The chapter examines the regulatory frameworks that were put in place by governments in
the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to combat the outbreak of …

Political scandals are rarely the focus of major academic research in Zimbabwe where tight
control of the dominant state media by the ruling party ensures that scandals involving …

Photographs are rarely given much academic attention, especially, in Africa. This is against
the popular use of photography in political communication. Against this background, this …

Zimbabwe's restricted communicative space has spawned a diversity of alternative public
spheres that allow citizens to participate in the broader debate on the country's protracted …

The Zimbabwean state has in recent years stepped up its surveillance efforts on citizens,
civil society and journalists who are viewed as the “enemies of the state”. This state …

This article inquires why humour flourishes in face of tragedy. Memes, as we argue, give
people a sense of power as they offer commentary that critiques and mocks the government …

Since independence, Zimbabwe's nation-state has been engaged in various means of
memorialisation. In the process, Joshua Nkomo, the arguable founding “Father of the …

This book uses decolonisation as a lens to interrogate political communication styles,
performance, and practice in Africa and the diaspora. The book interrogates the theory and …

This chapter explores comedy and online humour as forms of dissidence in Zimbabwe, a
nation with limited freedom of expression and media freedom. The study explores …

This chapter examines the mediation of the post-Mugabe Zimbabwean crisis through
satirical parody videos circulated on Magamba TV, a YouTube-based platform. This chapter …