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/Dr. Tevedzerai Gijimah
Dr. Tevedzerai Gijimah

Position: Lecturer

Department: English and Communication
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Professional Qualifications

  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education, MSU 2014 

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (African Languages) UNISA – 2017
  • M.A. in Applied English Linguistics – 2012
  • M.A. in African Languages & Literature, MSU- 2010
  • B.A. Honours in African Languages & Culture, MSU – 2004

Research Interests:

  • Discourse analysis
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Afrocentric Studies
  • Language politics
  • Media discourse

Publications:

Book chapters

  • Gijimah, T. and Matiza, V.M. 2018. Ambivalence in Hoseah Chipanga’s music: A Critical Analysis. In I. Muwati, T. Charamba and C. Tembo, Singing Nation and Politics: Music and the ‘decade of Crisis’ in Zimbabwe 2000-2010. Gweru: Midlands State University.
  • Charamba, T and Gijimah, T. 2019. From a Minority Language to an Officially Recognised Language: Dynamics in the Marginalisation of Nambya in Zimbabwe’s Education System, in Language revitalisation: A matter of Survival for Marginalised communities and Culture. Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications.  pp 49-60

Journal articles

  • Tembo, C. and Gijimah, T. 2013.  Autochthony in the midst of Afropessimism in Madirativhange: Journal of African Indigenous Languages and Literature 1:2 pp1-13.
  • Gijimah, T. and Sabao, C. 2016. Bi/multilingual voices and audiences? Code-switching in Zimbabwean popular drama, Studio 263, in International Journal of Linguistics, 8:5 pp 40-57.
  • Matiza, V. M. and Gijimah, T. 2016.  The Mediation of Gospel Music in the Zimbabwean Crisis (2000-2010): A reconciliation measure. In Journal of African Security, Peace and Tolerance Studies, 1:1 pp59-72. 
  • Gijimah, T. 2019. Code-switching as a means of struggling against the English hegemony at Midlands State University, in Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences 8:1pp 41-60.
  • Gijimah, T. 2019. Challenges and Prospects in Teaching and Learning Previously Marginalised Languages in Zimbabwean Universities: The Case of Sotho at Midlands State University, in The Dyke, Vol 13:1 pp96-116. 
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  • Gijimah, T. and Mutasa, D.  2020. Interrogating the forces that condition media representation of traditional healers in selected Zimbabwean newspapers, in the South African Journal of African Languages, Vol 40:2. Pp208-217
  •  Gijimah, T. 2020.   Misnaming Africa: Dehumanising Images of Africa in Twelve Years a Slave and The Good Lie, in Commonwealth Youth and Development. 18, 1 pp 1-22
  • Tembo, C., Maganga, A, T. and Gijimah, T. 2022. The intersections of Comedy and and Politics in Zimbabwe: Analysing Baba Tencen’s ‘Borderphobia’ and Prosper Ngomashi’s ‘Pastor and his Wives, South Africa Theatre Journal, DOI:10.1080/10137548.2022.2121748
  • Gijimah T. 2022. (Re)naming patterns, initiation names and their significance among the Lemba people of Mberengwa, Zimbabwe. Nomina Africana, vlo 36:2 pp 115-126
  • Gijimah, T, Tembo, C and Maganga A, T. 2023. The politics of colonial residential place names in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe: unmasking European hegemony, African Identities, https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1080/14725843.2023.2207768
  • Tembo, C. Gijimah, T. and Maganga, A. T. 2024. Honouring and praising mothers through song: analysing selected songs of Zimdancehall artist, Tocky Vibes, African Identities, DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2024.2365655
  • Gijimah, T. and Tembo, C. 2025. An analysis of pre-recorded street audio adverts in Zimbabwe: A dariro perspectives 44(X) pp 1-7

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