“Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy”
On 18 April 2016, Dr Stella Nyanzi, then, a researcher at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) stripped in protest against being evicted from her office by Professor Mahmood Mamdani, Director of MISR. The conflict that had been brewing for years between the two was primarily around Nyan...
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On 18 April 2016, Dr Stella Nyanzi, then, a researcher at the Makerere Institute of Social Research
(MISR) stripped in protest against being evicted from her office by Professor Mahmood Mamdani,
Director of MISR. The conflict that had been brewing for years between the two was primarily
around Nyanzi’s refusal to teach on the PhD programme at MISR. Though Nyanzi had people
endorsing her choice of protest, others criticised her. Drawing on the Othering theory, this paper
examines the ways in which criticisms to Dr Nyanzi’s protest were represented on YouTube.
First, Nyanzi was framed on the social media platform as mad. Second, Nyanzi was regarded as
having contravened behaviour expected of ‘educated people.’ Third, her stripping was framed
as unholy and unAfrican. Fourth, Nyanzi’s undressing was labelled criminal. Nyanzi’s othering
served to discredit her protest. Many of Nyanzi’s critics neglected to engage with the issues that
she raised.
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| spelling | doaj-art-ae3a016038574a808cde40058a6c9e182025-01-20T08:56:29ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0138210.36615/jcsa.v38i2.1539“Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy”Selina Linda Mudavanhu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-547XUniversity of Johannesburg On 18 April 2016, Dr Stella Nyanzi, then, a researcher at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) stripped in protest against being evicted from her office by Professor Mahmood Mamdani, Director of MISR. The conflict that had been brewing for years between the two was primarily around Nyanzi’s refusal to teach on the PhD programme at MISR. Though Nyanzi had people endorsing her choice of protest, others criticised her. Drawing on the Othering theory, this paper examines the ways in which criticisms to Dr Nyanzi’s protest were represented on YouTube. First, Nyanzi was framed on the social media platform as mad. Second, Nyanzi was regarded as having contravened behaviour expected of ‘educated people.’ Third, her stripping was framed as unholy and unAfrican. Fourth, Nyanzi’s undressing was labelled criminal. Nyanzi’s othering served to discredit her protest. Many of Nyanzi’s critics neglected to engage with the issues that she raised. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1539Dr Stella NyanziNude Protest in April 2016CriticismsYouTubeMakerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) |
| spellingShingle | Selina Linda Mudavanhu “Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy” Communicare Dr Stella Nyanzi Nude Protest in April 2016 Criticisms YouTube Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) |
| title | “Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy” |
| title_full | “Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy” |
| title_fullStr | “Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy” |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy” |
| title_short | “Girl, You Are a New Species of Krazy” |
| title_sort | girl you are a new species of krazy |
| topic | Dr Stella Nyanzi Nude Protest in April 2016 Criticisms YouTube Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1539 |
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