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Dr Manase Kudzai Chiweshe

Lecturer 

Dr Manase Kudzai Chiweshe

Qualifications: PhD Sociology, Rhodes University; Msc in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Bsc in Sociology, University of Zimbabwe  

Bio: Dr. Manase Kudzai Chiweshe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social and Community Development, University of Zimbabwe and a Research Fellow, Sociology Department, Rhodes University, South Africa. He is the winner of the 2015 Gerti Hesseling Prize for Best Paper Published in African Studies. His work revolves around the sociology of everyday life in African spaces with specific interest in gender, football, and sports studies.

Research Interests: Everyday life, Livelihoods, Social and sexual identities, Sport and leisure, Gender and feminist studies.

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Phone number: +263 773751022

Publications and Research Profiles: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=IeL_5kcAAAAJ

Books

  1. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. The People’s Game: Football Fandom in Zimbabwe, Bamenda: Langaa Press

Edited Books

  1. Helliker, K., Chiweshe, M.K. and Bhatasara, S. (eds.) 2018. Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe, London: Routledge
  2. Chiweshe, M.K. and Mapara, J. (eds.) 2017. Perspectives on Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe, Chinhoyi: CUT Press

Journal Articles

  1. Chiweshe, M.K. and Mutondoro, F. 2017. Political Corruption and the Post 2015 Agenda in Zimbabwe, Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives 2 (2): 34-46
  2. Chiweshe, M.K. and Chiweshe, M.T. 2017. ‘Not My Child’: Parents’ Denial About Adolescent Sexuality in Harare, Zimbabwe, Journal of Family and Reproductive Health 11 (3): 119-127
  3. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Social Networks as Anti-revolutionary Forces: Facebook and Political Apathy among youth in Urban Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa Development XLII (2): 129-147
  4. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Zimbabwe’s Land Question in the Context of Large-Scale Land Based Investments, Geography Research Forum, 37: 13-36
  5. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Analysis of Land-related Corruption in Zimbabwe, Africa Insight 46 (4): 112-124
  6. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Frenemies: Understanding the Interconnectedness of Rival Fan Identities in Harare, Zimbabwe, Soccer & Society: https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2017.1399613
  7. Bhatasara, S. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Beyond Gender: Interrogating Women’s Experiences in FTLRP in Zimbabwe, Africa Review,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2017.1329808
  8. Choto, T., Chiweshe, M.K. and Muparamoto, N. 2017. Football fandom, ethno-regionalism and rivalry in post-colonial Zimbabwe: Case study of Highlanders and Dynamos, Soccer and Society, doi: 10.1080/14660970.2017.1302930
  9. Chiweshe, M.K. 2016. Efficacy of Top-down Approaches to Post-Conflict Social Coexistence and Community Building: Experiences from Zimbabwe, African Journal on Conflict Resolution 16 (2): 11-34
  10. Chiweshe, M.K. 2016. Wives at the Market Place: Commercialisation of Lobola and Commodification of Women’s bodies in Zimbabwe, The Oriental Anthropologist, 16 (2): 229-243
  11. Chiweshe, M.K. 2016. Social Positionality and Xenophobia: The Case of Rugby Player Tendai Mtawarira in South Africa. Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies 9 (7): 132 - 149
  12. Chiweshe, M.K. 2016. A gendered critique of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Africa Review, 8 (2): 145-155
  13. Chiweshe, M.K. 2016. Till death do us part: football as part of everyday life amongst Dynamos Football Club fans in Zimbabwe, African Identities 14 (2): 101-113
  14. Muparamoto, N. and Chiweshe, M.K. “Managing identities” and parental disclosure of HIV sero-status in Zimbabwe, African Journal of AIDS Research, 14:2, 145-152
  15. Chiweshe, M.K. Women and the Emergence of Grassroots Institutions on Post-Fast Track Farms in Zimbabwe, Agri-Gender: Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security, 1 (1): 40-53
  16. Chiweshe, M.K. and Muparamoto, N. 2014. Tensions and Dilemmas Around Sexual Rights in the Context of the African Youth Charter, Africa Peace and Conflict Journal, 7 (2): 96 - 102
  17. Chiweshe, M.K. 2014. One of the boys: female fans’ responses to the masculine and phallocentric nature of football stadiums in Zimbabwe, Critical African Studies 6 (2-3): 211-222
  18. Chiweshe, M.K., Chakona, L. and Helliker, K. 2014. Patriarchy, Women, Land and Livelihoods on A1 farms in Zimbabwe, Journal of Asian and African Studies 50 (6): 716-731
  19. Mutopo, P. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2014. Large-scale land deals, global capital and the politics of livelihoods: Experiences of women small-holder farmers in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe, International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, 9 (1) 84-99
  20. Chiweshe, M.K. The problem with African football: Corruption and the (under)development of the game on the continent, African Sports Law Bulletin 2: 39
  21. Mutopo, P., Manjengwa, J. and Chiweshe, M.K. Shifting gender dimensions and rural livelihoods after Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme, Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, 3 (1): 45-61
  22. Mutopo, P. and Chiweshe, M.K. Water resources and biofuel production after the fast-track land reform in Zimbabwe, African Identities, 12 (1): 124-138
  23. Chiweshe, M.K. and Bhatasara, S. 2013. ‘Ndezve Varume Izvi’: Hegemonic Masculinities and Misogyny in Popular Music in Zimbabwe, Africa Media Review, 21 (1&2): 151–170
  24. Bhatasara, S. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2015. Universal Access to HIV Treatment in the Context of Vulnerability: Female Farm Workers in Zimbabwe, Health Care for Women International 36 (2): 188-204
  25. Chiweshe, M.K and Gusha, M. 2012. Gendered dimensions of old age care in a time of crisis: Experiences from Zimbabwe, Agenda 26 (4): 122 – 130
  26. Chiweshe, M.K. Understanding the process of becoming a fan: The case of football teams in Zimbabwe, Soccer and Society 12 (2): 174 – 183

 

Book Chapters

  1. Chiweshe, M.K. and Bhatasara, S. 2019. Women in Agriculture in Contemporary Africa. In Palgrave Handbook of African Women’s Studies, Olamujoke and F. Toyin. London: Palgrave Macmillan
  2. Bhatasara, S., Chiweshe, M.K. and Muparamoto, N. 2019. Stolen Childhood: Understanding Sexualization of Young Girls through “Child Marriage” in Zimbabwe. In The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development, New York: Cambridge University Press
  3. Chiweshe, M.K and Bhatasara, S. 2018. Performing Manhood in Zimdancehall: Music as Partriachised Space in Zimbabwe. Performing Zimbabwe: A Transdisciplinary Study of Zimbabwean Music, L.G. Amoros and M.T. Vambe (eds.) pp. 251-273. Durban: University of KwaZulu Natal Press
  4. Chiweshe, M.K. 2018. Zimbabwe. In Palgrave International Handbook of Football and Politics, De Waele, J.-M., Gibril, S., Gloriozova, E., Spaaij, R. (eds.) London: Palgrave McMillan
  5. Bhatasara, S., Helliker, K. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2018. Introduction – Theorising the Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe. In Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe, Helliker, K., Chiweshe, M.K. and Bhatasara, S. (eds.) London: Routledge, pp. 74-90
  6. Chiweshe, M.K. 2018. Migration-based Livelihoods in post-2000 Zimbabwe. In Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe, Helliker, K., Chiweshe, M.K. and Bhatasara, S. (eds.) London: Routledge, pp. 74-90
  7. Chakona, L. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2018. Fast Track Land Reform Programme and Women in Goromonzi District. In Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe, Helliker, K., Chiweshe, M.K. and Bhatasara, S. (eds.) London: Routledge, pp. 74-90
  8. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. More Than Body Parts: Theorising Gender Within African Spaces. In Handbook of Research on Women’s Issues and Rights in the Developing World, Mahtab, N. and Haque, T. (eds). Pennsylvania: IGI Global, pp. 170-188
  9. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Introduction. In Perspectives in Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe, Chiweshe, M.K and Mapara, J. (eds). Chinhoyi: CUT Press, pp. 1-11
  10. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Gendered dimensions of Natural Resource Control within the Community Share Ownership Trusts in Zimbabwe. In Perspectives in Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe, Chiweshe, M.K and Mapara, J. (eds). Chinhoyi: CUT Press, pp. 25-33
  11. Madzara, A. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Experiences of Women under Market Oriented Conservation Approaches: A Case study of Honde Valley Women in Crafts and Honey Production. In Perspectives in Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe, Chiweshe, M.K and Mapara, J. (eds). Chinhoyi: CUT Press, pp. 49-67
  12. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Analysis of Women's Organizations as Drivers of Gendered Social Transformation: Experiences from Zimbabwe. In The Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South, Féliz and A.L. Rosenberg (eds). Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart
  13. Bhatasara, S., Choguya, N. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2017: Women and Pentacostalism in Zimbabwe. In Pentacostals and Body, M. Wilkinson and P. Althouse (eds), Brill Press
  14. Chiweshe, M.K. 2017. Intersectional Analysis of the Social Determinants of Child Maltreatment in Zimbabwe. Global Ideologies Surrounding Children's Rights and Social Justice, Tschabangu (ed), IGI-Global Press
  15. Chiweshe M.K. 2017. Zimbabwe United? Exploring Cooperation and Contestations in the Context of National Football Team Fandom in Zimbabwe. In Football Fans, Rivalry and Coopertation. Brandt, F. Hertel and S. Huddleston (eds), Routledge
  16. Chiweshe, M.K. and Bhatasara, S. 2017. Victims, Victors and Saviours: The Politics of Aid and Women's Rights in Zimbabwe. In Localization in Development Aid, Bonacker, J. von Heusinger and K. Zimmer (eds), Taylor and Francis
  17. Bwerinofa, C. and Chiweshe, M.K. 2016. Gender dynamics and disasters: The case of Tokwe-Mukosi floods in Zimbabwe, In Understanding Vulnerability, Building Resilience: Responses to Disasters and Climate Change, Michele Companion and Miriam Chaiken, Taylor and Francis
  18. Chiweshe, M.K. and Muzanago, K. 2016. Livelihoods in a Sack:” Gendered Dimensions of Sack Potato Farming Among Poor Households in Urban Zimbabwe, In Women in Agriculture Worldwide: Key Issues and Practical Approaches, Amber Fletcher and Wendee Kubik, Routledge.
  19. Chiweshe, M.K. 2015. Do traditional institutions matter in essential resource governance in Zimbabwe? In, Governing Access to Essential Resources, Pistor and O. De Schutter, New York: Columbia University Press
  20. Chiweshe, M.K. and Mutopo, P. 2015. Class and Race Complexities in Understanding Large Scale Land Deals as New Forms of Imperialism in Zimbabwe. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, Ness and Z. Cope, New York: Palgrave McMillan
  21. Chiweshe, M.K. Negotiating and creating urban spaces in everyday practices: experiences of women in Harare, Zimbabwe. In Untamed Urbanisms, A. Allen, A. Lampis and M. Swilling, London: Routledge
  22. Chiweshe, M.K. 2015: Reproducing Patriarchy on Resettled Lands: A lost opportunity in reconstituting women's land rights in the fast track land reform program in Zimbabwe. In Global Trends in Land Tenure Reform: Gender Impacts, S. Archambault and A. Zoomers, London: Routledge
  23. Mutopo, P., Chiweshe, M.K. and Mubaya, C.P. 2014. Large Scale Land Acquisitions, Livelihoods and Gender Configurations in Zimbabwe. In Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions, E. Osabuohien, Pennsylvania: IGI-Global
  24. Chiweshe, M.K. and Mutopo, P. 2014. National and international actors in the orchestration of land deals in Zimbabwe: What is in it for small holder farmers? In International land deals in East and Southern Africa, P. Mihyo (ed), Addis Ababa: OSSREA
  25. Chiweshe, M.K. Online Football Fan Identities and Cyber-fandoms in Zimbabwe, In Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community and Clubs, Chuka Onwumechili and Gerard Akindes (Eds), New York: Palgrave Macmillan

Professor Billy Mukamuri

Chairperson

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Prof Billy Mukamuri

Qualifications: B.A (Hons), University of Zimbabwe (1987), MSc Environmental Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland (1991), Certificate, Global Environmental Politics, North Carolina State University (1992), Certificate, International Law, North Carolina State University (1992), Licentiate in Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland (1993), Dr of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland (1995) (Cum Laude).

Bio:

Bio: Professor Billy Mukamuri is the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and a lecturer in the Department of Community and Social Development. The Department offers degrees in gender, criminology and society, Community Lifelong Learning and Development, Socio-Ecological Systems and Development Practice, Industrial Sociology; Sociology and Social Anthropology; Social Innovation; Smart Technology Applications and Community Development.  His key research interests include social ecological dynamics in communal systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe. Key research questions included understanding life histories of communities; technology adoption, agricultural change, including the effects of colonial centralisation of settlements; deforestation; soil erosion; population, health (human/livestock) and human welfare. During this time, Billy became more interested and involved in research focusing on how culture influenced environmental protection and agricultural practices, the latter focusing more on soil conservation. He has more than 30 years of research experiences in Zimbabwe and southern Africa dates dating back to 1987 when he joined a team of UK based researchers in a research project that looked at socio-ecological dynamics associated with human-livestock-natural resources and ecosystems health in Zvishavane district’s Mazvihwa area. The research activities attracted the interest of the Ford Foundation which began supporting a Social Forestry project centred afforestation using indigenous tree species in Chivi and Zvishavane Districts, Zimbabwe. This was a revolutionary project because prior afforestation efforts by government largely prioritised use of exotic tree species, key among them, Eucalyptus, widely known as gum trees.  The project promoted indigenous tree species as participatory research had pointed to their multifunctional values, which included high quality fire (less smoke); soil fertility and water retention (which made them important as trees in fields); medicinal; fodder, shade and fruit (available throughout the year), among others. The project provided Billy with coordination and ethnographic and participatory research experience which culminated in a D.Phil. thesis entitled “Making Sense of Social Forestry in Zimbabwe” in 1995 funded by the Finnish Academy of Social Sciences. In 1995 to 2000, Billy Mukamuri joined the Institute of Environmental Studies (IES), an interfaculty unit of the University of Zimbabwe, as a Temporary Full-Time Research Fellow. The position was sponsored by both the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC-Canada) and Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and carried out research in several districts of Zimbabwe, including Chimanimani, Mutoko, Chiredzi and Binga. The position entailed coordinating and carrying out research on value of trees and impact of macro-economic policies in Zimbabwe and southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi). During this time, Billy managed and supervised a number of D.Phil. and Masters students, some of whom have become prominent leaders in universities and governments in the region. Also important was coordinating and supervising post-graduate students sponsored by the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility programme. An interesting component of the research involved local perceptions of soil fertility, including traditional beliefs and practices such as using witchcraft to enhance soil fertility and agricultural productivity. While sounding primitive, the study uncovered the existence of critical practices that encapsulated strong beliefs against use of inorganic fertilisers and pesticides-contrary to official discourse and narratives of the supremacy of western agriculture over African ones. While at IES, Billy coordinated both DPHIL and Masters research projects on wetlands and indigenous forest management in communal areas of Zimbabwe. The latter project involved use of traditional medicines in both urban and rural areas and its implications for conservation. Through the IES, Billy amassed project coordination and supervision skills of both local and international students from Canada, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, and Finland. The former task involved accounting for project funds and writing up project reports for donors, as well as liaising with District Officials in areas where the studies were conducted. In 2001, Billy Mukamuri joined the Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS), as a researcher and lecturer and became both Chairman and Director of the Department and its independent Trust in 2010. Duties included teaching, research, and administration. While at CASS, Billy Mukamuri has taught and supervised over 120 masters’ students (under the Masters in Social Ecology programme) and over 30 D. Phil candidates (local and international).  Professor Billy Mukamuri has been a Principal Investigator/Consultant in very high-profile projects funded and implemented by both the Zimbabwe Government and international donors e.g., Zimbabwe National Sugar Adaptation Strategy (EU); Impact Evaluation of the Harmonised Cash Transfer programme (UNICEF); the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF; Forestry Forces Project (EU); Zimbabwe National Forest Policy (FAO/GOZ); National Wetlands Utilisation Guidelines (EMA);  Zimbabwe Cyclone IDAI Recovery Project (UNOPS/World Bank); Farm Mechanisation and Adoption of 4 Wheel Tractors (CIMMYT); Appropriate Scale Farm Mechanisation in Zimbabwe and South Africa (CIMMYT); Social Environmental Safeguards in the Mid-Zambezi Valley (UNDP), among others. He is also part of the ongoing Research Platform-Production Conservation in Partnership (RP-PCP) established in 1997 which is studying human-wildlife interactions at the edge of Transfrontier Conservation Areas. RP-PCP led by CIRAD and includes most State Universities in Zimbabwe (UZ; NUST; BUSE; CUT; GZU and Lupane State University) and universities in Mozambique and South Africa.

Research Interests: Teaching Social Ecology, Institutions and Policy studies, Expert in Scenario Planning, Qualitative research methodologies, PI and coordinator of big national multidisciplinary research projects, Grant Management, Supervising Masters and DPhil students, Developing courses and modules, Member of Faculty Higher Degrees Committee, Internal and External Examiner (DPhils, MPhils), Community Engagement and conflict management techniques.

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Publications and Research Profiles: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-7bSoToAAAAJ

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