Shepherd Mpofu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4051941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shepherd Mpofu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shepherd |
| FAMILY NAME | Mpofu |
| SIGNATURE | MPOFU S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa: Innovations, Participatory and Newsmaking Cultures
Remembering Mass Atrocities in the Global South
Remembering Mass Atrocities: Perspectives on Memory Struggles and Cultural Representations in Africa
Populism From Below and Social Movements: A Case of Zimbabwe's #ThisFlag Movement
This study examines a new wave of populisms arising in the digital era using Pastor Evan Mawarire's #ThisFlag movement: What are they, and how do they express themselves? How does the hegemony react to them? Non-mainstream, digitally born movements, especially in dictatorships, are dismissed by the political elite as ill-mannered disruptors whose political interventions are detrimental. To analyse the cleric's populism and its meaning to the Zimb…
The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age: Perspectives from the Global South
Mediating Xenophobia in Africa: Unpacking Discourses of Migration, Belonging and Othering
Mediating Xenophobia in Africa: Unpacking Discourses of Migration, Belonging and Othering
Mandelaism in Newspaper Advertising that “Pays Tribute” to Mandela after his Death
Former South African President, Nelson Mandela's death in 2013 saw an extraordinary outpouring of local and global grief. This reflected the worldwide iconisation of Mandela as a popular cultural and political symbol for human rights, political messiah-hood, sainthood, dignity, peace and forgiveness. Noting that in his lifetime, even, Mandela attempted to deflect and qualify this iconisation, we present critical views of what we call “Mandelaism”…
Making heroes, (un)making the nation: Zanu-PF’s imaginations of the Heroes’ Acre, heroes and construction of identity in Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2015
This article explores the post-2000 national identity formation through the use of national heroes narrative and the Heroes’ Acre shrine in Zimbabwe. The Heroes’ Acre marks the country’s physical reminder of the past and acts as a tool for national identity and its symbolic maintenance through state-presided rituals that happen at the shrine. Attached to the Heroes’ Acre as a permanent physical symbol of nationhood are the people the burial site …
Participation, citizen journalism and the contestations of identity and national symbols: A case of Zimbabwe’s national heroes and the Heroes’ Acre
This article constitutes an examination on how citizen journalism has challenged Robert Mugabe’s authoritarian regime on issues pertaining to national heroes and usages of the Heroes’ Acre as central national identity markers. Under Mugabe’s ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe has seen the public being limited from directly participating in salient national debates. ZANU-PF’s control of the official public sphere has also constrained alternative views from ventila…
Toxification of national holidays and national identity in Zimbabwe's post-2000 nationalism
National holidays are some of the oldest known forms of nation-mythologizing used for managing, producing and reproducing national memories and identities. They are calendrically set aside days free from work where people pause and reflect on who they are as a nation. A study of national holidays in the Zimbabwean context exposes the malleability, fragility and contestability of 'official' notions of nationhood as imagined by Zimbabwean president…
When the subaltern speaks: Citizen journalism and genocide ‘victims’’ voices online
Using qualitative data drawn from newzimbabwe.com and a listserv comprising mostly Ndebele-speaking people of Zimbabwe, this article investigates how the Web 2.0 era has given subaltern voices platforms to discuss issues rendered taboo in authoritarian contexts. The study is anchored on the concept of the subaltern public sphere and the metaphor of the ‘voice’ in cyberspace. The subaltern, as used here, refers to those people who perceive themsel…
Social media and the politics of ethnicity in Zimbabwe
(2013). Social media and the politics of ethnicity in Zimbabwe. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies: Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 115-122
African media and the digital public sphere
Fred Mudhai, Wisdom Tettey and Fackson Banda, eds. New York: Palgrave. 2009. pp. 276 ISBN: 978-0-2306-1486-4 (hardcover only)
Toxification of national holidays and national identity in Zimbabwe's post-2000 nationalism
National holidays are some of the oldest known forms of nation-mythologizing used for managing, producing and reproducing national memories and identities. They are calendrically set aside days free from work where people pause and reflect on who they are as a nation. A study of national holidays in the Zimbabwean context exposes the malleability, fragility and contestability of 'official' notions of nationhood as imagined by Zimbabwean president…
Making heroes, (un)making the nation: Zanu-PF’s imaginations of the Heroes’ Acre, heroes and construction of identity in Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2015
This article explores the post-2000 national identity formation through the use of national heroes narrative and the Heroes’ Acre shrine in Zimbabwe. The Heroes’ Acre marks the country’s physical reminder of the past and acts as a tool for national identity and its symbolic maintenance through state-presided rituals that happen at the shrine. Attached to the Heroes’ Acre as a permanent physical symbol of nationhood are the people the burial site …
Remembering Mass Atrocities: Perspectives on Memory Struggles and Cultural Representations in Africa
Populism From Below and Social Movements: A Case of Zimbabwe's #ThisFlag Movement
This study examines a new wave of populisms arising in the digital era using Pastor Evan Mawarire's #ThisFlag movement: What are they, and how do they express themselves? How does the hegemony react to them? Non-mainstream, digitally born movements, especially in dictatorships, are dismissed by the political elite as ill-mannered disruptors whose political interventions are detrimental. To analyse the cleric's populism and its meaning to the Zimb…
African media and the digital public sphere
Fred Mudhai, Wisdom Tettey and Fackson Banda, eds. New York: Palgrave. 2009. pp. 276 ISBN: 978-0-2306-1486-4 (hardcover only)
Social media and the politics of ethnicity in Zimbabwe
(2013). Social media and the politics of ethnicity in Zimbabwe. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies: Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 115-122
When the subaltern speaks: Citizen journalism and genocide ‘victims’’ voices online
Using qualitative data drawn from newzimbabwe.com and a listserv comprising mostly Ndebele-speaking people of Zimbabwe, this article investigates how the Web 2.0 era has given subaltern voices platforms to discuss issues rendered taboo in authoritarian contexts. The study is anchored on the concept of the subaltern public sphere and the metaphor of the ‘voice’ in cyberspace. The subaltern, as used here, refers to those people who perceive themsel…
Participation, citizen journalism and the contestations of identity and national symbols: A case of Zimbabwe’s national heroes and the Heroes’ Acre
This article constitutes an examination on how citizen journalism has challenged Robert Mugabe’s authoritarian regime on issues pertaining to national heroes and usages of the Heroes’ Acre as central national identity markers. Under Mugabe’s ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe has seen the public being limited from directly participating in salient national debates. ZANU-PF’s control of the official public sphere has also constrained alternative views from ventila…
Toxification of national holidays and national identity in Zimbabwe's post-2000 nationalism
National holidays are some of the oldest known forms of nation-mythologizing used for managing, producing and reproducing national memories and identities. They are calendrically set aside days free from work where people pause and reflect on who they are as a nation. A study of national holidays in the Zimbabwean context exposes the malleability, fragility and contestability of 'official' notions of nationhood as imagined by Zimbabwean president…
Mandelaism in Newspaper Advertising that “Pays Tribute” to Mandela after his Death
Former South African President, Nelson Mandela's death in 2013 saw an extraordinary outpouring of local and global grief. This reflected the worldwide iconisation of Mandela as a popular cultural and political symbol for human rights, political messiah-hood, sainthood, dignity, peace and forgiveness. Noting that in his lifetime, even, Mandela attempted to deflect and qualify this iconisation, we present critical views of what we call “Mandelaism”…
Making heroes, (un)making the nation: Zanu-PF’s imaginations of the Heroes’ Acre, heroes and construction of identity in Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2015
This article explores the post-2000 national identity formation through the use of national heroes narrative and the Heroes’ Acre shrine in Zimbabwe. The Heroes’ Acre marks the country’s physical reminder of the past and acts as a tool for national identity and its symbolic maintenance through state-presided rituals that happen at the shrine. Attached to the Heroes’ Acre as a permanent physical symbol of nationhood are the people the burial site …
Mediating Xenophobia in Africa: Unpacking Discourses of Migration, Belonging and Othering
Mediating Xenophobia in Africa: Unpacking Discourses of Migration, Belonging and Othering
The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age: Perspectives from the Global South
Populism From Below and Social Movements: A Case of Zimbabwe's #ThisFlag Movement
This study examines a new wave of populisms arising in the digital era using Pastor Evan Mawarire's #ThisFlag movement: What are they, and how do they express themselves? How does the hegemony react to them? Non-mainstream, digitally born movements, especially in dictatorships, are dismissed by the political elite as ill-mannered disruptors whose political interventions are detrimental. To analyse the cleric's populism and its meaning to the Zimb…
New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa: Innovations, Participatory and Newsmaking Cultures
Remembering Mass Atrocities in the Global South
Remembering Mass Atrocities: Perspectives on Memory Struggles and Cultural Representations in Africa
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · African history and culture studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Media studies (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Democracy (4 works)