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| Presented by: |
Rewai Makamani |
| Title: |
Contradictory HIV/ AIDS Rhetoric(s) in Zimbabwe: An Analysis of |
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Selected Online Media Texts |
| Presented at: |
the African Association of Rhetoric 2nd Biennial International |
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Conference at the University of KwaZulu Natal (1 -3 July, 2009) |
| Abstract: |
This article employs text analysis within the framework of the |
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arena model (Mazzoni, 1991, Anfara, 2006,http://www.eric.ed.gov |
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/ERICDocs), to examine fourty one online media texts to reflect on the |
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Zimbabwean HIV/AIDS intervention model and how it impacted on |
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HIV/AIDS rhetoric used by government officials and online media. The |
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article reveals that HIV/AIDS rhetoric was mainly used by politicians from |
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the previous government of Zimbabwe as a face and face management |
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strategy (Goffman (1955/1967)/ Tracy (1990) in Bull (2008) to paint a |
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positive image of government and ZANU PF before relevant stakeholders |
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like potential voters, donors, regional and international communities.... |
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read more as word Document or read in PDF format |
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| Presented by: |
Evans Chapanga & Rewai Makamani, University of Zimbabwe |
| Title: |
Teaching Shona In English/Shona: Ideological Challenges And |
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Implications - Whither UZ & MASU?
(Published in the Zimbawe Journal |
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for Educational Research. Also accessible on the internet) |
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| Abstract: |
This paper investigates ideological challenges and implications |
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associated with two models in the teaching and learning of Shona at |
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university level. The UZ1 model involves the use of English as a medium |
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of instruction for Shona courses while MASU2 pedagogy employs Shona |
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for the same purpose. Both approaches raise fundamental pedagogical |
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and linguistic issues conceptualized within the framework of broad |
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diglossia, functionalist and bilingual education perspectives. Data was |
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gathered through participant observation, interviews and questionnaires. |
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Proponents in favour of Shona argue that it is a carrier of culture, pride, |
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consciousness, value systems, fosters a participatory approach to |
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development and offers a window for decolonization and total |
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emancipation...read more as word Document or reas in PDF Fomat |
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| Presented by: |
Rewai Makamani |
| Title: |
An Analysis of the Influences of Discourse in the Anthology: |
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Zimbabwean Poetry in English. |
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| Abstract: |
Zimbabwean Poetry in English, compiled and introduced by Kizito |
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Muchemwa (1978: xii) as poetry that ‘…shows no definite direction of |
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growth in its early stages,’ is a multi-voice anthology of pioneering work |
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reflecting various levels of expertise and, ‘literary eclecticism’ (Adu- |
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Gyumfi, 2003: 105), within the context of the Horton- Asquith Model. |
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The model is a hybrid of recommendations made by two committees |
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which were set up to plan for the establishment of University Education in |
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Africa. Firstly, there was the Asquith committee of 1925 which favoured a |
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modern University Education in Africa that incorporated African history, |
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value systems and languages. The other committee chaired by James |
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Africanus Beale Horton in 1968 recommended that there be established |
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in Africa, a University Education system based on undiluted Western |
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Education...read more as word Document or read in PDF Format |
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| Presented by: |
Rewai Makamani and Isaac Choto |
| Title: |
From ‘Nehanda Nyakasikana’ to The National Anthem: Poetic aesthetics |
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and the articulation of local and national sensibilities in Solomon |
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Mutswairo’s poetry. |
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This chapter employs text analysis to explore the stylistics of the poems |
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of Solomon Mutswairo ranging from his earliest poems in Madetembedzo |
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Akare Namatsva (1958, 1988), to the lyrics of the national anthem, |
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“Ngaikomborerwe Nyika yeZimbabwe”, his last offering. Through the use |
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of text analysis it is feasible to analyse linguistic features pertinent in |
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the poet’s works. In this chapter, we note that the accomplished |
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Zimbabwean author mainly employs simple and straight forward |
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language to navigate sophisticated local and national issues ranging |
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from philosophical, religious, economic to topical political concerns... |
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read more as word Document or read in PDF Format |
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| Presented by: |
Rewai Makamani |
| Title: |
Television and Film as popular culture |
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(Published as a Unit for a BA in Media Studies Module) |
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Television and film are part our everyday life. We mean, our life styles |
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have increasingly been associated with the television and film in one way |
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or the other. This makes film and television part of our popular culture. |
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Your hairstyle, dress code, speech behaviour, eating habits, family life |
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style and understanding of the world are constantly reflected and |
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influenced by radio, television and the film industry. Thus, information |
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from television, films and mass media in general, has impacted greatly |
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on how we spend our daily lives. The television in particular, is arguably |
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the most important source of information and entertainment in the |
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modern world. Apparently, to talk about television is also to talk about |
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the film because television without film is unimaginable... |
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read more as word Document or read in PDF Format |
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