Faculty of Culture and Heritage Studies

Academic Qualifications

• Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (University of Zimbabwe, 2010)
• Bachelor of  Arts Honours in Linguistics (University of Zimbabwe, 2010)

Research interests

Mr Shumba’s research interests are; Sociolinguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Bilingualism and Language contact issues.

Contact details

Email Address: shumbam@zou.ac.zw

Mobile: +263 773 978330

Telephone: +263 242 702703/25015728

Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Harare Chitungwiza Regional Campus, 836R+GH5 Alpes Road, Hatcliffe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Academic Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy degree in Journalism (University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2022)
• Master of Arts degree in Communications and Media Studies (University of Zimbabwe)
• BA Honours in English (University of Zimbabwe)
• Diploma in Media and Communications (University of Zimbabwe).

Research Interests

Dr. Peter Chiridza research interests are; social media studies, political communication, digital journalism and multimedia communication.

Selected Publications:

• Chiridza, P, Chirambaguwa,W & Mukungurutse, S.Y. (2015) Zimbabwe’s Politics of Violence as shown in Music from the Liberation Struggle to the Post Independent State, Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies (ISSN: 2321 – 2799) Volume 03 – Issue 04.
• Sigauke,E.; Katsaruware,D.; Chiridza, P.; Saidi,T. (2015), African Traditional Cultural Values and Beliefs: A Driving Force to Natural Resource Management: A Study of Makonde
• Chiridza, P, Yorodani, J, Sigauke, E, Katsaruware, R.D. (2016) Social media and the society: A case study of WhatsApp in Zimbabwe. New Media and Mass Communication                                                                                                                                              www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3267 (Paper) ISSN 2224-3275 (Online).
• Peter Chiridza, Elliot Muchena, & Washington Chirambaguwa. (2016), Examining The Potential For Violence In Zimbabwe’s Politics In The Post 2014 ZANU PF Congress Era, Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Vol.4, No.3, pp.39-45.
• Katsaruware, R. D; Sigauke, E and Chiridza, P. (2016), the role of Central Business District (CBD) Vendors in livelihood development, Southern Peace Review Journal.
• Chirambaguwa, W & Chiridza, P. (2017) A Fine Stalemate: Cultural Decolonisation and Imperialism’s Deadlock in Gomo’s: A Fine Madness, Greener Journal of Language and Literature Research, ISSN: 2384-6402, Vol. 3 (1), pp. 001-012
• Yorodani, J, Chiridza, P & Muchena, E. (2017) Community Radio Stations: The Missing Link in Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (ZimAsset), Greener Journal of Internet, Information and Communication Systems,  ISSN: 2354-2373        Vol. 3 (1), pp. 001-008.
• Chiridza, P & Chitsamatanga, J. (2017) Examining the Place and Scope of Social Media in Contemporary Zimbabwe Politics, Greener Journal of Internet, Information and Communication Systems, ISSN: 2354-2373, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 014-019.
• Chiridza, P, Linde, K, & Muchena, E. (2017), Exploring Perceptions of Online Readers of Newsday And The Herald on Media Representations of War Veterans In Zimbabwe’s Politics In The Year 2016. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 22, Issue 5, Ver. 4, PP 57-62 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.orgContact detailsEmail Address: chiridzap@zou.ac.zwMobile: +263773 533 382

  Telephone: +263 6721 4050/6106/9345-7

  Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Mashonaland West Regional Campus, 5425 Glassglow Industrial Site, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.

   

Academic Qualifications

• Master of Arts in Applied English Linguistics (Midlands State University, 2018),
• Bachelor of Arts Honours in English and Media Studies (Great Zimbabwe University, 2014)
• Bachelor of Arts in English and Communication Studies (Zimbabwe Open University, 2012)
• Diploma in Education

Research Interests

Mr Tarusarira’s research interests include; Language studies, Culture studies, Heritage studies, Identity studies and Indigenous knowledge systems.

Contact details

Email Address: tarusariras@zou.ac.zw  OR  starusarira07@gmail.com

Mobile: +263 778263 741

Telephone: +263 392 264965

Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Masvingo Regional Campus, 68 Hellet Street, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Academic Qualifications

• Master of Arts degree, in Language for Specific Purposes: University of Zimbabwe (2006)
• Bachelor of Education in English (Solusi University, 2001)
• Diploma in Primary Education  Mkoba Teachers College (1993)

Research Interests

Mr Peter Makwanya’s research interests include; Climate Change Media reporting. He is the Climate Change Communication, media advocacy, education, training and awareness.

Selected Publications

Published Books

• 2021: Makwanya, P. (2020). A Handbook for Climate Change: Communication, Education and Awareness in Zimbabwe. Dream Discovery Publishers, Gweru. ISBN: 978-1-77925-636-2.

Articles

• 2022: Africa Online & Publication Library: Renewable Energy Transition for Building Resilience to Energy Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Roadblocks on the Way. Policy Paper Series 1, N0.2, January 2022. IOPL.

• 2014, An Analysis of Children’s poems in Environment and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: A Participatory Approach: Catching Them Young, THE IJES-International Journal of Engineering and Science, Volume 3, Issue 7, 10-15, 2014. ISSN (e): 2319 – 1813 ISSN, (p) 2319 – 1805.
• 2014, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – The Centrality of Carbon Clusters and Creativity in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: A Linguistic Perspective, IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS), e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861. Volume 13. Issue 6 Ver. 1 (June, 2014), pp 69-76.
• 2013, An analysis of the language used to communicate information on climate change, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IOSR-JHSS), Volume 17, Issue 2(NOV, -Dec. 2013), PP 17-25. E-ISSN: 2279-0845

Magazines

• 2021: Chapter topic in Konrad Adeneuer Stiftung Magazine: The Role of the Media in Climate Change Discourses in Zimbabwe. Konrad Adeneuer Stiftung (KAS). 26 Sandringham Drive-Alexandra Park. P.O. Box 4325. Harare.
• 2021: Two Chapter topics in The Malawian Climate Change Magazine Below 2 degrees. ISSN: 2709-408x. Issue 1, October-November 2020. INAUGURAL EDITION. Blantyre, Malawi.Contact details 

  Email Address: petrovmoyt@gmail.com and makwanyap@zou.ac.zw.

  Mobile: +263 773 780 574

  Telephone: + 263 542 226002/3

  Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Midlands Regional Campus, 16 Victory Road, Gweru,  Zimbabwe

Academic Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy degree in English (University of Venda, South Africa)
• Master of Arts degree in English (University of Zimbabwe)
• Master of Science degree in Peace, Leadership and Conflict Resolution (Zimbabwe Open University)
• BA Honours in English (University of Zimbabwe)
• Diploma in Education (Hillside Teachers College/UZ)
• Diploma in Ministry (Africa for Christ Bible College, Zimbabwe).

Research Interests

Dr Sibanda’s research interests are: Short story genre, World Literature, Comparative Literature Studies, Genre Fiction, Global Crises, Language, Literacy Issues, Communication, and Peace & Conflict Resolution Issues in Literature.

Selected Publications:

• Nhlanhla Sibanda and Bhekinkosi Ndlovu (2021). An exploration of the Performance Lag Address Programme (PLAP) in addressing Literacy in primary schools: the case of Tsholotsho District in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, V(XI), 579-585.
• Sibanda, N. and Dube, S. 2018. (Re) collecting the memory of Bulawayo through Naming in Short Writings from Bulawayo. European Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, 6(1): 43-52.
• Sibanda, N., Hadebe, L. and Maposa, A. 2017. Writing violence into perspective: a 21^st century Zimbabwean short story genre approach. European Journal of English Language Teaching, 2 (4): 195-211.
• Sibanda, N. 2015. An analysis of the significance of myths and proverbs as African philosophies of peace and justice: a case of the Ndebele, Shona and Tonga tribes from Zimbabwe and the Igbo from Nigeria” in IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 20 (4): 01-06.
• Sibandan, N. 2013. The Role of Tonga Language and Culture Committee (TOLACCO), Roman Catholic and Community Leadership in the Promotion of Literacy in Binga Community in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2 (8) 343-351.
• Sibanda, N. 2013. The socio-economic impact of vocational education skills training centres among the Bulawayo youths during the period 2008 to 2012: a case study of Lobengula and Sizinda Training Centres. JM International Journal of Management Research, 3 (3):105-120.
• Sibanda, N. 2012. Language Loyalty and Empowerment, the case of Zimbabwe. Tsebo Journal of Humanities, 2 (4): 131-145.Contact DetailsEmail Address: matangas@zou.ac.za    or sarahyeukai@gmail.com

  Mobile: +263 774 047 172

  Telephone: +263 06523 22267

  Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Mashonaland East Regional Campus, 21-5^th Street, Marondera,  Zimbabwe.

DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSON

Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in English (University of Free State, 2022)

MA in English (University of Zimbabwe)

BA Honours in English (University of Zimbabwe)

Research Interests

Dr Sarah Yeukai Matanga’s research interests include intersections of literature, gender and religion,  representations of cultural and social aspects in music, mobilities in the context of Zimbabwe. She is currently Vice Chairperson of the Circle for Concerned Women Theologians, Zimbabwean Chapter.

Selected Publications

• Matanga, S.Y. & Mancuveni, M. 2022. Zimbabwean Mother and Mother Earth: An Anaylysis of Selected Shona Songs ’ In ES Gudhlanga, J Muganiwa, MW Dube (eds.). African Literature, Mother Earth and Religion, Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press, pp. 105-122. ISBN 1-64889-128-4
• Masaka, D and Mukungurutse Sarah Y, 2017, Confronting the Exclusive Dominance of Christianity in Zimbabwe’s Advanced Level Divinity Syllabus through Africanisation, Alternation Journal of Religion and Social Responsibility. Special Edition No.19, (ISSN 1023-1757).
• Nyenya T and Mukungurutse S.Y 2016. Wait for Time to Heal a severely Battered Image; Positing Perception Management in Higher and Tertiary Institutions in Zimbabwe. IJHSSE, Vol 3, issue 2, pp107-114. ISSSN 2349-0389.
• Mugari A and Mukungurutse S.Y 2015, An analysis of Language as a Catalyst to Sport Violence. A Case of Ten Secondary Schools in Marondera Urban, IJRHSS, Volume 2, Issues7, pp75-78, ISSN 2394-6288.
• Chiridza, P Chirambaguwa, W and Mukungurutse S.Y 2015, Zimbabwe’s Politics of Violence as Shown in Music from the Liberation Struggle to the PostIndependent State. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies,Volume 03 – Issue 04, (ISSN: 2321 – 2799).

Email Address: matangas@zou.ac.za    or sarahyeukai@gmail.com

Mobile: +263 774 047 172

Telephone: +263 06523 22267

Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Mashonaland East Regional Campus, 21-5^th Street, Marondera,  Zimbabwe.

Dr Angeline M Madongonda

Senior Lecturer 

Academic Qualifications

DPhil in Literature Zimbabwe Open University, 2025

Master of Arts in English University of Zimbabwe, 2005

Bachelor of Arts Honours in English University of Zimbabwe, 1994

Post-Graduate Diploma in Media Studies – Midlands State University (2007)

Post-Graduate Diploma in Education – Zimbabwe Open University (2006)

Professional Qualifications

Certificate in Computer Literacy – University of Zimbabwe (2004)

Certificate in Technology Enabled Learning – Commonwealth of Learning & Athabasca University (2020)

Certificate in Blended Learning Practice – Commonwealth of Learning & Athabasca University (2020)

Certificate in Critical Media Literacies – Open Educational Resource University (2020)

Certificate in Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing – Open Educational Resource University (2020)

Certificate in Writing and Editing Specialization – University of Michigan via Coursera (2021)

Certificate in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) | Zimbabwe Open University (2015)

Certificate in Module Writing – Zimbabwe Open University (2011)

Research Interests

African Literature, Subaltern voices, Gender Issues, Geocriticism, Corpus Linguistics, Postcolonial Studies

Selected Publications

• Madongonda A M & Chitando, A. 2025. Liminal Crises: Gendered Space, Culture, and Colonial Dystopia in Lessing’s The Grass is Singing (1950). Cultural Intertext. Year XII, Volume 15.
• Chitando, A. & Madongonda, A. M. 2025. Negotiating Exclusion: Female heterotopic spaces and survival in Valerie Tagwira’s The Uncertainty of Hope” in the journal, IMBIZO, Volume 2, 2025.
•     Madongonda A.M. & Gudhlanga E.S. (2025). Freedom and Redefining the Self: Fracturing Tradition in Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy in R. S Montes & A. Kumar Margins Speaking to Margins Multinational Perspectives on AfricanAmerican Literature Wilmington: Vernon Press.
• Madongonda A.M. & Gudhlanga E.S. (2025). Forced and Early Marriages. In Manyonganise, M., Gunda, M.R. & Naicker, L. (Eds). Religion, Gender and Masculinities in Africa: Essays in honour of Ezra Chitando. Bamburg: University of Bamburg Press, pp. 267-285. ISBN: 978-3-98989-042-8.

• Madongonda A M and Gudhlanga E S (2024) Generational Search for Home: History, Race and Gendered Perspectives in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing Ecofeminist Perspectives from African Women Creative WritersCham: Springer International Publishing, pp 155–166.
• Madongonda, A.M. & Gudhlanga, E.S. 2023. Through the lenses of betrayal: Ambivalence and other markers of deception in Aaron Chiundura Moyo’s Kuridza Ngoma nedemo. In Mavengano, E & Mhute, I. (eds.) Sub-Sahara Political Cultures of Deceit in Language, Literature and the Media, Volume 1, Zimbabwe as a case study (pp. 127-147). Palgrave MacMillan Chan. https://doi.org/10/1007/978-3-031-35323-9_9
• Madongonda, A.M & Gudhlanga, 2023. E.S Grief Across Cultures: An Analysis of paralinguistic features in two selected songs from Mocambique and Zimbabwe.
• Gudhlanga, E.S., Madongonda, M. and Manyonganise, M. 2023. Realist Literature, Gender and Gullibility in African Pentecostalism: The case of Chiundura Moyo’s Kereke Inofa. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, Volume 79, Number 3, aB258.https//doi.org//10.4102/hts.v79i3.8258.
• Gudhlanga, E. S. and 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.
• Madongonda A M and Gudhlanga E S (2016) “ Knock Knock Knock” The paradox of the Music genre and Serious Discourse in HIV/AIDS Communication African Journal of Rhetoric: Rhetoric and Language of Decolonisation in Africa Vol II, pp151-171

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 21^st 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, 5^th Floor, Corner Samora Machel Avenue and Leopold Takawira Street, Harare, Zimbabwe.