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Faculty 10: Linguistics and Literary Studies Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies Humboldt Fellow (Georg Forster Programme) GW2 A3510 Tel. +49-421-218-68323 E-mail: mangena@uni-bremen.de |
1. An International Network for Sexual Ethics and Politics (INSEP) running under the theme “Regulating and Legitimating Sexualities: the State, Law, Sexual Culture and Change under Neo-Liberalism”, Miami University Luxembourg from 21 – 22 October 2016. Presentation: “An Appeal for Decriminalization of Homosexuality in The Hairdresser of Harare”.
2. Annual meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation from 6 - 8 July 2016 in Berlin.
3. Study Tour of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation from 15 - 27 August 2016.
4. 19th Names Society of Southern Africa (NSSA) International conference under the theme "Symbolism and Instrumentality in Naming", University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa from 20 - 22 September 2016. Presentation: "Name-Crime Link in Christopher Mlalazi's Running with Mother".
5. "World Literatures - Masterpieces: Shakespeare and Cervantes (6th Humboldt Award Winners), from 12 - 15 October 2016 in Bonn.
6. Historical Fictions Research Network (HRFN) International conference at National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, 24-25 February 2017. Presentation: “Features and Functions of Zimbabwean Historical Fiction”
Academic Posts and Functions
May 2016 - April 2018: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (Hosted by Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf).
Since 2009: Lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University (English and Media Studies Department).
2006 - 2008: Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Zimbabwe (English Department)
Since 2014: Vice President of the Names Society of Southern Africa (NSSA)
Education
2010 - 2015: Doctorate studies, Leiden University, Centre for the Arts in Society
Thesis: “Counter-Discourse in Zimbabwean Literature”
2006 - 2008: M.A. in English at the University of Zimbabwe
2004 - 2005: B.A. Special Honors in English at the University of Zimbabwe
1999 - 2001: Bachelor of Arts Degree at the University of Zimbabwe
Research Interests
Postcolonial theories and cultures, specifically African and Zimbabwean cultures
Postcolonial literature, specifically Zimbabwean literatures
Postdoctoral Research book project: “Criminality as Sociopolitical and Anti-colonial Critique in Zmbabwean Fiction”
List of Publications
Edited Book Volume
Oliver Nyambi, Tendai Mangena and Charles Pfukwa (editors), The Postcolonial Condition of Names and Naming Practices in Southern Africa, Cambridge Scholars Publishers, (2016), ISBN 978-1-4438-9691-7, 410pp.
Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals
“Suffer Little Children: Zimbabwean Childhood Literary Representations in the Context of Crisis”, International Journal of Children’s Rights (2011), 19(2), pp. 205-215.
With Aaron Mupondi, “Moving Out of Confining Spaces: Metaphors of Existence in the Diaspora in Selected Zimbabwean Writings”, Africana (2011), 5(3), pp. 47-67.
With Oliver Nyambi, “The Significance of Character Naming in Selected Zimbabwean Literature in English”, Nomina Africana (2013), 27(2), pp. 1-10.
With Oliver Nyambi, “Language Use and Abuse: The English Language in Brian Chikwava’s Harare North and Petina Gappah’s An Elegy for Easterly”, NAWA Journal of Language and Communication (2013), 7(1), pp 57-69.
With Sambulo Ndlovu, “Reflections on How Selected Shona and Ndebele Proverbs Highlight a Worldview that Promotes a Respect and/or a Violation of Children’s Rights”, International Journal of Children’s Rights (2014), 22(3), pp. 660-671.
With Sambulo Ndlovu, “Articulations of ‘Othering’ Through Ethnic Names and Naming: Selected Zimbabwean Cases”, Nomina Africana (2014), 28(2), pp. 75-87.
With Oliver Nyambi, “The Past is the Present and Future: Ambivalent Names and Naming Patterns in Post-2000 Zimbabwe”, South African Journal of African Languages (SAJAL), 2015, 35(1), pp. 139 - 145.
“Rethinking African Sexualities in the context of HIV and AIDS: The Life and Death Discourse of “Modernized Polygamy”, in Sue Nyathi’s The Polygamist, International Journal for African Renaissance Studies, 2015, 10(1), pp. 181-190.
With Prosper Muzambi, "A Reflection on Catholic Toponyms in the Masvingo Diocese of Zimbabwe" Nomina Africana (2016), 30(1), pp. 62 – 75.
With Sambulo Ndlovu, “Figurative and Symbolic Function of Animal Imagery in Packaging Human Behaviour in Ndebele and Shona Cultures", South African Journal of African Languages, (2016), 36(2), pp. 251-256.
Book Chapters
With Sambulo Ndlovu, “Identity Concealment in Personal Name Change, Anonymity and Pseudonymity: Selected Zimbabwean Cases”, in Unconventional Anthroponyms: Formation Patterns and Discursive Function. Edited by Oliviu Felecan and Daiana Felecan, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2014), pp. 202-214. ISBN (10): 1-4438-6013-1, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-6013-0.
“Symbolic Geographies: Place Names in Selected Zimbabwean Fiction”, in The Postcolonial Condition of Names and Naming Practices in Southern Africa. Edited by Oliver Nyambi, Tendai Mangena and Charles Pfukwa, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2016), pp191 – 202, ISBN 978-1-4438-9691-7.
With Oliver Nyambi "The way we Name Now: Postcolonial Perspectives from Southern Africa", in The Postcolonial Condition of Names and Naming Practices in Southern Africa Edited by Oliver Nyambi, Tendai Mangena and Charles Pfukwa, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2016), pp 1 – 19, ISBN 978-1-4438-9691-7.
“An Attempt at Inclusion: Reading the War Theme in Black Zimbabwean Women’s Texts”, in Under Fire: Critical Discourses on African Women in War and Conflict, Edited by Pauline Ada Uwakweh, Lexington Books, (2017), pp. 43-56, ISBN 978-1-4985-2918-1
Conference Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
With Sambulo Ndlovu, “Decolonisation Oriented Naming of Selected ‘Satellite’ Schools in Zimbabwe”, in Name and Naming: Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space. Edited by O. Felecan. Baia Mare: Mega, 2013, pp. 440-446.
With Sambulo Ndlovu, “Selected Transphonologized Zimbabwean Toponyms”, in Name and Naming: Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space. Edited by O. Felecan. Baia Mare: Mega, 2013, pp. 347-354.
“Use of Historical Names in selected Zimbabwean Texts”, in Name and Naming: Conventional/Unconventional in Onomastics. Edited by O. Felecan. Baia Mare: Mega, 2015, pp 943-952.