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Journal articles on the topic "Zimbabween Folktales"

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Matiza, Vimbai. "African Traditional Art Forms, Democratic Governance and Economic Growth in Zimbabwe." Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies 27, no. 2 (February 8, 2018): 55–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/1016-8427/3184.

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The article seeks to explore the role of African oral traditional art forms and governance in Zimbabwe for economic development. African philosophies, embedded in oral literature were part and parcel of the people’s life. Everybody participated in the activities that affected them in society. Thus African peoples used oral literature, which is dependent on the performer who formulates it on a specific occasion—this forms part of issues of governance. Some problems, which people, and Zimbabweans in particular are facing, emanate from colonialism, and have led them to believe that they had no culture or anything to shape their way of thinking. These problems have always been there, and people had a way of circumventing them through the philosophies that were embedded in their oral art forms. It is against this backdrop that the researcher seeks to explore the place of oral art forms; which include proverbs, riddles, folktales among others; and governance as vehicles to drive economic growth in Zimbabwe. The article is based on a conceptual method of study, where examples of oral art forms used have been taken from various speech communities in Africa. The researcher’s arguments are guided by the Afrocentricapproach and the discussion establishes that issues of democracy and governance were part and parcel of indigenous people’s way of doing things, in a bid to achieve economic growth in their societies.
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Makaudze, Godwin. "THE DISADVANTAGED AND THE DISABLED IN SHONA CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: THE NGANO (FOLKTALE) GENRE." Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 34, no. 2 (October 26, 2016): 54–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/0027-2639/942.

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Contemporary Shona society in Zimbabwe has witnessed the mushrooming of organisations meant to protect the disabled and the vulnerable. In addition, empowering legislative measures have been put in place. In most cases, however, such efforts bear limited fruits, especially because they are not in sync with Shona practice. They are pursued as if the Shona people had never known the existence and observance of human rights and privileges. Using the Afrocentricity theory and drawing examples from the Shona ngano (folktale) genre, this article posits that Shona oral traditions are laden with the indigenous people’s philosophy and approach to various kinds of impairments and disadvantages which can be adopted and adapted by contemporary societies.
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Maganga, Allan T., Charles Tembo, and Peterson Dewah. "SINGING THE SECOND CHIMURENGA (WAR OF LIBERATION): AN AFROCENTRIC ELUCIDATION OF SIMON CHIMBETU’S SELECTED SONGS." Oral History Journal of South Africa 3, no. 1 (January 5, 2016): 32–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2309-5792/331.

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Oral sources such as proverbs, songs and folktales have been used to reconstruct people’s identities. As a primary ‘means of communication’ music is often used to capture or record peoples’ experiences in history. In Zimbabwe, Simon Chimbetu exemplifies one musician who is in search of his country’s past in as far as he uses his music to record the history of the liberation struggle. This paper provides an in-depth examination of Chimbetu’s selected songs. Singing after the war itself is over, it is argued, the music functions as a reference point to the citizens because it is a transcript of their past experiences something which is essential to the present and future generations. By insisting on educating his audiences on the liberation struggle, Chimbetu satisfies Sankofan approach. It is argued in this paper that Chimbetu’s musical reflections provide enriching experiences and reveals that it is historical music.
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Bhebhe, Sindiso. "Interrogating Myths Surrounding Sex Education in Zimbabwean Schools: Lessons to be Learned from Ndebele Traditional Literature/Oral Traditions." Oral History Journal of South Africa 6, no. 1 (October 19, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2309-5792/3322.

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Sex education is one of the most divisive aspects of the school curriculum in Zimbabwe. It is shrouded in myths and controversies—with some parents, culturists and religious groups asserting that it can contribute to immorality among learners. Others even go to an extent of claiming that sex education in primary and secondary schools should not be allowed as culturally it is a taboo to discuss issues of sex with teenagers. However, an analysis of traditional Ndebele literature seems to tell a different story. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to deliberate on these so-called taboos and claims, and to establish where the Ndebele culture stands with regards to sex education. The article critiques the Ndebele traditional literature/oral traditions, which boasts riddles, folktales, proverbs and wise sayings and even praise poetry, which are so rich in sex education.
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Chigidi, Willie L., and Davie E. Mutasa. "The image of absence and the politics of naming in Shona war fiction." Literator 34, no. 1 (May 13, 2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/lit.v34i1.419.

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During Zimbabwe’s liberation war thousands of young people crossed into neighbouring countries to take up arms to fight and end colonialism. There is sufficient evidence that many of these young people were women. Political rhetoric also maintains that women fought alongside their male counterparts. However, in the Shona literature that depicts Zimbabwe’s guerrilla war there is a glaring absence of female characters who play the roles of guerrilla fighters. This article is an attempt to discuss this absence and to explain why there are very few guerrilla girls in Shona war fiction. The article argues that female guerrillas are not given much space in Shona war novels because the writers of these novels continue the oral folktale tradition in which women are rarely made heroines. It is further argued that in the actual guerrilla war of the 1970s female guerrillas were rarely seen fighting at the war front, that the pioneer guerrillas were men and that the masculine discourse about the war excluded women. Moreover, only men have written Shona war novels.
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Mpofu, Phillip. "Indigenous Media and Social Media Convergence: Adaptation of Storytelling on Twitter, SoundCloud and YouTube." Journal of Asian and African Studies, October 5, 2021, 002190962110491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00219096211049176.

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Storytelling is ordinarily trivialised as an antiquated oramedia genre, and of less significance in Zimbabwean mainstream media and communication studies, hence it is understudied. Recent studies largely take a literary gaze on storytelling, and do not theorise it from an indigenous media viewpoint or appreciate its convergence with social media. Drawing on concepts of media convergence and the digital public sphere, this netnographic study examines the adaptation of storytelling on Twitter, SoundCloud and YouTube, focusing on patterns of production, delivery, participation, language forms, reception and audiences. The article shows inventive re-embodiment and adaptation of storytelling on online spaces, that is, the endurance and remaking of indigenous media in the context of new media and communication technologies. The manifestation of the folktale narrative style on social media exhibits the rise of a secondary form of orality recreated, reproduced and applied in the digital form and on social media. While digital and social media are perceived as threatening the continued existence of indigenous media, this article attests social media as breathing spaces for indigenous media.
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Magocha, Medicine, Davie Mutasa, and Richard N. Madadzhe. "Women and the Strategic Role of Information Dissemination through Folklore in Africa: A Case of Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe." Commonwealth Youth and Development 16, no. 2 (January 22, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2663-6549/4453.

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This article discusses the central “ignored” role that women play in disseminating vital societal information through folklore. It explores the limited conceptions and constructions of their roles in literature and the media today where they are confined to housekeeping duties. It argues that through story-telling—the cornerstone of communal revitalisation—women play a pivotal task in ensuring the well-being of their communities. In advancing this argument, the article takes into account the fact that folktales have formed the basis of African formal education and training, which was meant for cognitive development of the African child. The major concern is, despite the tremendous contribution of women into the development, re-engineering and redesigning of the society, women are not taken or taking themselves seriously when it comes to societal decision-making issues. This paper mainly depends on a literature review and qualitative research methodology. A sample of 25 homes was selected randomly in the Bikita District of Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe. Data were collected orally from the story-tellers. Thereafter, an analysis was undertaken to establish the strategic role of women in disseminating information.
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Books on the topic "Zimbabween Folktales"

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Smith, Alexander McCall. The Girl Who Married a Lion. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004.

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The girl who married a lion and other tales from Africa. New York: Random House Large Print, 2004.

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Smith, Alexander McCall. The Girl Who Married a Lion. Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2009.

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La femme qui épousa un lion. Paris: 10/18, 2006.

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The girl who married a lion and other tales from Africa. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004.

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Chifamba-Barnes, Sarudzayi Elizabeth. The village story-teller: Zimbabwean folktales. Coventry: Lion Press, 2008.

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Kandimba, V. T. Folktales from Zimbabwe: Short stores. [Philadelphia]: Xlibris, 2009.

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Kandimba, V. T. Folktales from Zimbabwe: Short stores. [Philadelphia]: Xlibris, 2009.

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Around the fire: Folktales from Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe: Intwasa Arts Festival, 2014.

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Smith, Alexander McCall. The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa. Recorded Books, 2004.

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