This two-volume set charts a cross-disciplinary discursive terrain that proffers rich insights about deceit in contemporary postcolonial Sub-Saharan African politics. In an attempt to produce a nuanced and multi-faceted academic dialoguing platform, the two volumes have a particular focus on the aspects of treachery, fear of difference (oppositional politics), and discourses/ semiotics of mis/self- representation. The major aim of the proposed volumes is to contribute toward the often problematised conversations about the unfolding (post)colonial Sub-Saharan world which is topical in decolonial and Pan-African studies. The volumes seek to place political thinking and postcolonial political systems under the scholarly gaze with the view to highlight and enhance the participation of African cross-disciplinary scholarship in the postcolonial political processes of the continent. Most significantly, it is through such probing of the limitations of our own disciplinary perspectives which can help us appreciate the complexity of the postcolonial Sub-Saharan African politics. The first volume uses Zimbabwe as a case study, while the second volume broadens to examine postcolonial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly.
1. Introduction: Contextualising the notion of deceit in the
postcolonial Zimbabwes political landscape. Isaac Mhute and Esther
Mavengano.- Part I : Language/discourse and a culture of deceit in Zimbabwes
politics.-
2. Polit(r)icking and massaging the ballot in Zimbabwes
Transitions. Liberty Muchativugwa Hove.-
3. The Paradox of POST- Colonial
Politics: A Critical Appraisal of Zimbabwes False . Tawanda Shura & Isaac
Mhute.-
4. Vachingovukura (whilst they are barking ineffectually); The Mango
idiom and postcolonial deceit in Zimbabwes political discourse. Edmore
Dube.-
5. Counting Cost, Ignoring the Value: Can the gap between Political
and Linguistic Autonomy in Zimbabwe be Reconciled?. Beatrice Taringa.-
6.
Judas Iscariotism and Zimbabwe Opposition Politics: Deceit, Fear of
Difference and Language of Misrepresentation. Wilson Zivave.-
7. The
political landscape and a culture of deceit in postcolonial Zimbabwe:
Scholarly discourse under siege. Temba T. Rugwiji.- Part 2: The poetic and
sonic narratives of political deceit in postcolonial times.-
8. The polemics
of nationalism in Zimbabwean fictional and political discourses Nyika
inovakwa (kana kuputswa) nevene vayo (A nation is built (or destroyed) by
its owners). Esther Mavengano.-
9. Through the lenses of betrayal:
Ambivalence and other markers of deception in Aaron Chiundura Moyos Kuridza
Ngoma Nedemo (1985). Angeline Mavis Madongonda & Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga.-
10.
The Post-Independent Zimbabwean Leadership and literary imaginings of
betrayal in Ignatius .Mabasa`s Novel Mapenzi (1999). Wellington Wasosa.-
11.
Judas culture in Post-colonial Zimbabwe: Gendered and Land Redistribution in
Raymonds Chotos Vavariro (1990). Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga & Angeline Mavis
Madongonda.-
12. Metaphorisation and erotisisation of the female body in
David Mungoshis The Fading Sun: A symbolic representation of the
post-colonial Zimbabwean society. Andrew Mutingwende & Esther Mavengano.-
13.
Politics of deceit: The Dynamics of political jingles in postcolonial
Zimbabwe. Vimbai Moreblessing Matiza.- Part 3: The media, conflict and a
culture of deceit in postcolonial Zimbabwean politics.-
14. The Media,
Conflict and Culture of Deceit in Postcolonial Zimbabwean Politics.
Takavafira Masarira Zhou.-
15. An analysis of the nexus between media and
political polarisation in Zimbabwe. Gift Gwindingwe.-
16. Citizen or alien?
Politics of urban control and the dis(ex)tortion of Democracy in Zimbabwe.
Andrew Mutingwende.-
17. Power, Politics and Public Media Deceit in Zimbabwe,
2000-2023. Pedzisai Ruhanya & Bekezela Gumbo.-
18. Modeling Electoral
Integrity on Political Campaigns in Zimbabwe: The Problems of Deception and
Lying During General Elections. Gift Masengwe.-
19. Sanctions are the source
of our suffering: of ZANU PFs exhausted rhetoric and blame-gaming tactics
as hegemonic preservation. Collen Sabao.
Esther Mavengano is lecturer in English and Media Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe.Isaac Mhute is Associate Professor of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe.
