Dr Believe Mubonderi

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. (African Languages, Literature, Linguistics) University of South Africa

MA (African Languages and Literature) University of Zimbabwe

Postgraduate Diploma in Education Catholic University of Zimbabwe

BA Honors (Shona and Geography) Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Research interests

African Languages

African Literature

Language policy and planning in Africa

Language Revitalization

Selected Publications

Mubonderi B and Gwekwerere T. (2025) Language hierarchization in marketing and advertising: an analysis of e-advertisements by Zimbabwe’s mobile network operators In Marketing Communication in African Languages 53-64: Taylor and Francis https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003517382

Mubonderi, B., Gwekwerere, T., Mutasa, D., Mupondi, D. (2019) Patriotic narratives on national leadership in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) song texts, ca 2000-2017. South African Journal of African Languages 2019, 39(1) https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2019.1572323

Mubonderi, B. and Hamadziripi, N. (2018) Speaking the Unspeakable: A socio-cultural analysis of Taboo language in Shona Culture. The Fountain Journal of Inter- Disciplinary Studies, Vol II.

Mubonderi, B. and Rwodzi, A. (2015). Implications of the Colonial economic legacy on the future of entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe. Annals of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol 1 number 1 (Special Issue)