Cheela Chilala
Biographic Data
| ID | 9972997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cheela Chilala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cheela |
| FAMILY NAME | Chilala |
| SIGNATURE | CHILALA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zambia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0807-1458 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What's in a Name? The Place of Language in the Naming of Programmes in the Zambian Radio and Television Industry
The old Shakespearian rhetorical question, 'What's in a name?'’' comes to the fore when we examine the names given to programmes by Zambian radio and television stations. While most people are not bothered by such names and would argue that it is the content of the programmes that is paramount, not the names thereof, it may be argued that the names are worth analysing from the perspective of onomastics, which is the scientific study of names and …
Namwali Serpell's the Old Drift as a Postcolonial Text: A Semiotic, Linguistic and Onomastic Analysis
This essay analyses Namwali Serpell’s seminal novel The Old Drift from a postcolonial perspective. In pursuing this goal, the essay utilises some aspects of postcolonial theory, semiotics, onomastics and linguistics. In particular, it looks at how Serpell reinterprets the history of colonial Zambia as projected and interpreted by colonial writers. The findings suggest that the novel epitomises a new drift in Zambian literature. The novel problema…
A Critical Review of Ideological Trends in the Study of Zambian Literature in English
Two ideologically divergent schools of thought have emerged in the study of Zambian literature in English. The first one rooted in imperialist doctrines emerged in the early 1980s and continues to influence many studies on Zambian literature to this day. The second one with a clear object of the renaissance of world literatures like that of Zambia is recent. It begun towards the end of the second decade of the 2000s and challenges the first one. …
Through the Eyes of the Lion: A Call to Relevance
of his novel Things Fall Apart that proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Thus, in the seminal work Home and Exile Achebe resorts to an African proverb which in seventeen words encapsulates an ontologically and epistemologically significant message (2001: 73): 'Until the lions produce their own historian, the story of the hunt will glorify only the hunter.' Significant, because the proverb -in the Achebean context of its use -not …
The Tonga Art of Kulibanda: A Literary and Linguistic Analysis
Framed within the broader context of two not so related theoretical lenses – literary theory and linguistic theory – the paper seeks to characterise Tonga practice of kulibanda as a language-based artistic expression for its sociocultural, literary and linguistic significance among the Tonga people. Couched within Austin’s speech act theory, Levison’s politeness principle and literary theory, this brief assessment attempts to bring into the spotl…
Eponymic Place Names in Zambia: A Critical Toponymies Perspective
This study examines eponymic place names in Zambia, specifically focusing on names of international airports and national stadia. Names of these features have been selected for study because in 2011, they had been subjected to changes. The study brings out the doubled nature of this name change by the Patriotic Front regime: to commemorate Zambia’s heroes and to entrench their political stamina. To successfully bring out the double edged nature o…
Footprints of Caliban: Appropriation of English in Selected African Fictional Texts
Anatomy of the Challenges Facing Zambian Writers and Publishers of Literary Works
This article argues that the publication of literary works in Zambia has been held captive by the challenges facing the book industry, in particular the economic crisis. The economic challenges have led to high costs in publishing, and inevitably the cost of purchasing books has also been high. The publishers have depended on government procurement for their book sales – but government is more concerned about purchasing textbooks. Many publishers…
Anatomy of the Challenges Facing Zambian Writers and Publishers of Literary Works
This article argues that the publication of literary works in Zambia has been held captive by the challenges facing the book industry, in particular the economic crisis. The economic challenges have led to high costs in publishing, and inevitably the cost of purchasing books has also been high. The publishers have depended on government procurement for their book sales – but government is more concerned about purchasing textbooks. Many publishers…
Anatomy of the Challenges Facing Zambian Writers and Publishers of Literary Works
This article argues that the publication of literary works in Zambia has been held captive by the challenges facing the book industry, in particular the economic crisis. The economic challenges have led to high costs in publishing, and inevitably the cost of purchasing books has also been high. The publishers have depended on government procurement for their book sales – but government is more concerned about purchasing textbooks. Many publishers…
Footprints of Caliban: Appropriation of English in Selected African Fictional Texts
Through the Eyes of the Lion: A Call to Relevance
of his novel Things Fall Apart that proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Thus, in the seminal work Home and Exile Achebe resorts to an African proverb which in seventeen words encapsulates an ontologically and epistemologically significant message (2001: 73): 'Until the lions produce their own historian, the story of the hunt will glorify only the hunter.' Significant, because the proverb -in the Achebean context of its use -not …
The Tonga Art of Kulibanda: A Literary and Linguistic Analysis
Framed within the broader context of two not so related theoretical lenses – literary theory and linguistic theory – the paper seeks to characterise Tonga practice of kulibanda as a language-based artistic expression for its sociocultural, literary and linguistic significance among the Tonga people. Couched within Austin’s speech act theory, Levison’s politeness principle and literary theory, this brief assessment attempts to bring into the spotl…
Eponymic Place Names in Zambia: A Critical Toponymies Perspective
This study examines eponymic place names in Zambia, specifically focusing on names of international airports and national stadia. Names of these features have been selected for study because in 2011, they had been subjected to changes. The study brings out the doubled nature of this name change by the Patriotic Front regime: to commemorate Zambia’s heroes and to entrench their political stamina. To successfully bring out the double edged nature o…
A Critical Review of Ideological Trends in the Study of Zambian Literature in English
Two ideologically divergent schools of thought have emerged in the study of Zambian literature in English. The first one rooted in imperialist doctrines emerged in the early 1980s and continues to influence many studies on Zambian literature to this day. The second one with a clear object of the renaissance of world literatures like that of Zambia is recent. It begun towards the end of the second decade of the 2000s and challenges the first one. …
Namwali Serpell's the Old Drift as a Postcolonial Text: A Semiotic, Linguistic and Onomastic Analysis
This essay analyses Namwali Serpell’s seminal novel The Old Drift from a postcolonial perspective. In pursuing this goal, the essay utilises some aspects of postcolonial theory, semiotics, onomastics and linguistics. In particular, it looks at how Serpell reinterprets the history of colonial Zambia as projected and interpreted by colonial writers. The findings suggest that the novel epitomises a new drift in Zambian literature. The novel problema…
What's in a Name? The Place of Language in the Naming of Programmes in the Zambian Radio and Television Industry
The old Shakespearian rhetorical question, 'What's in a name?'’' comes to the fore when we examine the names given to programmes by Zambian radio and television stations. While most people are not bothered by such names and would argue that it is the content of the programmes that is paramount, not the names thereof, it may be argued that the names are worth analysing from the perspective of onomastics, which is the scientific study of names and …
African history and culture studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)