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Subversion, Resistance and Contestations
The Politics of Names and Naming in Zimbabwe
Series: - African Social Studies Series, Volume: 50
This volume is unique because it is the first full-volume book to gather various contributions on the politics of names and naming in Zimbabwe. The premise of the book is that names are historical archives; thus, the chapters gathered herein attempt a chronological survey of the politics of names and naming from the colonial period to the post-Mugabe era, popularly euphemised as the New Dispensation. This chronological study of names and naming was not meant to give a linear narrative of subversion, resistance and contestation, but to show that Zimbabwe does not have a monolithic history and that a chronological study of the names and naming traditions from the colonial period to the present will reveal various histories of Zimbabweans struggling against various hegemonies, from a colonialist chronotope that threatened the onomastic erasure of black people to present political machinations and nomenclatural shenanigans that seek to disavow violent legacies. The multidisciplinary nature of this volume allowed for a more inclusive approach to the politics of names and naming in Zimbabwe. The various chapters constituting this volume were contributed by scholars from the fields of linguistics, literary studies, history, sociology, media and music studies in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has consistently offered an interesting case study in various academic fields because of its unique history that includes a protracted liberation struggle and unrelenting post-independence crises. Thus, this volume offers a unique opportunity and archive for researchers interested in Zimbabwean history, politics, literature and culture.
Tanaka Chidora is a poet, novelist, literary scholar, recipient of the Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, research fellow at the University of the Free State, lecturer at the University of Malawi and the Co-Chief Editor of Matatu: Journal for African Literary and Cultural Studies.
Zvinashe Mamvura is a recipient of the Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship and research fellow in the Department of African Languages, University of South Africa.
âââââ Sheunesu Mandizvidza is a lecturer at the Centre for Communication Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe.
Zvinashe Mamvura is a recipient of the Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship and research fellow in the Department of African Languages, University of South Africa.
âââââ Sheunesu Mandizvidza is a lecturer at the Centre for Communication Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe.
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Names as Historical Archives
âTanaka Chidora, Zvinashe Mamvura and Sheunesu Mandizvidza
2 Names as Sites of Violence and Memory Erasure in Colonial Zimbabwe
âJacob Mapara and Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi
3 (Re)Naming the White Farm(er): Towards Subversion and the Modelling of a âNative Chronotopeâ in Selected Zimbabwean Fictional Works
âSheunesu Mandizvidza
4 âThe Dual-Faced Toponymâ: Subversion and Contestations surrounding the Name Zimbabwe
âZvinashe Mamvura
5 Not Naming as Resistance: Yvonne Veraâs Without a Name (1994)
âTanaka Chidora
6 Naming and Remembering the Unsayable
Reflecting Gukurahundi through Onomastic Strategies in Christopher Mlalaziâs Running with Mother and Novuyo Rosa Tshumaâs House of Stone
âGibson Ncube and Yemurai Chikwangura-Gwatirisa
7 Caricaturing the Names âNew Dispensationâ and âSecond Republicâ: NoViolet Bulawayoâs Glory (2022) and the Thesis on Political Madness
âKundai Watson Fingson
8 Onomastic Palimpsests and the Discourse of Negative Political Propaganda in Zimbabwe
âSambulo Ndlovu
9 From IDEAS to SMART BUILDers against #Team ZANUâPF: Analysing Zimbabweâs 2018 Election Manifestoesâ Acronyms and Their âFacesâ
âTsiidzai Matsika
10 Decolonising Zimbabwean Music? Urban Grooves Artistes and the Politics of Naming in Post-2000 ZANUfied Zimbabwe
âTanaka Chidora and Doreen Rumbidzai Tivenga
11 The Politics of Language in the Naming of Places and Streets in Chiredzi Urban and Surrounding Areas
âSteyn Khesani Madlome
12 A Linguistic Landscape in Motion: the SeSotho/SeBirwa of Gwanda Promotion and Visibility, a Case of Green Horse (Pitsi Etala) Bus Company
âLiketso Dube
Index
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Names as Historical Archives
âTanaka Chidora, Zvinashe Mamvura and Sheunesu Mandizvidza
2 Names as Sites of Violence and Memory Erasure in Colonial Zimbabwe
âJacob Mapara and Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi
3 (Re)Naming the White Farm(er): Towards Subversion and the Modelling of a âNative Chronotopeâ in Selected Zimbabwean Fictional Works
âSheunesu Mandizvidza
4 âThe Dual-Faced Toponymâ: Subversion and Contestations surrounding the Name Zimbabwe
âZvinashe Mamvura
5 Not Naming as Resistance: Yvonne Veraâs Without a Name (1994)
âTanaka Chidora
6 Naming and Remembering the Unsayable
Reflecting Gukurahundi through Onomastic Strategies in Christopher Mlalaziâs Running with Mother and Novuyo Rosa Tshumaâs House of Stone
âGibson Ncube and Yemurai Chikwangura-Gwatirisa
7 Caricaturing the Names âNew Dispensationâ and âSecond Republicâ: NoViolet Bulawayoâs Glory (2022) and the Thesis on Political Madness
âKundai Watson Fingson
8 Onomastic Palimpsests and the Discourse of Negative Political Propaganda in Zimbabwe
âSambulo Ndlovu
9 From IDEAS to SMART BUILDers against #Team ZANUâPF: Analysing Zimbabweâs 2018 Election Manifestoesâ Acronyms and Their âFacesâ
âTsiidzai Matsika
10 Decolonising Zimbabwean Music? Urban Grooves Artistes and the Politics of Naming in Post-2000 ZANUfied Zimbabwe
âTanaka Chidora and Doreen Rumbidzai Tivenga
11 The Politics of Language in the Naming of Places and Streets in Chiredzi Urban and Surrounding Areas
âSteyn Khesani Madlome
12 A Linguistic Landscape in Motion: the SeSotho/SeBirwa of Gwanda Promotion and Visibility, a Case of Green Horse (Pitsi Etala) Bus Company
âLiketso Dube
Index
Researchers and students in the fields of Onomastics, Cultural studies, Social movements, Literary studies, Political science, Ethnomusicology, Sociology, Geography, Urban studies, Area Studies, African Studies.