Rangarirayi Mapanzure
Biographic Data
| ID | 5157397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rangarirayi Mapanzure |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rangarirayi |
| FAMILY NAME | Mapanzure |
| SIGNATURE | MAPANZURE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9574-8019 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A socio-onomastic perspective of translated first names used in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Botswana
The Culture of Name-Calling and Shaming by Zimbabwe’s Main Political Parties: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Over the past two decades, the Zanu PF party and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by the late Richard Morgan Tsvangirai, have been characterized by acrimonious relations, leading to rising political tensions and polarization in Zimbabwe. This animosity has been characterised by accusations and counter-accusations of insurgency, banditry, terror and violence by the two protagonists, Zanu-PF on the one hand, and the MDC (and its variou…
When Old Names Refuse to Go: Myths, Power, and Subversion in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names
Zimbabwe’s post-independence political and economic crises continue to be a subject of intense fictional and non-fictional representation. However, none of the recent fictional representations has generated as much interest as NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (London: Vintage, 2014). This article explores the entanglement of myth, power, and subversion in Bulawayo’s novel. Partly drawing on Roland Barthes’ notion of myth, the article critica…
When Old Names Refuse to Go: Myths, Power, and Subversion in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names
Zimbabwe’s post-independence political and economic crises continue to be a subject of intense fictional and non-fictional representation. However, none of the recent fictional representations has generated as much interest as NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (London: Vintage, 2014). This article explores the entanglement of myth, power, and subversion in Bulawayo’s novel. Partly drawing on Roland Barthes’ notion of myth, the article critica…
When Old Names Refuse to Go: Myths, Power, and Subversion in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names
Zimbabwe’s post-independence political and economic crises continue to be a subject of intense fictional and non-fictional representation. However, none of the recent fictional representations has generated as much interest as NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (London: Vintage, 2014). This article explores the entanglement of myth, power, and subversion in Bulawayo’s novel. Partly drawing on Roland Barthes’ notion of myth, the article critica…
A socio-onomastic perspective of translated first names used in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Botswana
The Culture of Name-Calling and Shaming by Zimbabwe’s Main Political Parties: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Over the past two decades, the Zanu PF party and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by the late Richard Morgan Tsvangirai, have been characterized by acrimonious relations, leading to rising political tensions and polarization in Zimbabwe. This animosity has been characterised by accusations and counter-accusations of insurgency, banditry, terror and violence by the two protagonists, Zanu-PF on the one hand, and the MDC (and its variou…
African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 works) · Power (physics (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Critical discourse analysis (1 works) · Democracy (1 works)