Abstract: "Membering the Rhodesian Linguistic Agenda in Zimbabwe reports on a study carried out in Zimbabwe to ascertain the degree and effect of honouring the colonial linguistic agenda. The book employs an interpretivist philosophy and qualitative research approach that relies on participatory observations, interviewing purposively sampled informants and focus group discussions involving snowball sampled graduates. It was inspired by the Critical Language Policy Theory that considers language choice a critical determinant factor in how communities are administered politically, economically, socioculturally, and educationally. It establishes that whereas linguistic imperialism meant to serve as the lifeblood for the Southern Rhodesian colonial machine, the former coloniser ensured coloniality in Zimbabwe through presenting English language as a sacred media in political, economic, sociocultural, and educational settings forever. The study establishes that the only way Zimbabwe and other such post colonies could find redemption is by eradicating the sacredness of former colonisers' languages through adding value to all their languages and the indigenous knowledge systems associated with them. It also demonstrates that the bigger the delay, the more is irretrievably lost together with custodians of the languages. This book will be informative for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in linguistics, communication, sociology, anthropology, and history. It may also serve well as a resource to government researchers, politicians, and other policymakers"--...

Abstract: 1. Introduction: Contextualising the notion of deceit in the postcolonial Zimbabwe’s political landscape. Isaac Mhute and Esther Mavengano -- Part I : Language/discourse and a culture of deceit in Zimbabwe’s politics -- 2. Polit(r)icking and massaging the ballot in Zimbabwe’s Transitions. Liberty Muchativugwa Hove -- 3. The Paradox of POST- Colonial Politics: A Critical Appraisal of Zimbabwe’s False . Tawanda Shura & Isaac Mhute -- 4. Vachingovukura (whilst they are barking ineffectually); The Mango idiom and postcolonial deceit in Zimbabwe’s 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 Moyo’s 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 Raymond’s Choto’s Vavariro (1990). Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga & Angeline Mavis Madongonda -- 12. Metaphorisation and erotisisation of the female body in David Mungoshi’s 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 PF’s exhausted rhetoric and blame-gaming tactics as hegemonic preservation. Collen Sabao.

Abstract: 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. 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.

Abstract: 1. The Sub-Saharan African Postcolonial Politics: A Daunting Present. Esther Mavengano and Isaac Mhute -- Part 1: Cultures of Deceit in Postcolonial Sub-Saharan Literary Imaginings -- 2. Memorialising Gender and Childhood under the throes of von Trotha’s Extermination Order: Trauma, Agency and Survival in Serebov’s Mama Namibia. Nelson Mlambo, Collen Sabao and Coletta Kandemiri- 3. Speaking from below: Reflections on the Postcolonial Subaltern Practices of Resisting Deceit and Penury in Valerie Tagwira’s novel, Trapped. Esther Mavengano -- 4. Towards Using Literature to Deal with Fear of Ethno-Religious and Linguistic Differences in African Post- Colonial Politics. Nkereuwem, Ogonna Nchekwube -- 5. The Postcoloniality and Decoloniality of Namibian literature in Kubuitsile’s The Scattering and Utley’s The Lie of the Land. Collen Sabao & Nelson Mlambo -- Part 2: Language/ Media and Postcolonial Deceit in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 6. Postcolonial Gender dichotomies: Integrating Digital Technologies, Local Content and Local Languages in Empowering Rural-Black Women in Southern Africa. Gift Masengwe & Wadzanai Chihombori-Ndlovu -- 7. Hate Speech, a Source of Linguistic, Religious and Ethnic Intolerance among the sub-Saharan African Peoples: The Case of Nigeria. Robert, Odey Simon, Nwode, Goodluck Chigbo & Bibian, Ugoala -- 8. We’ll fish out MP mole and punish the person”: Language, politics and culture of deceit in Ghana’s politics. Charles Prempeh -- 9. Mass Media in Deceitful Pragmatic Misrepresentation of, and the Heightened Intergroup Conflicts among Sub-Saharan African Ethno-Religious and Linguistic Groups. Osuchukwu, Caroline Nonye, Bibian, Ugoala & Robert, Odey Simon -- 10. Post-colonial Political, Economic and Ethnic Discourse: A case of Mozambique and Rwanda. Donald Peter Chimanikire & Valerie Rumbidzai Jeche & Jane Tsitsi Mudzamiri -- Part 3: The Media and political deceit in postcolonial Sub- Saharan Africa -- 11. Survival of the Private Media under Zimbabwe’s Politico-economic crises. Pedzisai Ruhanya & Bekezela Gumbo -- 12. Digital Authoritarianism in Postcolonial Nigeria: Internet Control Techniques and Censorship. Desmond Onyemechi Okocha, Maureen Chigbo & Melchizedec J. Onobe -- 13. Tragic labels, catastrophic consequences: Colonial treachery and the Cameroonian calamity. Jacob Mapara -- 14. Populism as a new Political Tactic of Postcolonial Deceit in Nigerian Contemporary Digital Era. Desmond Okocho & Jesse Ishaku -- Part 4: Postcolonial Political Dialectics in Religion and Human Rights discourses -- 15. The impact of legacies of the past on the emergence of conflict and deceit in Sub-Saharan African politics. Fabian Maugnganidze -- 16. Iscariotean Dialectics and the Demise of Emancipatory Pan-African States in Sub-Saharan Africa. George Michael Kizito -- 17. Discourse on violent Disenfranchisements and Threats to Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Postcolonial Zimbabwe. Edmore Dube -- 18. The Entanglement of the Church and the State during Mugabe’s Reign in Postcolonial Zimbabwe: A Social Conflict Perspective. Tobias Marevesa & Esther Mavengano -- 19. A Culture of deceit and Human Rights violations in Postcolonail Sub-Saharan African politics. Fabian Maunganidze -- 20. The Youth and Political Leadership and Governance in Postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa. Takavafira Masarira Zhou & Costain Tandi -- 21. Too Good to be True: Unfulfilled Campaign Promises, Pledges, and Political Deceit in Zimbabwe. Gift Mwonzora.

Abstract: 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 multifaceted 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 problematized 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 examines postcolonial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly. The first volume uses Zimbabwe as a case study, while the second volume examines postcolonial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly. The first volume uses Zimbabwe as a case study, while the second volume examines postcolonial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly. Esther Mavengano is Lecturer in English and Media Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe. She is a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology, and Religion, College of Human Sciences, UNISA, South Africa and a von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English, Institute of English and American Studies, Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies, Technology University Dresden, Germany. Isaac Mhute is Associate Professor of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe.

Abstract: Part A. Political crisis/ disaster Communication -- Chapter 1. Maintaining a coherent corporate identity on the face of politically rooted crisis (Bhowa Jairos Kudakwashe and Rusere Misheck) -- Chapter 2. Question Time: A Bonus or Pain in the Quest for Political Accountability in the Zimbabwean Parliament (Mutsvairo Jack and Dlali Mawande) -- Chapter 3. A comparative analysis of government social media crisis and risk communication during the COVID-19 health crisis (Kembo Shupikai) -- Chapter 4. Brand and reputation management during political crises (Shura Tawanda and Jakaza Ernest) -- Chapter 5. Sanctions discourse and strategic communication: Re-imagining a new Zimbabwe from a social conflict paradigm (Marevesa Tobias) -- Chapter 6. Ubuntu in Languaging “From Politics of Rhetoric to The Second Republic”: Re-reading Shimmer Chinodya’s Harvest of Thorns in Discourse of New Dispensation (Mavengano Esther) -- Chapter 7. Multilingualism in crisis and disaster management in sub-Saharan Africa: the enigma for Zimbabwe (Mavesera Miidzo and Madziko Innocent) -- Chapter 8. The role of research for crisis and disaster management communication: a case of the Zimbabwean government (Mhute Isaac) -- Chapter 9. Contradictory politics and the mutation of Crisis in post-colonial Zimbabwean Urban Clean-up Campaign (Mtingwende Andrew) -- Chapter 10. Linguistic strategies used by the Ministry of Health and Child Care in Zimbabwe to sensitise citizens on COVID-19 in print media (Mutonga Lovemore, Gotosa Kudzai and Mugari Victor) -- Chapter 11. Covid-19 Related Information: The Politics in Crises and Disaster Management Communication (Ndhlovu Nokukhanya Gratcheni, Muleya Ekem and Akpan Udoh James) -- Chapter 12. Crisis communication in politically charged environments: A stakeholder approach (Rusere Winnie and Sigauke Misheck) -- Chapter 13. Pursuing the 'disaster' of managing communication during a crisis: Zimbabwe's unending 'woes' (Saidi Umali) -- Chapter 14. The pros and cons of social media in disaster management. a focus on Zimbabwe (Komboni Farisai Raymond) -- Chapter 15. Disaster Risk Governance: The politics of crisis and disaster management in Southern Africa (Tondoi Clemence Ray) -- Part B. Conceptualising Crisis and Disaster Management Communication -- Chapter 16. Models/ strategies of planning, managing, and responding to a crisis/ disaster (Mukurazhizha Rudo) -- Chapter 17. Introduction to a theoretical framework of disaster and crisis management: Transactional Theory of Persuasion, Coercion and Manipulation (TTPCM) (Hondo Mkhululi) -- Chapter 18. The efficacy of devolved disaster risk governance in Zimbabwe: A review of the communication approaches (Zvokuomba Kwashirai, Kabonga I, Chikoko W, Nyabeze K, and K, Mwapaura) -- Chapter 19. Rethinking Effective Communication a Panaceato disaster management. A Critical Discourse Approach (Jongore Magret and Chirimuuta Chipo) -- Chapter 20. Forecast based financing, a tool for early warning communication and proactive response mechanism (Komboni Farisayi Raymond, Muchena Richard and Kwenda Benjamin Makuwire) -- Part C. Media Crisis/ Disaster Communication -- Chapter 21. An Infodemic within a Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Social Media during the Covid-19 Pandemic (Makoni Caroline and Mangeya Hugh) -- Chapter 22. Social media humour and corporate reputation management: the Econet network and tariff shitstorm (Mangeya Hugh) -- Chapter 23. Exploring the Role of Corporate Communication Professionals in Navigating the New Media Landscape: A Case of Econet, Zimbabwe (Makoni Caroline and Mhute Isaac) -- Chapter 24. Performing the Pandemic: Musical arts communication in crises and disaster management, Zimbabwe (Zinhuku Praise) -- Chapter 25. When Doctor-PatientDiscourse Isn’t Adequate: Social Media Health Multimodal Dialogic Discourse Analysis (Nyambo Enock) -- Chapter 26. Political communication and disaster risk management in the age of social media in Southern Africa (Khupe Thokozani, Nyathi Mandla and Tshuma Brian) -- Part D. Case Studies -- Chapter 27. Crisis and disaster management communication in the hospitality industry in a digital world: A case study of Rainbow Tourism Group of Hotels (Chatapura Marginah and Mangeya Hugh) -- Chapter 28. Effective Climate Change Communication for Sustainable Development in Rural Zimbabwe (Mapuwei Nyasha) -- Chapter 29. An investigation of how language issues affect message interpretation during disaster management in Zimbabwean rural areas (Machingura Tsuu Faith, Nkala Doreen and Machingura Thabiso) -- Chapter 30. Strategic communication in Zimbabwean public universities (Nemaramba Dylan, Muchena Tambawoga Chriswell and Nyika Richard) -- Chapter 31. Integration of ICT into education during a crisis: Lessons Learnt at the State University of Zanzibar and the Midlands State University in Zimbabwe in the face of Covid 19 (Pondiwa Shephard, Nabahany El Umayra and Phiri Margaret) -- Chapter 32. ‘Everyday banking for everyday people’: The crisis of inconsistency between a brand promise and the delivery reality (Chaleka Tariro Courage and Jakaza Ernest) -- Chapter 33. How to ensure ethical communication before, during and after crises and disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa (Mwapaura Kudzai).

Abstract: This handbook provides a detailed and sustained examination of the scope, purpose and practical application of crisis and disaster management communication in this critical region of the African continent, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The volume lays the foundation that enables a nuanced appreciation of two significant issues. The first pertains to SSA’s vulnerability to both natural and man-made phenomena. Secondly, it argues that communication plays a critical role in so far as the identification, social construction, raising awareness, preparation, mitigation and eradication of crises and disasters in the region. Communication plays a critical role in potentially reducing the impacts of crises and disasters before their occurrence. This handbook is a key resource for academics, students and practitioners in areas such as political communication, media communication, language and communication, brand communication, social/digital media communication, and crisis communication, among others.