Renaissance à Bulawayo, Zimbabwe : la ville dans The Stone Virgins de Yvonne Vera by Marie-Jeanne Gauffre

“…Specifically, through Nonceba’s gradual journey out of her abysmal pain and destructive solitude to the welcoming potentiality of the city, the novel, unemphatically combining horror and beauty, testifies to the fragile—yet abiding—power of human bonds, and to the infinite resilience of the Zimbabwean people.…”
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Stifling Human Responsibility? Human Agency and Transcendency in African Spirituality and Cultural Idioms by Collium Banda

“… This article is an African traditional religious and cultural analysis of human responsibility as expressed in proverbs and idioms that demand human agency and transcendence in chiShona, Zimbabwean isiNdebele, and isiZulu languages. The analysis is done in line with the common spiritual belief that material wealth is a product of spiritual or magical power. …”
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Beyond the glass ceiling: a gendered and cultural hospitality management discourse on the advancement of women based on integrated research paradigms by Faith Samkange, Sihle Dingani

“…This research paper articulates the extent to which Zimbabwean women are breaking through the hospitality management glass ceiling. …”
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Prevalence of Campylobacter Species on Cattle Breeding Farms in Zimbabwe by Precious Mahlangu, Stephen T. Marambe, Iredale K. Mutengwa, Bamusi Saidi, Pious V. Makaya, John Kagira

“…More research and surveillance are needed to determine the epidemiology of Campylobacter species in Zimbabwean cattle herds.…”
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To Come Out or Not to Come Out: Queer Coming Out in Nine Lives by Zodwa Nyoni by Emre Ozmen

“…Variables such as race, religion, and family cause difficulties in terms of the coming out process of individuals. In 2014, Zimbabwean playwright Zodwa Nyoni wrote Nine Lives which delves into the coming out process and its challenges. …”
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Systemic Barriers and Unfairness: Access to Justice in Zimbabwe and Beyond by Wesley Maraire

“…A multi-pronged research approach, involving a comprehensive literature review, media reports and my experience and observations within the Zimbabwean justice system are used. Furthermore, case law examples are also utilised, but going beyond erroneous individual cases, and unpacking the under-theorised yet broader social consequences of the cases on citizens and the formal justice system.…”
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The Effect of Paclobutrazol Application Time and Variety on Growth, Yield, and Quality of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Ottilia Mabvongwe, Brenda T. Manenji, Munyaradzi Gwazane, Misheck Chandiposha

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Open Space Worship: A Religious Identity of the Johane Masowe Chishanu Church in Zimbabwe by Phillip Musoni, Paul H. Gundani

“…The Johane Masowe Chishanu Church (JMCC) is a Zimbabwean African indigenous church with branches in many countries. …”
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Effect of Cow Urine on the Growth Characteristics of Fusarium lateritium, an Important Coffee Fungus in Zimbabwe by Timothy Gotora, Lawrence Masaka, Marvelous Sungirai

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Excerpt from Moore’s Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies, and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe by David B. Moore

“…My end-that-is-a-new-beginning entailed the somewhat magical way I discovered that Robert Mugabe had indeed reached the final point of his mortal coil, and my recounting of Stephen Groote’s hastily rallied Zimbabwean éminence activistes grises’ epitaphs on SAFM’s Sunrise. …”
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Uncovering barriers to bilharzia prevention communication in Ugu district, South Africa by Lauren Dyll-Myklebust, Duduzile Zwane

“…Motivated by the rapid response to treatment as demonstrated by rural Zimbabwean women, an organisation known as the FB Project conducted research exclusively with this group. …”
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Unraveling the Loan Growth Threshold Effect on Non-Performing Loans During Total Dollarization in Zimbabwe by Blessing Katuka, Calvin Mudzingiri, Edson Vengesai

“…This article examines the threshold effect of loan growth on non-performing loans (NPLs) in the Zimbabwean banking industry during dollarization. The study employed panel threshold regression models developed by Seo et al. (2019) and Kremer et al. (2013) on a panel of thirteen banks from 2009 to 2017. …”
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Interrogating the Role of Language in Clergy Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls in Zimbabwe by Nhlanhla Landan, Sindiso Zhou, Baba Tshotsho

“…Using a qualitative approach, the study analyzed 17 news articles drawn from the Zimbabwean media landscape. With these analyses, we were interested in the language used by the religious leaders as reported by the victims. …”
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Policy Fragmentation, Women’s Land Rights and Governance in Zimbabwe by Newman Tekwa

“…Thematic analysis constituted the main data analysis technique used to analyse the results presented in the paper. Results: Many Zimbabwean women in both communal and resettlement continuing to lose their entitlements with policy fragmentation and lack of coherent coordination among government departments creating barriers for women access to information and asserting their rights in land. …”
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Interrogating the Contestations in Zimbabwe’s New Marriage Law and Arbitration in Family Disputes by Bernard Pindukai Humbe, Fortune Sibanda

“…This study focuses on the new Marriages Act and arbitration in family disputes among the Shona people of Zimbabwe, who happen to be the largest ethnic group constituting about 75% of the Zimbabwean population. The problem identified by this study was that the new Act has been received with mixed emotions especially by religious communities with the majority complaining that it promotes promiscuity and marriage breakups. …”
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Persistent Cryptococcal Brain Infection despite Prolonged Immunorecovery in an HIV-Positive Patient by Tom Wingfield, Jo Baxter, Amit Herwadkar, Daniel du Plessis, Tom J. Blanchard, F. Javier Vilar, Anoop Varma

“…Case Presentation. A 33-year-old Zimbabwean female presented with cryptococcal meningitis and newly diagnosed HIV with a CD4 count of 51 cells/μL (4%). …”
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Growth, physical, and cognitive function in children who are born HIV-free: School-age follow-up of a cluster-randomised trial in rural Zimbabwe. by Joe D Piper, Clever Mazhanga, Marian Mwapaura, Gloria Mapako, Idah Mapurisa, Tsitsi Mashedze, Eunice Munyama, Maria Kuona, Thombizodwa Mashiri, Kundai Sibanda, Dzidzai Matemavi, Monica Tichagwa, Soneni Nyoni, Asinje Saidi, Manasa Mangwende, Dzivaidzo Chidhanguro, Eddington Mpofu, Joice Tome, Gabriel Mbewe, Batsirai Mutasa, Bernard Chasekwa, Handrea Njovo, Chandiwana Nyachowe, Mary Muchekeza, Kuda Mutasa, Virginia Sauramba, Ceri Evans, Melissa J Gladstone, Jonathan C Wells, Elizabeth Allen, Melanie Smuk, Jean H Humphrey, Lisa F Langhaug, Naume V Tavengwa, Robert Ntozini, Andrew J Prendergast

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The SHINE trial enrolled pregnant women between 2012 and 2015 across 2 rural Zimbabwean districts. Co-primary outcomes were height-for-age Z-score and haemoglobin at age 18 months (clinicaltrials.gov NCT01824940). …”
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Burying Bob by Joost Fontein

“… The death of Robert Mugabe, or 'Rob' as he was irreverently known by many Zimbabweans, was always likely to be something of an event. …”
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Beyond dramatic revolutions and grand rebellions by Wendy Willems

“… In the context of the Zimbabwe crisis of the early 2000s, both popular and academic accounts frequently discussed Zimbabweans as passive victims of their government, hereby suggesting that the extensive efforts of the state to create a ‘patriotic’ citizenry through the cultural project of the Third Chimurenga were largely successful. …”
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Challenging power through social media by Rodwell Makombe, Grace Temiloluwa Agbede

“…This article examines subversive internet memes that were created by ordinary Zimbabweans and posted on social media in the aftermath of Robert Mugabe’s collapse at the Harare International airport on 4 February 2015. …”
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