Dr. Esther Mavengano

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsEnglish Language (Linguistics),General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
KeywordsDecolonisation conversations, Transnational Anglophone fiction, European languages, Language debate, Anglophone fiction
Honours and awards

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Current contact address

CountryZimbabwe
CityMasvingo
InstitutionGreat Zimbabwe University (GZU)
InstituteDepartment of English and Media Studies
HomepageGreat Zimbabwe University https://www.gzu.ac.zw

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefan HorlacherInstitut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik - Englische Literaturwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2023

Programme(s)

2022Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024Esther Mavengano and Collen Sabao (Eds.): Language Matters in Contemporary Zimbabwe. Esther Mavengano and Collen Sabao, 2024
2024Esther Mavengano: Mavengano, E. & Nkamta N. P. (2024). Bare life and subjectivity in post-independence era: the figure of homosacer in selected Southern African narratives,. In: African Identities, 22 2024, 351-365,
2024Esther Mavengano: The semantics of gender, politics, and religion in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body . In: HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 80, 2024, 1-9
2023Esther Mavengano: Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe Volume 1: The 2023 Election and Beyond. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
2023Esther Mavengano and Sophia Chirongoma: Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Vol II The 2023 Election and Beyond. Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
2023Esther Mavengano and Sophia Chirongoma: Introduction: The Nexus Between Gender, Religion and the Media in Zimbabwean Electoral Politics. In: Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, 11, 2023, 1-16
2023Esther Mavengano: Melancholia and Polysemanticism in Winky D’s Sonic Retentions: Subverting Expressive Barricades and Voicing the Electoral Process Through Performance. In: Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, 11, 2023, 201-225
2023Tobias Marevesa, Paul Nkamta and Esther Mavengano: Rethinking Conflict Resolution, Peace, and Unity through Indigenous Language Media in Contemporary Zimbabwe. In: Rowman & Littlefield, 1, 2023, 50-65
2023Esther Mavengano: The Dialectics of Language in Zimbabwe’s Public Health Communication Reflections on English as a Lingua Franca in (Post) COVID-19 Era. In: Tayor and Francis, Routledge, 1, 2023, 38-49
2023Esther Mavengano: The Interaction of Language and Politics: Polysemanticism in the Aphorism ‘We Died for This Country, so We Will Rule Zimbabwe Forever’. In: Palgrave Macmillan, Volume 1, 2023, 131-148
2023Esther Mavengano: The Nehanda mythology: Dialectics of gender, history and religion in Zimbabwean literature. In: HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 79, 2023, 1-9
2023Esther Mavengano: The Rhetoric of Onoma: The Intersection of Memory and Power Dynamics in Naming and Name-Calling in Zimbabwe’s Electoral Politics. In: Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, 11, 2023, 247-262
2023Esther Mavengano The Semiotics of Political Schisms and Prospects of Nation-Rebuilding: “Varakashi 4ED” and the “Nerrorists”. In: Palgrave Macmillan, Volume 1, 2023, 66-89
2023Esther Mavengano: The phallocentric paradox and semantics of Eve’s myth in Zimbabwe’s contemporary national politics: An ecofeminist reading of Bulawayo’s novel, Glory. In: HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 79, 2023, 1-9
2023Esther Mavengano, Tobias Marevesa and Ernest Jakaza: Zimbabwe in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Reflections, Lessons and the Future of Public Health. Esther Mavengano, Tobias Marevesa and Ernest Jakaza, 2023
2023Esther Mavengano and Tobias Marevesa Zimbabwean Politics and Development: An Ubuntu Perspective. In: Springer PPCE, volume 27, 2023, 243-256