Allan Tapiwa Maganga
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052225 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allan Tapiwa Maganga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allan Tapiwa |
| FAMILY NAME | Maganga |
| SIGNATURE | MAGANGA A T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1744-2684 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Afrocentric engagement with the portrayal of old age in Shona proverbs
This article unravels old-age and its related ageist stereotypes in Zimbabwean Shona proverbs as epistemological constructs. Premised on a qualitative research design, it purposively samples 16 proverbs from 4722 proverbs contained in Shona proverbs texts (with English translations). Through Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA), the selected proverbs are utilized and interpreted as primary sources through which depictions of the Shona indigenes’ socie…
Exploring widowhood experiences through selected Zimbabwean Shona songs
This article explores the post-death socio-cultural and economic vicissitudes that are encountered by widows in the context of losing the husband as a male counterpart. Focus is on the reflections from male-sung selected Shona songs as cultural texts, namely, Simon Chimbetu’s Shirikadzi (widow), Solo Makore’s Shirikadzi (widow), and Oliver Mutukudzi’s Neria. These song texts are utilized as the article’s primary sources and prism through which th…
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 …
Beyond nutrition and taste
This article is an explication of the cultural significance of indigenous chicken among the Ndau people of Zimbabwe. In the Ndau community, indigenous chicken holds a significant cultural role beyond being a source of food. As a source of food, the serving of indigenous chicken cuts is guided by cultural unwritten rules according to gender, seniority and age. The latitude to give specific parts to individuals is not a logical independent decision…
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…
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 …
Marechera's world
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…
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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…
Marechera's world
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 Afrocentric engagement with the portrayal of old age in Shona proverbs
This article unravels old-age and its related ageist stereotypes in Zimbabwean Shona proverbs as epistemological constructs. Premised on a qualitative research design, it purposively samples 16 proverbs from 4722 proverbs contained in Shona proverbs texts (with English translations). Through Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA), the selected proverbs are utilized and interpreted as primary sources through which depictions of the Shona indigenes’ socie…
Exploring widowhood experiences through selected Zimbabwean Shona songs
This article explores the post-death socio-cultural and economic vicissitudes that are encountered by widows in the context of losing the husband as a male counterpart. Focus is on the reflections from male-sung selected Shona songs as cultural texts, namely, Simon Chimbetu’s Shirikadzi (widow), Solo Makore’s Shirikadzi (widow), and Oliver Mutukudzi’s Neria. These song texts are utilized as the article’s primary sources and prism through which th…
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 …
Beyond nutrition and taste
This article is an explication of the cultural significance of indigenous chicken among the Ndau people of Zimbabwe. In the Ndau community, indigenous chicken holds a significant cultural role beyond being a source of food. As a source of food, the serving of indigenous chicken cuts is guided by cultural unwritten rules according to gender, seniority and age. The latitude to give specific parts to individuals is not a logical independent decision…
Selected Shona writers’ perspectives on ritual child homicide
African studies and sociopolitical issues (12 works) · Shona (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · African history and culture studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (4 works) · Law (4 works)