Vulgar and Grotesque Logic of Postcolonial Protest in NoViolet Bulawayo'sWe Need New Names(2013)
This article set out to explore NoViolet Bulawayo's We need new names from the perspective of carnivalised writing. The objectives of the article were to unpack how the vulgar and the grotesque were used to create carnival moments in the narrative and to examine how marginal subjects gain voice and some degree of power to live an alternative life, even if this is momentary. It sought to examine how Bulawayo derives her aesthetics from the vulgar …
Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe
This article explores the paradox of repression, dissent and censorship in Zimbabwe. It interrogates how selected literary artists in Zimbabwe have negotiated repression and censorship via choices of genre, codes, themes and publishing strategy. Given the internet-enabled diversification of publishing platforms, it is argued that alternative literary forms have emerged on social media, and, by refusing to be overtly political, some of the literat…
The discursive construction of blackness on WhatsApp status posts in Zimbabwe
The paper unpacks the discursive construction of black Zimbabwean identities through multimodal WhatsApp status update posts by Zimbabweans on the WhatsApp social media platform. Cognisant that WhatsApp constitutes part of the public sphere where public discourses are generated and shaped, it explores and interrogates how status update content provoke and inspire identity discourses that perpetuate unequal racial relations that we argue are roote…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Media studies (3 works)