Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk
Autobiographical subjects are products of their experiential histories, memories, agency and the discourses of their time lived and time of textual production. This article explores the religious and political discursive economy in which Abel Muzorewa (former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia) na...
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| description | Autobiographical subjects are products of their experiential histories, memories, agency and the discourses of their time lived and time of textual production. This article explores the religious and political discursive economy in which Abel Muzorewa (former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia) narrates the story of his life and how this discursive context constructs his autobiographical subjectivity. The article examines how Muzorewa’s religious beliefs – com-bined with his experiential history of being a colonial subject – are deployed as a strategy of constructing his subjectivity. I argue that the discursive contexts of mass nationalism and his Christian religious beliefs grounded in Latin American liberation theology construct both Mu-zorewa as the subject of Rise up and walk and the narrative discourse. The article posits that the narrative tropes derived from Christian texts that Muzorewa deploys mediate his identity, and that his selfhood emerges with the unfolding of the narrative. What he claims to be politi-cal pragmatism on his part is also inspired by the practical theology which he subscribes to. I argue that his subjectivity is complexly realised through the contradictory relationship between missionary theology and liberation theology. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-11912022-06-27T13:49:06Z Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk Ngoshi, Hazel T. Autobiography, subjectivity, Muzorewa, liberation theology, discourse, colonial subject Autobiographical subjects are products of their experiential histories, memories, agency and the discourses of their time lived and time of textual production. This article explores the religious and political discursive economy in which Abel Muzorewa (former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia) narrates the story of his life and how this discursive context constructs his autobiographical subjectivity. The article examines how Muzorewa’s religious beliefs – com-bined with his experiential history of being a colonial subject – are deployed as a strategy of constructing his subjectivity. I argue that the discursive contexts of mass nationalism and his Christian religious beliefs grounded in Latin American liberation theology construct both Mu-zorewa as the subject of Rise up and walk and the narrative discourse. The article posits that the narrative tropes derived from Christian texts that Muzorewa deploys mediate his identity, and that his selfhood emerges with the unfolding of the narrative. What he claims to be politi-cal pragmatism on his part is also inspired by the practical theology which he subscribes to. I argue that his subjectivity is complexly realised through the contradictory relationship between missionary theology and liberation theology. 2016-05-04T08:27:15Z 2016-05-04T08:27:15Z 2014 Article 2078-9785 http://www.academia.edu/6441908/A_Battle_cry_against_Depravity_Lamenting_generational_Dispossession_in_Tanure_Ojaides_Labyrinths_of_the_Delta_and_the_endless_song en Imbizo:International Journal of African Literary and Comparative Studies;Vol. 5, No. 1; p. 97-113 none Unisa Press |
| spellingShingle | Autobiography, subjectivity, Muzorewa, liberation theology, discourse, colonial subject Ngoshi, Hazel T. Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk |
| title | Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk |
| title_full | Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk |
| title_fullStr | Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk |
| title_short | Portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of Abel Muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in Rise up and walk |
| title_sort | portrait of a political liberation theologian: liberation theology and the making of abel muzorewa’s autobiographical subjectivity in rise up and walk |
| topic | Autobiography, subjectivity, Muzorewa, liberation theology, discourse, colonial subject |
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