The idea of Matabeleland in digital space genealogies, discourses, and epistemic struggles Mlotshwa, Khanyile 1980- editor, author. Ndlovu, Mphathisi 1985- editor, author. text bibliography mdu 2022 monographic eng print xvii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm "This volume uses post-/de-colonial approaches to examine subalternity in online media representations, specifically the intersectional subalternity of Matabeleland. The editors argue that in online spaces the liberatory politics of Matabeleland emerges as trapped in coloniality"-- Introduction / Khanyile Mlotshwa and Mphathisi Ndlovu -- Part I: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues -- Marginal Societies Online: A Critical Appreciation of Genocide and its Politics in Cyberspace / Shepherd Mpofu -- Counter-Memory, Ethno-Nationalism, and the Discursive Constructions of Matabeleland in Digital Spaces / Mphathisi Ndlovu -- The Pitfalls of Matabeleland as a (Digital) Work of Memory / Khanyile Mlotshwa -- Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Matabeleland / Ntombizakhe Moyo-Nyoni -- Part II: Minorities of Minorities -- Hidden in Public: The Symbolic Annihilation of the Khoisan People in Zimbabwe's Public Sphere / Christina Ncube and Khanyile Mlotshwa -- The BaTonga Representations in Matabeleland Imaginations / Mike Mutale -- Kalanga Activism and the Imaginations of Matabeleland in Digital Spaces / Nkosini Aubrey Khupe -- Theorizing Online Female Journalism as Border Practices in the Case of Amakhosikazi Media, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe / Khanyile Mlotshwa and Busi Bhebhe -- Part III: Performing Subalternity in Digital Space -- Performing Subalternity Online: A Critical Study of the Centre for Innovation and Technology (CITE) / Samkeliso Ncube and Mphathisi Ndlovu -- Interrogating Cyber-Cultures and Critical Consciousness Development in Matabeleland / Pretty Nxumalo -- The Communicative Construction of Ndebele Identity in Radio Mthwakazi / Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube -- Part IV: Ndebele Nationalism in Digital Spaces -- Beyond Provincialising a Nation Without a State: Representations of Matabeleland in Umthwakazi Review Digital Space / Thembelani Moyo -- 'The Colonized Mean Little to the Colonizer': The Digital Lives of Colonial Diplomacy / Blondie Beatrice Ndebele -- The (Digital) Return of the Ndebele Monarchy? / Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga -- Photographing the 'Nation' in the Digital Age: A Case of Matabeleland Discourses on Social Media Platforms / Lungile Augustine Tshuma and Lorraine Phiri. edited by Khanyile Mlotshwa and Mphathisi Ndlovu. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-rh--- Ndebele (African people) Social conditions 21st century Ndebele (African people) Zimbabwe Matabeleland Ndebele (African people) Ethnic identity Cyberspace Social aspects Zimbabwe Matabeleland Cyberspace Political aspects Zimbabwe Matabeleland Postcolonialism Zimbabwe Matabeleland Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) Social conditions 21st century Ndebele (Peuple d'Afrique) Zimbabwe Matabeleland Ndebele (Peuple d'Afrique) Identité ethnique Cyberspace Political aspects Cyberspace Social aspects Ndebele (African people) Postcolonialism Social conditions Zimbabwe Matabeleland 2000-2099 fast DT2913.N44 I33 2022 305.896398096891 Idea of Matabeleland in digital space Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022 (DLC) 2022014618 9781793645258 1793645256 9781793645258 2022014617 pda,print IEN/DLC 220325 20250318222042.8 in00004587941 eng