Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe
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| author | Hazel Tafadzwa Ngoshi |
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| spelling | ir-11408-54672023-03-22T15:33:59Z Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe Hazel Tafadzwa Ngoshi Department of African Languages and Culture Midlands State University censorship repression literary dissent cyber platforms Zimbabwe Abstract This article explores the paradox of repression, dissent and censorship in Zimbabwe. It interrogates how selected literary artists in Zimbabwe have negotiated repression and censorship via choices of genre, codes, themes and publishing strategy. Given the internet-enabled diversification of publishing platforms, it is argued that alternative literary forms have emerged on social media, and, by refusing to be overtly political, some of the literature constitutes a new aesthetics that dissents without appearing to do so and compels us to rethink political action. The article demonstrates how state censorship appears to be contingent upon genre choices made by artists, potential size of audience, and fear that the supposed political harmony that the regime presides over is under threat. It concludes that cyber platforms have overturned traditional conceptions of literary genres and complicated the ability of the state to censor literary production. Ironically though, cyber platforms have also morphed into sites of repression. It is further concluded that censorship has often mobilised outrage in Zimbabwe’s cyber citizens, thus paradoxically creating symbolic resistance and infinite opportunities for discourse. 47 5 799 815 2023-03-22T15:33:58Z 2023-03-22T15:33:58Z 2021-08-11 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5467 https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2021.1959780 en Journal of Southern African Studies 1465-3893 open Taylor and Francis Online |
| spellingShingle | censorship repression literary dissent cyber platforms Zimbabwe Hazel Tafadzwa Ngoshi Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe |
| title | Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | repression, literary dissent and the paradox of censorship in zimbabwe |
| topic | censorship repression literary dissent cyber platforms Zimbabwe |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5467 https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2021.1959780 |
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