Jairos Gonye
Biographic Data
| ID | 653197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jairos Gonye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jairos |
| FAMILY NAME | Gonye |
| SIGNATURE | GONYE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Great Zimbabwe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0856-7066 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘To laugh or not to laugh at oneself’
In this article we analyse NoViolet Bulawayo’s Glory as a re-invention of genre, whereby the postmodernist author harnesses the fable to satirise the absurdities of the postcolonial state. We draw on postmodernist theories and theories of the carnivalesque to re-theorise the politically salutary purposes of satire, as depicted in Glory . By re-inventing the genre through creating speaking animal characters, and by situating them in a recognisably…
Appropriated and Commodified Dance in the Post-2000 Zimbabwe Crisis Period as Represented in Petina Gappah’s “The Mupandawana Dancing Champion”
In this article I undertake a literary analysis of Petina Gappah’s short story entitled “The Mupandawana Dancing Champion” (2009) focusing on the author’s portrayal of the intersection between the dancing body and political power in post-2000 Zimbabwe’s crisis period. I draw from Michel Foucault’s notion of the docile body to discuss how the politically dominant appropriate and commodify the dancing body of the subordinate for political survival …
Interpreting Zimbabwe's Third Chimurenga Through Kongonya
The Zimbabwean writers Catherine Buckle and Nyaradzo Mtizira reimagine kongonya dance in their works Beyond Tears: Zimbabwe's Tragedy (2002) and The Chimurenga Protocol (2008), respectively. Both the European-born Buckle and the black Zimbabwean Mtizira harness the dance to evoke the post-2000 jambanja experiences associated with Zimbabwe's controversial “Third Chimurenga,” or the fast-track land reform program, beginning in 2000. Their contrasti…
Debunking the Zimbabwean Myth of Jikinya Dance in Ndhlala’s Jikinya and Zimunya’s “Jikinya” (Dancer) and “Jikinya” (An African Passion)
This article analyzes representations of the Zimbabwean jikinya dance myth by Geoffrey Ndhlala in the novel Jikinya and Musaemura Zimunya in the poetry anthology Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems. It examines the different social and historical settings considered in Ndhlala’s Jikinya (pre-colonial Zimbabwe) and Zimunya’s “Jikinya” (Dancer) and “Jikinya” (An African Passion) (the colonial period of the 1970s Zimbabwean anti-colonial war), and d…
Mobilizing Dance/Traumatizing Dance
The article analyzes kongonya dance as it occurs in everyday Zimbabwean spaces. Tracing its origins, utility, and metamorphosis, I studied kongonya dance in its performed world; observed kongonya being danced at a pungwe, a gala, and a political function; and watched kongonya being performed on state television. Through participant-observations, respondent testimonies, and personal interviews of dancers and nondancers for all these contexts, pert…
Mobilizing Dance/Traumatizing Dance
The article analyzes kongonya dance as it occurs in everyday Zimbabwean spaces. Tracing its origins, utility, and metamorphosis, I studied kongonya dance in its performed world; observed kongonya being danced at a pungwe, a gala, and a political function; and watched kongonya being performed on state television. Through participant-observations, respondent testimonies, and personal interviews of dancers and nondancers for all these contexts, pert…
Mobilizing Dance/Traumatizing Dance
The article analyzes kongonya dance as it occurs in everyday Zimbabwean spaces. Tracing its origins, utility, and metamorphosis, I studied kongonya dance in its performed world; observed kongonya being danced at a pungwe, a gala, and a political function; and watched kongonya being performed on state television. Through participant-observations, respondent testimonies, and personal interviews of dancers and nondancers for all these contexts, pert…
Debunking the Zimbabwean Myth of Jikinya Dance in Ndhlala’s Jikinya and Zimunya’s “Jikinya” (Dancer) and “Jikinya” (An African Passion)
This article analyzes representations of the Zimbabwean jikinya dance myth by Geoffrey Ndhlala in the novel Jikinya and Musaemura Zimunya in the poetry anthology Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems. It examines the different social and historical settings considered in Ndhlala’s Jikinya (pre-colonial Zimbabwe) and Zimunya’s “Jikinya” (Dancer) and “Jikinya” (An African Passion) (the colonial period of the 1970s Zimbabwean anti-colonial war), and d…
Interpreting Zimbabwe's Third Chimurenga Through Kongonya
The Zimbabwean writers Catherine Buckle and Nyaradzo Mtizira reimagine kongonya dance in their works Beyond Tears: Zimbabwe's Tragedy (2002) and The Chimurenga Protocol (2008), respectively. Both the European-born Buckle and the black Zimbabwean Mtizira harness the dance to evoke the post-2000 jambanja experiences associated with Zimbabwe's controversial “Third Chimurenga,” or the fast-track land reform program, beginning in 2000. Their contrasti…
Appropriated and Commodified Dance in the Post-2000 Zimbabwe Crisis Period as Represented in Petina Gappah’s “The Mupandawana Dancing Champion”
In this article I undertake a literary analysis of Petina Gappah’s short story entitled “The Mupandawana Dancing Champion” (2009) focusing on the author’s portrayal of the intersection between the dancing body and political power in post-2000 Zimbabwe’s crisis period. I draw from Michel Foucault’s notion of the docile body to discuss how the politically dominant appropriate and commodify the dancing body of the subordinate for political survival …
‘To laugh or not to laugh at oneself’
In this article we analyse NoViolet Bulawayo’s Glory as a re-invention of genre, whereby the postmodernist author harnesses the fable to satirise the absurdities of the postcolonial state. We draw on postmodernist theories and theories of the carnivalesque to re-theorise the politically salutary purposes of satire, as depicted in Glory . By re-inventing the genre through creating speaking animal characters, and by situating them in a recognisably…
African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Dance (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works)