N Mpofu

Biographic Data

ID68014
NAMEN Mpofu
GIVEN NAMESN
FAMILY NAMEMpofu
SIGNATUREMPOFU N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Zimbabwe
ORCID0009-0002-7950-5628
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT3
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Transmutation of painted dreams

    N Mpofu, Attwell Mamvuto et al.ARTICLEWorld Art2025

  • Metaphoric visual expressions in African art

    N Mpofu, Attwell Mamvuto et al.ARTICLEVisual Studies2024References: 11

    Contemporary African artworks in their diversity are rich carriers of cultural meaning and values. In African art, there is an evolution in the context of visual metaphors as artists create narratives that are cognisant of global aesthetic developments. This study examines the creation and interpretation of indigenous visual metaphors by four selected contemporary Zimbabwean visual artists. An interpretive research design was used and this inform…

  • Problems of Equivalence in Shona- English Bilingual Dictionaries

    Open AccessN MpofuARTICLELexikos2010

    In compiling bilingual dictionaries, lexicographers are mostly concerned with semantic equivalence. As a result, the practice of bilingual dictionary compilers is usually that of giving one-word equivalents. However, this equivalence is at times difficult to arrive at because of the disparities and incommensurability between languages and cultures. According to Sapir (1921) and Whorf (1956), one cannot expect an exact match between two languages …