Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church

This article discusses ways in which African Apostolic Church founder, Paul Mwazha, an indigenous Zimbabwean religious leader, has taken advantage of the linguistic resources available to him to attain specific rhetorical goals. It is concerned with the discursive relation between the Shona and Engl...

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Main Author: Manyawu, Andrew Tichaenzana
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Language:English
Published: Routledge 2021
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02572117.2016.1186893?journalCode=rjal20
https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2016.1186893
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4444
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description This article discusses ways in which African Apostolic Church founder, Paul Mwazha, an indigenous Zimbabwean religious leader, has taken advantage of the linguistic resources available to him to attain specific rhetorical goals. It is concerned with the discursive relation between the Shona and English versions of his two-volume founding text titled, in Shona, Kutumwa kwaPaul Mwazha we Africa and, in English, The Divine Commission of Paul Mwazha of Africa. The article deconstructs that relationship in terms of Mwazha’s use of intertextuality as textual strategy in the context of his rhetorical goal of building up Apostolic African Instituted Church (AAIC) spiritual practice as the inevitable choice of every true Christian believer. It is argued that Mwazha has treated the linguistic need for an English version of his founding text as an opportunity to not only address the needs of an audience different from that of his initial Shona text, but also draw on various intertextual strategies to adjust aspects of the message of his Shona text in light of new thinking about his spirituality and the dynamic socio-cultural context of his teaching. The English version of the founding text thus becomes an intertextual discursive event illustrative of the pragmatic imperative underpinning Mwazha’s rhetoric.
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spelling ir-11408-44442022-06-27T13:49:07Z Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church Manyawu, Andrew Tichaenzana Religious leadership African Apostolic Church Zimbabwe This article discusses ways in which African Apostolic Church founder, Paul Mwazha, an indigenous Zimbabwean religious leader, has taken advantage of the linguistic resources available to him to attain specific rhetorical goals. It is concerned with the discursive relation between the Shona and English versions of his two-volume founding text titled, in Shona, Kutumwa kwaPaul Mwazha we Africa and, in English, The Divine Commission of Paul Mwazha of Africa. The article deconstructs that relationship in terms of Mwazha’s use of intertextuality as textual strategy in the context of his rhetorical goal of building up Apostolic African Instituted Church (AAIC) spiritual practice as the inevitable choice of every true Christian believer. It is argued that Mwazha has treated the linguistic need for an English version of his founding text as an opportunity to not only address the needs of an audience different from that of his initial Shona text, but also draw on various intertextual strategies to adjust aspects of the message of his Shona text in light of new thinking about his spirituality and the dynamic socio-cultural context of his teaching. The English version of the founding text thus becomes an intertextual discursive event illustrative of the pragmatic imperative underpinning Mwazha’s rhetoric. 2021-06-10T09:00:43Z 2021-06-10T09:00:43Z 2016 Article 0257-2117 2305-1159 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02572117.2016.1186893?journalCode=rjal20 https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2016.1186893 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4444 en South African Journal of African Languages;Vol. 36; No. 1: p. 33-41 open Routledge
spellingShingle Religious leadership
African Apostolic Church
Zimbabwe
Manyawu, Andrew Tichaenzana
Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church
title Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church
title_full Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church
title_fullStr Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church
title_full_unstemmed Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church
title_short Intertextuality as textual practice in Zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the African Apostolic Church
title_sort intertextuality as textual practice in zimbabwean religious discourses: a textual analysis of the founding text of the african apostolic church
topic Religious leadership
African Apostolic Church
Zimbabwe
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02572117.2016.1186893?journalCode=rjal20
https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2016.1186893
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4444
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