Constructions of nationhood in secession debates related to Mthwakazi Liberation Front in Bulawayo's Chronicle and Newsday newspapers in 2011
- Authors: Ndlovu, Mphathisi
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Newspapers , Bulawayo , Matabeleland , Zimbabwe , Chronicle , Newsday , Secession , Devolution , Nationhood , Ndebele , Ethnic identity , Mthwakazi Liberation Front , Mthwakazi Liberation Front -- Zimbabwe , Mass media and nationalism -- Research -- Zimbabwe , Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) -- Newspapers , Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements , Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) -- Social conditions , Zimbabwe -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3415 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001846
- Description: This study investigates the constructions of nationhood in two Bulawayo newspapers, the Chronicle and Newsday. Against the backdrop of the emergence of a secessionist movement, Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), this research examines the discourses of nationhood in the secessionist debates raging in these two newspapers. This study is premised on a view that nationhood constructions cannot be understood outside the broader context in which these newspapers are embedded. Accordingly, it traces the roots and resurgence of Matabeleland separatist politics, exploring the political-historical forces that have shaped a distinctive Ndebele identity that poses a threat to the one, indivisible Zimbabwean national identity. Further, the study situates Matabeleland separatist politics within the broader African secessionist discourse challenging the post-colonial nation-building project on the continent. Informed by Hall’s (1992, 1996) constructivist approach to identity, it considers national identities as fragmented, multiple and constantly evolving. Thus, this study is framed within Hall’s (1997) constructivist approach to representation, as it examines the constructions of nationhood in and through language. The study uses qualitative research methods, as it examines the meanings of nationhood in key media texts. Informed by Foucault’s discourse theory, this research employs critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyse 12 articles from the two newspapers. The findings confirm that the representations of nationhood in the two newspapers are influenced by their position within the socio-political context. The state-owned Chronicle legitimates the unitary state discourse advocated by ZANU PF. On the other hand, Newsday’s representations are informed by the discourses of the opposition political parties and civil society that challenge the dominant nation-building project. Thus, within this paper, secession and devolution emerge as alternative imaginaries that contest the authoritarian discourse of nationhood
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- Date Issued: 2013
- Authors: Ndlovu, Mphathisi
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Newspapers , Bulawayo , Matabeleland , Zimbabwe , Chronicle , Newsday , Secession , Devolution , Nationhood , Ndebele , Ethnic identity , Mthwakazi Liberation Front , Mthwakazi Liberation Front -- Zimbabwe , Mass media and nationalism -- Research -- Zimbabwe , Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) -- Newspapers , Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements , Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) -- Social conditions , Zimbabwe -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3415 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001846
- Description: This study investigates the constructions of nationhood in two Bulawayo newspapers, the Chronicle and Newsday. Against the backdrop of the emergence of a secessionist movement, Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), this research examines the discourses of nationhood in the secessionist debates raging in these two newspapers. This study is premised on a view that nationhood constructions cannot be understood outside the broader context in which these newspapers are embedded. Accordingly, it traces the roots and resurgence of Matabeleland separatist politics, exploring the political-historical forces that have shaped a distinctive Ndebele identity that poses a threat to the one, indivisible Zimbabwean national identity. Further, the study situates Matabeleland separatist politics within the broader African secessionist discourse challenging the post-colonial nation-building project on the continent. Informed by Hall’s (1992, 1996) constructivist approach to identity, it considers national identities as fragmented, multiple and constantly evolving. Thus, this study is framed within Hall’s (1997) constructivist approach to representation, as it examines the constructions of nationhood in and through language. The study uses qualitative research methods, as it examines the meanings of nationhood in key media texts. Informed by Foucault’s discourse theory, this research employs critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyse 12 articles from the two newspapers. The findings confirm that the representations of nationhood in the two newspapers are influenced by their position within the socio-political context. The state-owned Chronicle legitimates the unitary state discourse advocated by ZANU PF. On the other hand, Newsday’s representations are informed by the discourses of the opposition political parties and civil society that challenge the dominant nation-building project. Thus, within this paper, secession and devolution emerge as alternative imaginaries that contest the authoritarian discourse of nationhood
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- Date Issued: 2013
The Many Sides of African Music No. 13
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Malimba , Hand piano , French West Africa , Malinke , Xylophones , Chopi , Mozambique , Flutes , Baule , Statues , Masks , Goldsmiths , Muslims , Camel trains , Arab , Dhow , Street musicians , Drums , Blind musician , Tonga , Bow , Gourd , Religious , Christian , Zambia , Lusaka , Bemba , The War in Libiya , Marriage , Wife , Nyasaland , Nkondo kolybia , South Africa , Sotho , Working song , Uganda , Royal band , Hymn , Copper Cross , Idioms , Teaching , Gutu , Fort Victoria , Chipendani , Mbira , Njari , Gilbert Rouget , Dr. Schweitzer , Kingdom of West Africa , The musee de l‘homme , Flautist , Sudan , Kukoro , Hourglass shaped drum , Nigeria , Nile , Northern Rhodesia , Kafuwe , River Mpanza , Wemba , War in Lybia , Ndebele , Bulawayo , Mr. John Sharman , Linguist , Syncopated rhythm , Zither , Osborn Awards , Unanekobo , Braying song , Kabaka of Buganda , Royal drummers of Buganda , Joseph Kiwele , Southern Congo , Salve Regina , Rumba , Cook boy , Babu Runesso Chipika , Karanga , Southern Rhodesia , Study
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15079 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008507 , Reel number: BC061
- Description: The Many Sides of African Music No. 13 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Malimba , Hand piano , French West Africa , Malinke , Xylophones , Chopi , Mozambique , Flutes , Baule , Statues , Masks , Goldsmiths , Muslims , Camel trains , Arab , Dhow , Street musicians , Drums , Blind musician , Tonga , Bow , Gourd , Religious , Christian , Zambia , Lusaka , Bemba , The War in Libiya , Marriage , Wife , Nyasaland , Nkondo kolybia , South Africa , Sotho , Working song , Uganda , Royal band , Hymn , Copper Cross , Idioms , Teaching , Gutu , Fort Victoria , Chipendani , Mbira , Njari , Gilbert Rouget , Dr. Schweitzer , Kingdom of West Africa , The musee de l‘homme , Flautist , Sudan , Kukoro , Hourglass shaped drum , Nigeria , Nile , Northern Rhodesia , Kafuwe , River Mpanza , Wemba , War in Lybia , Ndebele , Bulawayo , Mr. John Sharman , Linguist , Syncopated rhythm , Zither , Osborn Awards , Unanekobo , Braying song , Kabaka of Buganda , Royal drummers of Buganda , Joseph Kiwele , Southern Congo , Salve Regina , Rumba , Cook boy , Babu Runesso Chipika , Karanga , Southern Rhodesia , Study
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15079 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008507 , Reel number: BC061
- Description: The Many Sides of African Music No. 13 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: The Three High Commission Territories, Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Singing , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Dithoko , Praise song , Horses , Maloti mountains , Cattle herding , Sticks , Lesiba , Zulu , Tswana , Sotho , Tlokwa , Koena , Chiefs , Shaka , Mantantisi , Moshoeshoe , Hunting ground , Cattle raiders , Red cliffs , Thaba Bosiu , Lesotho , Maseru , Work songs , Mokorotlo , Stamping , Blankets , Lengae , Lelingoana , Initiation songs , Mafeking District , Sheep skin , Leather aprons , White wood ash , Grass ropes , Mask of straw , Clapping , Mouse songs , Rosery , Rain song , Pula , Chief Batwe Village , Kanye , Lion skin , Mzilikazi , Ndebele , Bulawayo , Khama, Tshekedi , Bamangwato , Fighting songs , Livingstone, David , Moffat, Robert , Christianity , Catholic Mission , French Canadians , Morija , Choral , Paris Evangelical Missionary Society , Arbousset, Thomas , Casalis, Eugene , Gosselin, Constant , Knobkerries , Red ochre , Reed pipes , Coloured dress , Chants , Ligubu bow , Regimental dance , Indlaliso , Wondoloza bantu , Incwala ritual , Umgubo , Ihlubo , Hoeing song , Maye maye inesizema , Musical bows , Flutes , Makweyana bow , Love song , Lament song , Party songs , Tshidilamolomo , Dance songs , Huts , Sacred , Secret , Ululations , Throat sound , Bana ba tau we el , Kgomo e tsaletse nageng thokwana , Serago ko gae ko gae , Kgatla
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15113 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011497 , Reel numbers: BC110, BC111, BC112, BC113, BC120
- Description: 1st programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series IV of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , Feature programme for the BBC , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Singing , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Dithoko , Praise song , Horses , Maloti mountains , Cattle herding , Sticks , Lesiba , Zulu , Tswana , Sotho , Tlokwa , Koena , Chiefs , Shaka , Mantantisi , Moshoeshoe , Hunting ground , Cattle raiders , Red cliffs , Thaba Bosiu , Lesotho , Maseru , Work songs , Mokorotlo , Stamping , Blankets , Lengae , Lelingoana , Initiation songs , Mafeking District , Sheep skin , Leather aprons , White wood ash , Grass ropes , Mask of straw , Clapping , Mouse songs , Rosery , Rain song , Pula , Chief Batwe Village , Kanye , Lion skin , Mzilikazi , Ndebele , Bulawayo , Khama, Tshekedi , Bamangwato , Fighting songs , Livingstone, David , Moffat, Robert , Christianity , Catholic Mission , French Canadians , Morija , Choral , Paris Evangelical Missionary Society , Arbousset, Thomas , Casalis, Eugene , Gosselin, Constant , Knobkerries , Red ochre , Reed pipes , Coloured dress , Chants , Ligubu bow , Regimental dance , Indlaliso , Wondoloza bantu , Incwala ritual , Umgubo , Ihlubo , Hoeing song , Maye maye inesizema , Musical bows , Flutes , Makweyana bow , Love song , Lament song , Party songs , Tshidilamolomo , Dance songs , Huts , Sacred , Secret , Ululations , Throat sound , Bana ba tau we el , Kgomo e tsaletse nageng thokwana , Serago ko gae ko gae , Kgatla
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15113 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011497 , Reel numbers: BC110, BC111, BC112, BC113, BC120
- Description: 1st programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series IV of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , Feature programme for the BBC , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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