Dr. Allan T. Maganga



Dr. Allan T. Maganga

Lecturer: BSc (Hons.) Culture and Heritage Studies

Email: amaganga@buse.ac.zw

Research Interests 

  • Afrocentricity
  • African Studies
  • Africa’s Cultural & Creative Arts Industry
  • Linguistic Heritage

Qualifications

  • PhD (University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa)
  • M.A African Languages & Culture (Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe)
  • B.A (Hons.) African Languages & Culture (Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe)


Publications

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1744-2684

  1. Oliver Mtukudzi as a Cultural Activist: Exploring Africanity in Tuku Music (2022). In: Chitando, E. et al (Eds.) The Life and Music of Oliver Mtukudzi. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80728-3_8
  1. Visualisation of female characters in Huturu Hwemavanga (Vernom from the Scars), Chakwesha (The Boss) and Nguva Yakaoma (Hard Times), (2022) African Identities, DOI: 1080/14725843.2022.2159787
  1. The intersections of comedy and politics in Zimbabwe: analysing Baba Tencen’s ‘Borderphobia’ and Prosper Ngomashi’s ‘Pastor and his wives’, (2022) South African Theatre Journal, 35(2) pp79-97, DOI: 1080/10137548.2022.2121748
  1. The politics of colonial residential place names in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe: Unmasking European hegemony, (2023) African Identities, DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2023.2207768
  1. Forging Strong and Purposeful Husband-and-Wife Relations: An Africana Womanist Study of Love in Kireni Zulu’s Songs “Zveimba” and ‘Ndichakuvaraidza’ (2022). Imbizo 13 (2) DOI:10.25159/2663-66556666666666565/11190
  1. Existential Nihilism in Ignatius Mabasa’s Poetry: Implications for the Development of the Human Factor (2019). Southern African Journal of Folklore Studies. ISSN 1934 – 6689 Vol. 29 (2). University of South Africa (UNISA) PRESS. DOI: 10.25159/1016-8427/5065
  1. Utilising Indigenous Knowledge or Crime against Humanity? : A Critical Engagement with the Debate Generated by Alick Macheso’s Use of Manhood to Treat Nhova (Sunken Fontanelle), (2019). Oral History Journal of South Africa ISSN 2663 – 6670 Vol. 7 (1) pp. 24 – 35. University of South Africa (UNISA) PRESS. DOI: 10.25159/2309-5792/3856
  1. Expounding Selected Shona Novelists’ Perspectives on Ritual Murder (2015) (The Dyke: A Journal of the Midlands State University: ISSN 1815 – 9036 Volume 9 (1), pp17 – 28).
  1. Musician as culture hero: Exploring male-female relations in PaChihera’s and Simon Chimbetu’s selected Songs (2015). (Commonwealth Youth & Development Journal: ISSN 1727 – 7140 Volume 13(2), pp 129 – 142). DOI: 10.25159/1727-7140/1152
  1. Singing the Second Chimurenga (War of Liberation): an Afrocentric Elucidation of Simon Chimbetu’s selected songs (2015) (Oral History Journal of South Africa: ISSN 2309 – 5792 Volume 3 (1), pp 32 – 42). DOI: 10.25159/2309-5792/331
  1. Propagating self-hatred and dis-membering African People through Song: Charles Charamba and Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave and the negation of African renaissance (Jibilika – Journal of Performing & Creative Arts: ISSN 2309 – 6853 Volume 2 (1), 2013, pp 1 – 15).
  1. Marechera’s world: naming people and places in Marechera’s Black Sunlight. Nomina Africana. 37 (1): https://doi.org/10.2989/NA.2023.37.1.7.1378
    1. From Nyakuimba to Thiyeni: An Onomastic Survey of the Musikavanhu Dynasty in Dondo. Commonwealth Youth and Development 20 (2): https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6549/12072.
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