Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri
Biographic Data
| ID | 215054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nhamo Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | Mhiripiri |
| SIGNATURE | MHIRIPIRI N A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Midlands State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7593-8763 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Promoting Epistemic Vigilance Against Racist Attacks on Africans on Mediatised Permanent Education Sites
This paper analyses how tropes of racism against people of African descent manifest in public texts (permanent education sites) of different genres and forms. The selected permanent education sites include the mediatisation of the public and private lives of the British royal family’s Prince Harry and Meghan’s break away from royal duties, the FIFA World Cup and the English Premier League, the Chinese Museum in Hubei, and other public incidences …
The Discursive Dynamics of Action-Research and Zimbabwean San People’s Production of Audio-Visual Stories
When conducting research with historically marginalised peoples, such as Zimbabwe’s autochthonous San, it is necessary to observe the most sensitive ethical and methodological practice. The San are a group of people living largely on the edges of the contemporary market economy in the whole of southern Africa, including Zimbabwe. The San of Zimbabwe often work as unskilled labourers for their Ndebele and Kalanga neighbours in rural areas of Mateb…
Aesthetic of Innocence: Experiencing Self-filming by the San of Zimbabwe
This article discusses the process and outcome of a participatory video production endeavour in which selected members of the Twai Twai San community in Zimbabwe were taught to operate video cameras and mobile phones for the purpose of documenting their realities. The study was aimed at finding out the nature of audio-visual narratives that the marginalised community would create if empowered to do so. The article pays particular attention to rep…
Fighting for survival: Persons with disabilities' activism for the mediatisation of Covid-19 information
Crises times have an uncanny way of giving salience to struggles for democracy. The new coronavirus - also known as COVID-19 - became a global public health issue that stirred other democratic concerns from persons living with disabilities who wanted access to health information for their survival. People living with various types of disabilities have special communication and information needs, some of which require specific technologies, format…
Theoretical Paradoxes of Representation and the Problems of Media Representations of Zimbabwe in Crisis
This article attempts to theorise the various representations of Zimbabwe in the media. It does so by scanning the media landscape for significant events constituting what is commonly called the “Zimbabwean crisis”. Such representations centre around the person of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, perceived human rights abuses, and many other facets of political conflict, whether real or imagined. The article problematises the concept of…
African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives: The Legacy of the Fifa 2010 World Cup
Imploding or Perpetuating African Myths through Reporting South Africa 2010 World Cup Stories on Business Opportunities
The 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament was expected to bring economic development and financial opportunities to South Africa and the African continent. Infrastructural development, especially the building and improvement of stadiums, roads and hotels, was generally anticipated, but it was in the ability by African companies and entrepreneurs to win lucrative deals that the success of the soccer showcase would be measured locally. There were expectat…
Reflecting on the conference
Additional informationNotes on contributorsNhamo MhiripiriNhamo Mhiripiri is a senior lecturer in Media and Society Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe, and visiting lecturer, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, St Augustine University, Tanzania. [email protected]
Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems in the Zimbabwean media industry and the debate on self-regulation
Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems (ADRs) for conflict resolution in the media are processes ‘alternative’ to statutory courts. Players in the Zimbabwean media industry are developing and promoting ADRs as a means of evading the restrictive, expensive and time-consuming legal courts. Media and complainants arguably have speedier and satisfying resolutions outside the courts. However, typical of Zimbabwe there are marked signs of contestation,…
A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari
Cultural tourism involving people who claim to be Bushman or San has seen some ‘Bushman’ performers becoming iconic through using performative visual and oral archetypes. The late Silikat van Wyk, to some extent, became the visual image of the Bushman of the Kalahari Desert. Alone or in a team, he performed at tourist resorts and in the Kalahari. I use a performative style of writing where my presence and identity as a researcher are declared and…
‘Welcome singing sungura queens’: Cultural studies and the promotion of female musicians in a Zimbabwean male-dominated music genre
It has been repeated over the years that Zimbabwean popular music is a male-domain and the best-selling sungura genre is nearly exclusively composed by male musicians. Female musicians have opted for the socially acceptable gospel music, avoiding the secular sungura for fear of stigmatisation. Many other reasons have been provided to explain women's virtual absence from the sungura genre, some of them sound, and yet others purely sexist and ludic…
Zimbabwe’s community radio ‘initiatives’: Promoting alternative media in a restrictive legislative environment
Unlike most nations in southern Africa, Zimbabwe has not seen the expansion in community radio stations that has been characteristic of the region from the 1990s. A number of community radio initiatives (CRIs) were formed after the 2001 Zimbabwean Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), but no licences were ever issued in any broadcasting sector. This article argues that CRIs reflected the wider political crises of the years since 2000. Even after the G…
The production of stardom and the survival dynamics of the Zimbabwean music industry in the post-2000 crisis period
Since the late 1990s, Zimbabwe has been going through a difficult economic and political crisis. Many businesses have shut down or have relocated to South Africa and other countries. The music industry has not been spared the myriad problems that have affected all Zimbabwean sectors. However, the industry endures against all odds and seems to be creating its own stars and hits, while continuing to attract significant media attention. This article…
From May shame to 2030 or there about: A tale of xenophobia, Zimbabwe and fictive identities
As per appointment, at exactly 16:00 Mustafa picked me up in his old model VW for dinner at his house in Berea. But first we were going to meet a group of 20 or so children in Cato Manor, a poorer section of Durban city, KwaZulu-Natal. Mustafa had waited for me in the university visitors' car park, playing Busi Mhlongo's superb Afro-jazz album Urban Zulu. The rhythm thumped mellow and steady, evoking a relaxed 'Zuluish' mood in me. The feeling wa…
Legitimising the Status Quo through the Writing of Biography: Ngwabi Bhebe's Simon Vengayi Muzenda & the Struggle for and Liberation of Zimbabwe
Simon Vengayi Muzenda & the Struggle for and Liberation of Zimbabwe (2004) is a biography written by historian Ngwabi Bhebe in honour of illustrious Zimbabwean nationalist and politician, the late Vice President Simon Muzenda. The book calls for debate on the way it was constructed and its assumptions about the writing of biography and the larger questions concerning national identity and unity. Human society is differentiated along various varia…
Zulu identities and contemporary Zuluness
Additional informationNotes on contributorsNhamo Anthony MhiripiriNhamo Anthony Mhiripiri has just completed his doctoral studies in Media and Cultural Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Zimbabwe's popular music industry and copyright legislation
This article explores the potential for growth in Zimbabwean musicians' earnings through the strategic monitoring and use of their copyright and a coordinated collection of royalties. Zimbabwean popular music is now big business and employs large numbers of people, with many more aspiring to join the industry. Policies have been put into place in the last few years in an attempt to grow the music industry and these have had remarkable effects on …
Reflexivity and the Challenges of Ethnographic Film
(2003). Reflexivity and the Challenges of Ethnographic Film. Visual Anthropology: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 73-80
Theoretical Paradoxes of Representation and the Problems of Media Representations of Zimbabwe in Crisis
This article attempts to theorise the various representations of Zimbabwe in the media. It does so by scanning the media landscape for significant events constituting what is commonly called the “Zimbabwean crisis”. Such representations centre around the person of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, perceived human rights abuses, and many other facets of political conflict, whether real or imagined. The article problematises the concept of…
A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari
Cultural tourism involving people who claim to be Bushman or San has seen some ‘Bushman’ performers becoming iconic through using performative visual and oral archetypes. The late Silikat van Wyk, to some extent, became the visual image of the Bushman of the Kalahari Desert. Alone or in a team, he performed at tourist resorts and in the Kalahari. I use a performative style of writing where my presence and identity as a researcher are declared and…
Zimbabwe’s community radio ‘initiatives’: Promoting alternative media in a restrictive legislative environment
Unlike most nations in southern Africa, Zimbabwe has not seen the expansion in community radio stations that has been characteristic of the region from the 1990s. A number of community radio initiatives (CRIs) were formed after the 2001 Zimbabwean Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), but no licences were ever issued in any broadcasting sector. This article argues that CRIs reflected the wider political crises of the years since 2000. Even after the G…
Reflexivity and the Challenges of Ethnographic Film
(2003). Reflexivity and the Challenges of Ethnographic Film. Visual Anthropology: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 73-80
Zimbabwe's popular music industry and copyright legislation
This article explores the potential for growth in Zimbabwean musicians' earnings through the strategic monitoring and use of their copyright and a coordinated collection of royalties. Zimbabwean popular music is now big business and employs large numbers of people, with many more aspiring to join the industry. Policies have been put into place in the last few years in an attempt to grow the music industry and these have had remarkable effects on …
Legitimising the Status Quo through the Writing of Biography: Ngwabi Bhebe's Simon Vengayi Muzenda & the Struggle for and Liberation of Zimbabwe
Simon Vengayi Muzenda & the Struggle for and Liberation of Zimbabwe (2004) is a biography written by historian Ngwabi Bhebe in honour of illustrious Zimbabwean nationalist and politician, the late Vice President Simon Muzenda. The book calls for debate on the way it was constructed and its assumptions about the writing of biography and the larger questions concerning national identity and unity. Human society is differentiated along various varia…
Zulu identities and contemporary Zuluness
Additional informationNotes on contributorsNhamo Anthony MhiripiriNhamo Anthony Mhiripiri has just completed his doctoral studies in Media and Cultural Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
The production of stardom and the survival dynamics of the Zimbabwean music industry in the post-2000 crisis period
Since the late 1990s, Zimbabwe has been going through a difficult economic and political crisis. Many businesses have shut down or have relocated to South Africa and other countries. The music industry has not been spared the myriad problems that have affected all Zimbabwean sectors. However, the industry endures against all odds and seems to be creating its own stars and hits, while continuing to attract significant media attention. This article…
From May shame to 2030 or there about: A tale of xenophobia, Zimbabwe and fictive identities
As per appointment, at exactly 16:00 Mustafa picked me up in his old model VW for dinner at his house in Berea. But first we were going to meet a group of 20 or so children in Cato Manor, a poorer section of Durban city, KwaZulu-Natal. Mustafa had waited for me in the university visitors' car park, playing Busi Mhlongo's superb Afro-jazz album Urban Zulu. The rhythm thumped mellow and steady, evoking a relaxed 'Zuluish' mood in me. The feeling wa…
‘Welcome singing sungura queens’: Cultural studies and the promotion of female musicians in a Zimbabwean male-dominated music genre
It has been repeated over the years that Zimbabwean popular music is a male-domain and the best-selling sungura genre is nearly exclusively composed by male musicians. Female musicians have opted for the socially acceptable gospel music, avoiding the secular sungura for fear of stigmatisation. Many other reasons have been provided to explain women's virtual absence from the sungura genre, some of them sound, and yet others purely sexist and ludic…
Zimbabwe’s community radio ‘initiatives’: Promoting alternative media in a restrictive legislative environment
Unlike most nations in southern Africa, Zimbabwe has not seen the expansion in community radio stations that has been characteristic of the region from the 1990s. A number of community radio initiatives (CRIs) were formed after the 2001 Zimbabwean Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), but no licences were ever issued in any broadcasting sector. This article argues that CRIs reflected the wider political crises of the years since 2000. Even after the G…
A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari
Cultural tourism involving people who claim to be Bushman or San has seen some ‘Bushman’ performers becoming iconic through using performative visual and oral archetypes. The late Silikat van Wyk, to some extent, became the visual image of the Bushman of the Kalahari Desert. Alone or in a team, he performed at tourist resorts and in the Kalahari. I use a performative style of writing where my presence and identity as a researcher are declared and…
Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems in the Zimbabwean media industry and the debate on self-regulation
Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems (ADRs) for conflict resolution in the media are processes ‘alternative’ to statutory courts. Players in the Zimbabwean media industry are developing and promoting ADRs as a means of evading the restrictive, expensive and time-consuming legal courts. Media and complainants arguably have speedier and satisfying resolutions outside the courts. However, typical of Zimbabwe there are marked signs of contestation,…
Imploding or Perpetuating African Myths through Reporting South Africa 2010 World Cup Stories on Business Opportunities
The 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament was expected to bring economic development and financial opportunities to South Africa and the African continent. Infrastructural development, especially the building and improvement of stadiums, roads and hotels, was generally anticipated, but it was in the ability by African companies and entrepreneurs to win lucrative deals that the success of the soccer showcase would be measured locally. There were expectat…
Reflecting on the conference
Additional informationNotes on contributorsNhamo MhiripiriNhamo Mhiripiri is a senior lecturer in Media and Society Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe, and visiting lecturer, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, St Augustine University, Tanzania. [email protected]
African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives: The Legacy of the Fifa 2010 World Cup
Theoretical Paradoxes of Representation and the Problems of Media Representations of Zimbabwe in Crisis
This article attempts to theorise the various representations of Zimbabwe in the media. It does so by scanning the media landscape for significant events constituting what is commonly called the “Zimbabwean crisis”. Such representations centre around the person of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, perceived human rights abuses, and many other facets of political conflict, whether real or imagined. The article problematises the concept of…
Promoting Epistemic Vigilance Against Racist Attacks on Africans on Mediatised Permanent Education Sites
This paper analyses how tropes of racism against people of African descent manifest in public texts (permanent education sites) of different genres and forms. The selected permanent education sites include the mediatisation of the public and private lives of the British royal family’s Prince Harry and Meghan’s break away from royal duties, the FIFA World Cup and the English Premier League, the Chinese Museum in Hubei, and other public incidences …
The Discursive Dynamics of Action-Research and Zimbabwean San People’s Production of Audio-Visual Stories
When conducting research with historically marginalised peoples, such as Zimbabwe’s autochthonous San, it is necessary to observe the most sensitive ethical and methodological practice. The San are a group of people living largely on the edges of the contemporary market economy in the whole of southern Africa, including Zimbabwe. The San of Zimbabwe often work as unskilled labourers for their Ndebele and Kalanga neighbours in rural areas of Mateb…
Aesthetic of Innocence: Experiencing Self-filming by the San of Zimbabwe
This article discusses the process and outcome of a participatory video production endeavour in which selected members of the Twai Twai San community in Zimbabwe were taught to operate video cameras and mobile phones for the purpose of documenting their realities. The study was aimed at finding out the nature of audio-visual narratives that the marginalised community would create if empowered to do so. The article pays particular attention to rep…
Fighting for survival: Persons with disabilities' activism for the mediatisation of Covid-19 information
Crises times have an uncanny way of giving salience to struggles for democracy. The new coronavirus - also known as COVID-19 - became a global public health issue that stirred other democratic concerns from persons living with disabilities who wanted access to health information for their survival. People living with various types of disabilities have special communication and information needs, some of which require specific technologies, format…
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