A critical discourse analysis of media landscape and political conflict in Zimbabwe from 2000 to the Mnangagwa era

Mavengano, Esther; Marevesa, Tobias

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“…The reason why it is vital to examine both (non) linguistic compositions of the text in the interpretive endeavour of poetic discourse is because language is a social semiotic code rooted in socio-cultural setting for meaning-making (Bakhtin 1981;Halliday 1978;Mavengano & Moyo 2023). In addition, language is laden with semantic functions of the text (Simpson 2004).…”

Section: Theoretical Orientation: a Stylistic Perspectivementioning

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The semantics of gender, politics, and religion in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body

Mavengano

2024

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Zimbabwean literature produced after the attainment of independence has been predominantly engrossed with thematisation of the postcolonial subaltern subjects’ existential conditions, enunciated together with gender politics, religion and socio-economic environment that frame politics of difference, and sites of suffering or resistance. These tropes remain absorbing and critical even in contemporary female-authored novels that also engage with a deeply fractured modern-day Zimbabwe. Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel, This Mournable Body, offers important site to debate the enduring concerns of gender inequalities, politics, and religion. A stylistic approach is adopted to identify the semiotic construction of the text and discuss the different styles that are deployed to foreground central tropes in the novel. The adoption of stylistics as an underlying conceptual model locates this current study in the interdisciplinary research which brings together gender, applied linguistics, poetics, politics, and religion, in order to provoke new ways of reading the dialogic and polyphonic elements of the text. The study contends that the politics of difference is an unsettling subject that profoundly impacts on gender relations and religio-political practices in a milieu where precarity is a major defining feature of the subaltern sections comprising women and the marginalised poor. Thus, the novel’s title figuratively foregrounds the (un)mournable bodies of the people, who are both dehumanised and heavily burdened by surviving at the margin.Contribution: Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel, This Mournable Body demonstrates a deep concern with the plight of the subaltern people in a gendered society and how their conditions of the Othered bodies are further amplified by both religion and politics in present-day Zimbabwe. Thus the study contributes to the mounting discourses about politics of fragmentation and binary practices, and the ensuing agony suffered by the sidelined persons. The adopted stylistic reading of the focus novel underscores the interdisciplinary urgency to literary interpretative process.

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The semantics of gender, politics, and religion in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body

Mavengano

2024

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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“…One may ask: Is this the Zimbabwe that we yearned for? Paying special attention to the socio-political and economic situation that is prevailing in Zimbabwe today, the country, during its early postcolonial period, was known as a 'jewel' and 'a bread basket of Africa' (Mavengano & Marevesa 2023). These were the days when there was an economic boom and Zimbabwe could feed the whole of Africa because of its huge agricultural output.…”

Section: The Zimbabwean Socio-political Terrain: Relevance Of Pauline...mentioning

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Pauline ethics in the context of the socio-political problems in Zimbabwe

Marevesa

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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The ethics of Paul has been a subject of research for decades, and they have been applied in various contexts globally. Paul was a founder and nurturer of various early Christian assemblies. He addressed moral matters in these assemblies of groups of concerned people. Recent New Testament scholars have indicated that Paul’s ethical teachings were meant to fit the particular needs of the congregations he had established. However, the principles drawn from Paul’s moral teachings can be applied to any context, such as the Zimbabwean socio-political environment. Therefore, this article seeks to interrogate the suitability of Pauline ethics as a solution to the socio-political challenges facing Zimbabwe. The article argues that Pauline ethics can be applied as a solution to these challenges. The social conflict theory informs the analysis and arguments proffered in this article and enables one to understand the complex relationship between the ethics of Paul and the contemporary Zimbabwean context. The article concludes that there should be an equilibrium among rights, interests, and goods in the volatile Zimbabwean socio-political environment in order to promote human flourishing.Contribution: The article significantly contributes by bringing to the fore the interface between New Testament studies and the Zimbabwean socio-political context.

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“…Language has a significant impact in reconciling conflicts because language is a medium that can express the facts of life in building a social and cultural structure in society. In addition, language is a mirror of politeness in communicating; thus, language is a medium for building peace (Mavengano et al, 2022;Saada & Gross, 2019).…”

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“…The collective memory of the conflict loses after listening to the advice, so they become reconciled. As Saada & Gross (2019) and Mavengano et al (2022) argued, language is essential in reconciling conflict.…”

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Identifying and Resolving Conflicts Using Local Wisdom: A Qualitative Study

Garing,

Firdaus,

Herianah

et al. 2023

JICC

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For a long time, Maluku civilization has been heterogeneous. It can be seen in differences in ethnicity, beliefs, language, and culture, creating conflicts. This research intends to identify and resolve conflicts utilizing local wisdom, particularly regional language, and cultural viewpoints. It is a descriptive qualitative study that adopts an ethnolinguistic perspective to analyze data. Data was collected through participatory observation using an interview guide containing open-ended questions. Thirty participants comprised ten women and twenty men, aged 38 to 82 years; they were kings, traditional leaders, religious leaders, police, and conflict victims. Findings show that socio-cultural aspects, i.e., territorial disputes, different perspectives on culture, and youth delinquency, dominate conflicts in Maluku, Indonesia. However, using language in advice, proverbs, pela, gandong, molo, or nyelam as local wisdom can build peace. It indicates a new model for handling conflict in the regional language and culture to maintain security, continuity, and stability.

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A critical discourse analysis of media landscape and political conflict in Zimbabwe from 2000 to the Mnangagwa era

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The semantics of gender, politics, and religion in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body

The semantics of gender, politics, and religion in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body

Pauline ethics in the context of the socio-political problems in Zimbabwe

Identifying and Resolving Conflicts Using Local Wisdom: A Qualitative Study

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