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Prof. E. S. Gudhlanga

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Prof. E. S. Gudhlanga
July 14, 2023

Prof. E. S. Gudhlanga

Academic Qualifications

  • D Phil in African Languages (University of South Africa, 2017)
  • MA in African Languages and Literature (University of Zimbabwe, 1997-1998)
  • BA Special Honours in African Languages and Literature (1996)
  • BA General (1993)

Professional Qualifications

  • Certificate in Technology Enabled Learning, Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University, 2020.
  • Certificate in Blended Learning Practice, Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University, 2020.
  • Certificate in Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing, Open Educational Resource University (New Zealand), 2020.
  • Certificate in Gender, Religion and Peace Building, Swedish Theological Institute (Israel, 2019).
  • Certificate in Training of Trainers on Gender Responsive Economic Policy Management, United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (UNIDEP, 2016)
  • Certificate in African and Area Studies, Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), 2016.
  • Certificate in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (Zimbabwe Open University, 2015).
  • Certificate in Gender and Land Tenure, CODESRIA, 2014.
  • Certificate in Gender in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management, Population Dynamics, Social Vulnerability and Protection, Organisation of Social Science Research in East and Southern Africa (OSSREA), 2014.
  • Certificate in Module Writing, Zimbabwe Open University, 2011.
  • Certificate in Gender Mainstreaming, OSSREA, 2007.
  • Certificate in Gender in Contemporary Labour Markets, CODESRIA, 2008.
  • Certificate in HIV/AIDS Care and Counselling, UNISA, 2007.
  • Certificate in Writing Skills Workshop for Scholarly Publishing, CODESRIA, 2007.

 

Research Interests

Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga is interested in the study of Africa and the development of its literatures, cultures and world outlooks. Her main concern is the ultimate self-definition and complete mastery of the African people’s own life. Enna has presented papers on gender and culture at many international conferences. Enna is also interested in socio-linguistic issues like democracy, language rights, planning and policy. She is also a member of the National Languages Advisory Committee.

Selected publications:

  • Gudhlanga, E.S, Muganiwa, J. & Dube, M.W. (eds.). 2022. African Literature, Mother Earth and Religion. Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press.
  • Gudhlanga, E. S. & Madongonda. 2021. A M. -Shona Culture and a New World Order: Fissures, Strategies and Mitigation in COVID 19 Era. In Makamani, R, Nhemachena, A & Mtapuri, O. Global Capital’s 21st Century Repositionng: Between COVID-19 and 4th Industrial revolution on Africa, Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, pp. 151-170.
  • Gudhlanga, E. S. & Madongonda, A. M. 2021. Reclaiming their socio-economic space in African culture: Shona Women Cross Border Traders of Zimbabwe, Journal of African Languages and Literary Studies, pp. 61-78. DOI: //doi.org/10.31920/2633-2116/2021/v2n1a3.
  • Gudhlanga, E.S 2019, The Gendered Dispossession of Land in colonial Rhodesia: An Analysis of Thomson Kumbirai Tsodzo’s Pafunge and Patrick Chakaipa’s Dzasukwa Mwana-Asina-Hembe, in J. Kangira, A. Nhemachena & N. Mlambo (eds.), Displacement, Elimination and Replacement of Indigenous people: Putting into Perspective Land Ownership and Ancestry in Decolonising Contemporary Zimbabwe Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG, pp. 227-251, DOI:10.2307/j.ctvh9vv9q.12
  • Gudhlanga, E.S. & Chirimuuta, C. 2016, Oral Folklore as a Model for Contemporary Gender Studies: The Case of Zimbabwe. Journal of Indigenous Languages and Literature, Volume 1, Number 2, pp. 1-17.
  • Gudhlanga, E.S. 2013, Shutting them out: Opportunities and challenges of women’s participation in Zimbabwean Politics. Journal of Third World Studies, Volume XXX, No. 1, pp. 151-170, https://www.jstor.org/stable/45198803.

 

  • Gudhlanga, E.S. & Makaudze, G. 2007. Writing and publishing in indigenous languages is a mere waste of time: A critical appraisal of the challenges being faced by writers and publishers of Shona literature in Zimbabwe. Occasional Paper No. 26. University of Cape Town: Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA).
  • Gudhlanga, E.S. 2005. Promoting the use and teaching of African Languages in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, Volume 17, Number 1, 2005, pp. 54-68.

 

Contact details

Email Address: gudhlangae@zou.ac.za

Mobile: +263 772 382 376

Telephone: +263 242 795991/ 795990/ 796464/ 770743/ 770744/ 794731/ 795518/ 7997730/ 793002/ 7/ 8 extn 430

Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Corner House, 5th Floor, Corner Samora Machel Avenue and Leopold Takawira Street, Harare, Zimbabwe.