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Phonological Adaptation of Borrowed Terms in Duramazwi reMimhanzi

open access: yesLexikos, 2011
: This article analyses the phonological characteristics of Shona musical terms borrowed from English. It discusses the phonological processes that take place when words are borrowed directly or indi-rectly from English. Essentially, the article analyses
Gift Mheta, William Zivenge
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‘Blood as the Seat of Life’: The Blood Paradox among Afro-Christians

open access: yesPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2016
The study is a response to the call for papers on African issues and it focuses on the theme of blood. The chapter seeks to answer the following questions: Why is blood, the sanctity of life, associated with defilement?
Machingura Francis, Museka Godfrey
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Using the Predictability Criterion for Selecting Extended Verbs for Shona Dictionaries

open access: yesLexikos, 2012
<p>The paper examines the "predictability criterion", a classificatory tool which is used in selecting affixed word forms for dictionary entries. It focuses on the criterion as it has been used by the African Languages Lexical (ALLEX) Project for ...
Emmanuel Chabata
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The Prophet and Divine Manifestation: On the Translation of the Word “Prophet” in the Shona Union Bible

open access: yesOld Testament Essays, 2017
The translators of the Shona Union Bible of 1950, which happens to be the commonly used version of the Bible among the Shona of Zimbabwe, did not translate the word “prophet”. Instead, they chose to transliterate it.
Lovemore Togarasei
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Shona Illingworth: Topologies of Air

open access: yes, 2022
This volume presents visual and textual material relating to two major bodies of work by Shona Illingworth, Lesions in the Landscape and Topologies of Air, both of which examine how we map and experience landscapes and airspace in conceptual ...
Downey, Anthony, Illingworth, Shona
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The Sea View Has Me Again - audio work - Shona Illingworth and Patrick Wright

open access: yes, 2021
A sound work by Shona Illingworth and Patrick Wright with Big Fish Arts. Patrick Wright's book The Sea View Has Me Again (hardback December 2020, paperback June 2021) is the story of Uwe Johnson, one of Germany’s greatest and most-influential post-war
wright, patrick, Illingworth, Shona
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An Investigation of Old Testament Prophecy from an African Cultural Heritage Perspective

open access: yesOld Testament Essays
Intermediaries who convey messages between humans and the divine are common across cultures. This study examines Old Testament prophecy from a Shona perspective, comparing ancient Israelite prophets with Shona spirit mediums (mudzimu/svikiro), who ...
Temba Rugwiji
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The validity of the Shona version of the EQ-5D, of life measure

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2002
Introduction: The EQ-5D, a generic health related quality of life measure developed in Europe, has been recently translated into Shona, the language of the majority of Zimbabweans.
J. M. Jelsma
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Developing an evidence‐based model to implement co‐governance

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Governments are seeking innovative ways to address complex policy issues in increasingly fragmented and fiscally constrained service contexts. Co‐governance is a relatively new mechanism for facilitating collective decision‐making between government and other stakeholders. Effective co‐governance can be difficult to establish and resource‐ and
Shona Marie Bates   +4 more
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The Influence of Rhodesia Literature Bureau on the Shona literature in Selected Zimbabwean Novels. [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة القراءة والمعرفة, 2020
This research examines how Shona writers conceptualize and portray the African communitarian worldwide, and the role of Rhodesia Literature Bureau in publishing Zimbabwean fiction.
Shaimaa Mohamed Mohamed Hassanin
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