WhatsApp jokes and the dialogue on Zimbabwe’s 2017 Coup

This article analyses the dialogue stemming from viral WhatsApp jokes on the Zimbabwean coup in November 2017. It argues that coup jokes have created an opportunity to discuss the nature of Zimbabwean politics since 2000. This dialogue, characterised by ambivalence, multiplicity, and open-endedness,...

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Main Authors: Mangeya, Hugh, Tagwirei, Cuthbeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2021.1933398
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589001.2021.1933398?journalCode=cjca20
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4533
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