Tevedzerai Gijimah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tevedzerai Gijimah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tevedzerai |
| FAMILY NAME | Gijimah |
| SIGNATURE | GIJIMAH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Midlands State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7904-6866 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An analysis of pre-recorded street audio adverts in Zimbabwe
Street vending has become the order of the day in Zimbabwe. Because of the popularity of vending, vendors have come up with various ways of making their goods visible in a highly populated market. Audio advertising is one of the most prominent ways used by vendors to reach their customers. Through an Afrocentric lens of the dariro theory of performance and participation, the study analyses the presentation and usage of discourse in the advertisem…
The politics of colonial residential place names in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe
The research is a qualitative analysis of the names that were given to residential places in Zvishavane during the colonial period. It seeks to examine the politics of naming through an analysis of toponyms of Shabbanie Mashava Mines residential areas in a bid to unmask European Hegemony. The research is inspired by nommo, a tenet of Afrocentricity through the use of discourse analysis and semi-structured interviews with the elderly members of Zv…
Honouring and praising mothers through song
From antiquity to present, there are notable women who have exercised agency in the best interest of African people. Names such as Nehanda, Queen Nzingah, Queen Mother Yaa Asante waa, Rosa Parks among many others are towering examples of women whose contribution to affirmation of life can only be doubted by those who are against Africa’s liberation and development. This paper pursues the intense interest in the contribution of mothers (both male …
(Re)naming patterns, initiation names and their significance among the Lemba people of Mberengwa, Zimbabwe
The intersections of comedy and politics in Zimbabwe
This paper is a comparative explication of selected online Zimbabwean comedies as satire. It pursues the revolutionary character of the comedies against an increasingly limiting and impoverishing politico-economic environment. In our rendition, we depart from the general and simplistic thinking that comedy is solely for entertainment’s sake to view it as a puissant genre of art that is deployed not only to articulate big national issues but revol…
Interrogating the forces that condition media representation of traditional healers in selected Zimbabwean newspapers
This article is a qualitative exploration of the factors that affect media representations of traditional healers in Zimbabwe. Guided by the Afrocentricity theory, the study focuses on the forces that shape the images of traditional healers in the newspapers Kwayedza, Daily News and The Herald. The article highlights that the stories that are read in newspapers about traditional healers are exaggerated and hyperbolic. They are not limited to the …
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Interrogating the forces that condition media representation of traditional healers in selected Zimbabwean newspapers
This article is a qualitative exploration of the factors that affect media representations of traditional healers in Zimbabwe. Guided by the Afrocentricity theory, the study focuses on the forces that shape the images of traditional healers in the newspapers Kwayedza, Daily News and The Herald. The article highlights that the stories that are read in newspapers about traditional healers are exaggerated and hyperbolic. They are not limited to the …
(Re)naming patterns, initiation names and their significance among the Lemba people of Mberengwa, Zimbabwe
The intersections of comedy and politics in Zimbabwe
This paper is a comparative explication of selected online Zimbabwean comedies as satire. It pursues the revolutionary character of the comedies against an increasingly limiting and impoverishing politico-economic environment. In our rendition, we depart from the general and simplistic thinking that comedy is solely for entertainment’s sake to view it as a puissant genre of art that is deployed not only to articulate big national issues but revol…
The politics of colonial residential place names in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe
The research is a qualitative analysis of the names that were given to residential places in Zvishavane during the colonial period. It seeks to examine the politics of naming through an analysis of toponyms of Shabbanie Mashava Mines residential areas in a bid to unmask European Hegemony. The research is inspired by nommo, a tenet of Afrocentricity through the use of discourse analysis and semi-structured interviews with the elderly members of Zv…
Honouring and praising mothers through song
From antiquity to present, there are notable women who have exercised agency in the best interest of African people. Names such as Nehanda, Queen Nzingah, Queen Mother Yaa Asante waa, Rosa Parks among many others are towering examples of women whose contribution to affirmation of life can only be doubted by those who are against Africa’s liberation and development. This paper pursues the intense interest in the contribution of mothers (both male …
An analysis of pre-recorded street audio adverts in Zimbabwe
Street vending has become the order of the day in Zimbabwe. Because of the popularity of vending, vendors have come up with various ways of making their goods visible in a highly populated market. Audio advertising is one of the most prominent ways used by vendors to reach their customers. Through an Afrocentric lens of the dariro theory of performance and participation, the study analyses the presentation and usage of discourse in the advertisem…
African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 works) · Art (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works)