Zethu Cakata
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zethu Cakata |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zethu |
| FAMILY NAME | Cakata |
| SIGNATURE | CAKATA Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6977-7008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ubugqirha
This article explores what African languages teach us about the concept of healing using the Xhosa language (isiXhosa) of South Africa as a model. From an African perspective, the names used to label the environment and phenomena guide us on how we should perceive them. For example, in isiXhosa, a healer is called ugqirha, which means they personify ubugqi (the power to perform unexplainable deeds); the concept will be explored to illustrate the …
When ukucelwa ukuzalwa becomes bride price
The attempted erasure and inferiorisation of indigenous languages by the colonisers have robbed and continue to rob African people of the authority to self-define. As a result, numerous knowledge forms African languages transmit have disappeared or lost meaning. With vehement calls from African people, world over, to reclaim African ways of being, we have decided to explore the manner in which language is central to reclaiming of African healing …
The Renaissance Re-members
Continuity and Consolidation
(2021). Continuity and Consolidation. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 1-3
Performing Indigeneity
Performing Indigeneity: Spectacles of Culture and Identity in Coloniality." International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, 15(2), pp. 142–143
When ukucelwa ukuzalwa becomes bride price
The attempted erasure and inferiorisation of indigenous languages by the colonisers have robbed and continue to rob African people of the authority to self-define. As a result, numerous knowledge forms African languages transmit have disappeared or lost meaning. With vehement calls from African people, world over, to reclaim African ways of being, we have decided to explore the manner in which language is central to reclaiming of African healing …
Performing Indigeneity
Performing Indigeneity: Spectacles of Culture and Identity in Coloniality." International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, 15(2), pp. 142–143
Performing Indigeneity
Performing Indigeneity: Spectacles of Culture and Identity in Coloniality." International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, 15(2), pp. 142–143
The Renaissance Re-members
Continuity and Consolidation
(2021). Continuity and Consolidation. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 1-3
Ubugqirha
This article explores what African languages teach us about the concept of healing using the Xhosa language (isiXhosa) of South Africa as a model. From an African perspective, the names used to label the environment and phenomena guide us on how we should perceive them. For example, in isiXhosa, a healer is called ugqirha, which means they personify ubugqi (the power to perform unexplainable deeds); the concept will be explored to illustrate the …
When ukucelwa ukuzalwa becomes bride price
The attempted erasure and inferiorisation of indigenous languages by the colonisers have robbed and continue to rob African people of the authority to self-define. As a result, numerous knowledge forms African languages transmit have disappeared or lost meaning. With vehement calls from African people, world over, to reclaim African ways of being, we have decided to explore the manner in which language is central to reclaiming of African healing …
Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · The Renaissance (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)