Charles Tembo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Tembo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Tembo |
| SIGNATURE | TEMBO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5113-3589 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The musical treatment of the cell phone technology in Zimbabwe
The emergence of cell phone technology and the developments that followed this technological invention triggered musical compositions that grapple with a multiplicity of issues. Against a generally lethargic approach to harnessing the technology, early musicians prop up the technology, endorse it and help society embrace it because it is essentially value-laden because of its life-affirming and life-transforming nature. Later, musicians who sang …
Intra-cultural congruity in Ignatius Mabasa’s portrayal of sexual harassment discourse in Shona novels
Selected Shona writers’ perspectives on ritual child homicide
Breaking the chains
Old age is associated with negative stereotypes such as witchcraft practices rigidity, boring, talkative, senile, immorality and inadequacy of human survival skills. Such experiences are expressed in various sites as music, poetry, novels, and autobiographies. Of particular interest in this paper are Zimbabwean Shona musicians who address the concept of ageism and learning. Learning is as old as humanity whilst aging occurs later in life, and eve…
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…
Typification of democracy in ancient Shona society
This article is an exegesis of democracy as it manifests in the Shona people’s selected proverbial philosophy and collective thought. It argues that, contrary to the peddled cultural prejudices and Eurocentric condescending attitudes that portray African/Shona traditional leadership as monarchical and autocratic, this society had an analogue of democratic governance system, as an established tradition. Through proverbs, a collective and engaging …
Explicating selected post-independence Shona novelists’ perspectives on business management
This article interrogates Shona novelists’ perspectives vis-a-vis business management as practiced by indigenous entrepreneurs and managers. Particular attention is on Lwanda’s Zvichakuwanawo (Crime Will Catch up with You), Chitsike’s Wakandigona Wena (You Outwitted Me) and Nyawaranda’s Barika Remashefu (The Bosses’ Polygamy). The argument averred in this article is that these selected narratives are not only fractured but also part and parcel of…
Visualisation of female characters in Huturu Hwemavanga (Vernom from the Scars), Chakwesha (The Boss) and Nguva Yakaoma (Hard Times)
This paper is a comparative exegesis of Zimbabwean novelists' visualisation of female characters. It avers that in addressing business management issues through literature, selected Shona novelists' projection of female characters fosters hopelessness and despair into the unsuspecting readership since works of art is never neutral but rather ideological. Utilising Chakwesha (The Boss), Huturu Hwemavanga (Vernom from the Scars) and Nguva Yakaoma (…
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 …
Oliver Mtukudzi as a Cultural Activist
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…
Militarising Music and Demilitarising the Military
The debate in this paper is enthused by the neurotic recurrence of the Shona linguistic expression “Musoja” (soldier) in Zimdancehall musical discourses. The enthusiastic utilisation of this name by the assemblage of Zimdancehall artists such as Sniper Storm, Jah Prayzer and Guspy Warrior, among others, is profoundly sustained by the militarised lingo, images and discourses that suffuse into their titles, chants, mannerisms, gesticulation and reg…
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Militarising Music and Demilitarising the Military
The debate in this paper is enthused by the neurotic recurrence of the Shona linguistic expression “Musoja” (soldier) in Zimdancehall musical discourses. The enthusiastic utilisation of this name by the assemblage of Zimdancehall artists such as Sniper Storm, Jah Prayzer and Guspy Warrior, among others, is profoundly sustained by the militarised lingo, images and discourses that suffuse into their titles, chants, mannerisms, gesticulation and reg…
Oliver Mtukudzi as a Cultural Activist
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…
Typification of democracy in ancient Shona society
This article is an exegesis of democracy as it manifests in the Shona people’s selected proverbial philosophy and collective thought. It argues that, contrary to the peddled cultural prejudices and Eurocentric condescending attitudes that portray African/Shona traditional leadership as monarchical and autocratic, this society had an analogue of democratic governance system, as an established tradition. Through proverbs, a collective and engaging …
Explicating selected post-independence Shona novelists’ perspectives on business management
This article interrogates Shona novelists’ perspectives vis-a-vis business management as practiced by indigenous entrepreneurs and managers. Particular attention is on Lwanda’s Zvichakuwanawo (Crime Will Catch up with You), Chitsike’s Wakandigona Wena (You Outwitted Me) and Nyawaranda’s Barika Remashefu (The Bosses’ Polygamy). The argument averred in this article is that these selected narratives are not only fractured but also part and parcel of…
Visualisation of female characters in Huturu Hwemavanga (Vernom from the Scars), Chakwesha (The Boss) and Nguva Yakaoma (Hard Times)
This paper is a comparative exegesis of Zimbabwean novelists' visualisation of female characters. It avers that in addressing business management issues through literature, selected Shona novelists' projection of female characters fosters hopelessness and despair into the unsuspecting readership since works of art is never neutral but rather ideological. Utilising Chakwesha (The Boss), Huturu Hwemavanga (Vernom from the Scars) and Nguva Yakaoma (…
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 …
Breaking the chains
Old age is associated with negative stereotypes such as witchcraft practices rigidity, boring, talkative, senile, immorality and inadequacy of human survival skills. Such experiences are expressed in various sites as music, poetry, novels, and autobiographies. Of particular interest in this paper are Zimbabwean Shona musicians who address the concept of ageism and learning. Learning is as old as humanity whilst aging occurs later in life, and eve…
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 musical treatment of the cell phone technology in Zimbabwe
The emergence of cell phone technology and the developments that followed this technological invention triggered musical compositions that grapple with a multiplicity of issues. Against a generally lethargic approach to harnessing the technology, early musicians prop up the technology, endorse it and help society embrace it because it is essentially value-laden because of its life-affirming and life-transforming nature. Later, musicians who sang …
Intra-cultural congruity in Ignatius Mabasa’s portrayal of sexual harassment discourse in Shona novels
Selected Shona writers’ perspectives on ritual child homicide
African studies and sociopolitical issues (12 works) · Sociology (9 works) · African history and culture studies (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Shona (6 works) · Law (5 works) · History (4 works) · Politics (4 works)