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Publication details [#59075]

Nyika, Nicholus. 2014. Discourses of ethnicity in Zimbabwe: Deliberative democracy or online misogyny? Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 45 (3) : 342–359.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

argumentation | critical discourse analysis | ethnicity | internet | political language

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This critical discourse analysis examines discourses of ethnicity (Shona versus Ndebele) and misogyny in Zimbabwe, as voiced via reader comments on the New Zimbabwe.com website, which proves a key tool for participatory democratic discourse.