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WhatsApp coup jokes and the dialogue on Zimbabwean politics
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: | Hugh Mangeya, Cuthbeth Tagwirei |
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Other Authors: | Department of English and Communication, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe |
Format: | research article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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Online Access: | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5476 https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2021.1933398 |
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