What Ado About Culture? Chirikure’s Exposition of Past Shona Practices and Values in Selected Zimbabwean Post-independence Poems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14962109 |
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| Authors | Godwin Makaudze (0000-0001-8469-6452, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 74-83 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1013-929X • E-ISSN: 2159-9130 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1013929x.2020.1743034 |
| OpenAlex | W3042055276 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Known for his unwavering criticism of politico-economic misdemeanours, Chirikure Chirikure also focuses on past Shona practices and values in Rukuvhute (1990) and Hakurarwi (1998). Using the Afrocentricity approach, this article analyses his portrayal of these values and practices in selected poems. It observes that he exploits several techniques to criticise the repudiation of what he regards as “life-sustaining” practices and values. However, in Rukuvhute his yearning and hope for the observance of past practices and values seems no longer possible. In Hakurarwi his bleak portrayal of the future strikes the reader as a weakness. The article urges artists to assist society choose best practices and values from the past and as well to remain hopeful in their approach to life
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Ethnic culture · Ethnic group · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Shona · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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