Rethinking Securities in an Emergent Technoscientific New World Order : Retracing the Contours for Africa's Hi-jacked Futures

428 Pages·2018·4.967 MB·English

by  Munyaradzi Mawere, Artwell Nhemachena

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Rethinking Securities in an
Emergent Technoscientific
New World Order:
Retracing the Contours for
Africa’s Hi-jacked Futures

Edited by

Munyaradzi Mawere &
Artwell Nhemachena

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List of Contributors

Munyaradzi Mawere is a Professor in the Simon Muzenda School
of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University
in Zimbabwe. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology, three Masters
Degrees – Social Anthropology, Development Studies, and
Philosophy – and a BA (Hons) Degree in Philosophy. Before joining
this university, Professor Mawere was a lecturer at the University of
Zimbabwe and at Universidade Pedagogica, Mozambique, where he
has also worked in different capacities as a senior lecturer, assistant
research director, postgraduate co-ordinator, and professor. He is an
author of more than 50 books and over 200 academic publications
with a focus on Africa straddling the following areas: poverty and
development, African philosophy, society and culture, democracy,
politics of food production, humanitarianism and civil society
organisations, urban anthropology, existential anthropology, cultural
philosophy, environmental anthropology, society and politics,
decoloniality and African studies. Some of his bestselling books are:
Humans, Other Beings and the Environment: Harurwa (Edible stinkbugs) and
Environmental Conservation in South-eastern Zimbabwe (2015); Theory,
Knowledge, Development and Politics: What Role for the Academy in the
Sustainability of Africa? (2016); Democracy, Good Governance and
Development in Africa: A Search for Sustainable Democracy and Development,
(2015); Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Development in Africa: Reviving
Interconnections for Sustainable Development (2014); Myths of Peace and
Democracy? Towards Building Pillars of Hope, Unity and Transformation in
Africa (2016); Harnessing Cultural Capital for Sustainability: A Pan
Africanist Perspective (2015); Divining the Future of Africa: Healing the
Wounds, Restoring Dignity and Fostering Development, (2014); African
Cultures, Memory and Space: Living the Past Presence in Zimbabwean Heritage
(2014); Violence, Politics and Conflict Management in Africa: Envisioning
Transformation, Peace and Unity in the Twenty-First Century (2016); African
Philosophy and Thought Systems: A Search for a Culture and Philosophy of
Belonging (2016); Africa at the Crossroads: Theorising Fundamentalisms in the
21st Century (2017); Colonial Heritage, Memory and Sustainability in Africa:
Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects (2016); Underdevelopment,
Development and the Future of Africa (2017), and Theorising Development in
Africa: Towards Building an African Framework of Development (2017);
African Studies in the Academy: The Cornucopia of Theory, Praxis and
Transformation in Africa? (2017); GMOs, Consumerism and the Global
Politics of Biotechnology: Rethinking Food, Bodies and Identities in Africa’s 21st
Century (2017); and Human Trafficking and Trauma in the Digital Era: The
Ongoing Tragedy of the Trade in Refugees from Eritrea (2017).

Artwell Nhemachena holds a PhD in Social Anthropology; MSc in
Sociology and Social Anthropology; BSc Honours Degree in
Sociology and a Certificate in Law. He lectures in Sociology at the
University of Namibia. His current areas of research interest are
Knowledge Studies; Development Studies; Environment; Resilience;
Food Security and Food Sovereignty; Industrial Sociology; Conflict
and Peace; Transformation; Science and Technology Studies,
Democracy and Governance; Relational Ontologies; Decoloniality
and Anthropological Jurisprudence. He has published in the areas of
social theory, research methods, democracy and governance; conflict
and peace; relational ontologies; industrial sociology; development;
science and technology studies; anthropological jurisprudence,
environment, mining, biotechnology and knowledge studies;
transformation and decoloniality.

Raymond Ogunade holds a PhD in Religious Studies. He is a
Fulbright Fellow and Study of the United States Institute (SUSI), on
Religious Pluralism and Public Presence, University of California,
Santa Barbara, USA, 2011; a fellow of Association of Commonwealth
Universities on Spirituality and Social work, Swansea University,
Swansea, Wales, 2010-2011. He is an Award Winner; Science and
Religion Course Program, Center for Theology and the Natural
Sciences; and John Templeton Foundation, Berkeley, California,
USA, 2001. He teaches Comparative Religious Studies and the
Interface between Religion and Science at the University of Ilorin,
Ilorin, Nigeria. He has two books and several publications to his
credit locally and internationally. He plays chess and he is the
university of Ilorin Chess coach. He is the University of Ilorin and
the Kwara State Chess Coach in Nigeria. He has just been appointed
on the Board of the Nigerian Chess Federation.
Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri is a Senior Lecturer of History in the
Department of Archaeology, Culture and Heritage, History and
Development Studies at Great Zimbabwe University. He is a holder
of a PhD in History from the University of the Witwatersrand in
Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published a number of books
and articles which focus on environmental history, socio-cultural
dynamics, subaltern struggles, African border studies, and
Zimbabwe’s socio-political landscape during the colonial and post-
colonial periods. In addition to reviewing a number of scholarly
articles, he has also edited books such as Resilience Amid Adversity:
Informal Coping Mechanisms to the Zimbabwean Crisis during the New
Millennium (2016) and Contested Spaces, Restrictive Mechanisms and
Corridors of Opportunity: A Social History of Zimbabwean Borderlands and
Beyond since the Colonial Period (2017). He is also a member of the
editorial boards of international journals which include the Zimbabwe
Journal of Historical Studies and the International Journal of Developing
Societies. He is also a renowned political analyst for various
Zimbabwean newspapers such as The Mirror and TellZim.

Last Alfandika is a Lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University in Media
and Cultural Studies. He is currently doing a PhD in Media Studies
with the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Misheck P. Chingozha holds BMgt (HR), MBA, MSc. in Peace
Leadership and Conflict Resolution from the Zimbabwe Open
University, a MSc. in Development Studies from the Women’s
University in Africa (WUA). Mr Chingozha is also a holder of a
Diploma in Adult Education from the University of Zimbabwe,
Diploma in Business Studies (FBS), a National Diploma in Electrical
Power Engineering, Certificate in Electrical Engineering (HEXCO),
Certificate in Accountancy (ZAAT), and Skilled Worker Class One
(manpower). Chingozha is also an incumbent part-time Lecturer in
the Faculties of Commerce and Law, and Applied Social Sciences at
the Zimbabwe Open University. Besides, Chingozha is an incumbent
Senior Officer at the Rank of Chief Superintendent in the Police
Force. Chingozha has written and published a Shona novel and co-
authored 4 modules for the Zimbabwe Open University. His
research interests lie in the areas of development, policing, gender,
leadership, indigenous knowledge systems, and environmentally
related issues.

Nancy Mazuru is a lecturer in the Department of History,
Archaeology and Development studies at Great Zimbabwe
University. She holds a Master of Science degree in Development
Studies from Women's University in Africa. Currently, she is a
Development studies PhD candidate at University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Zaccheaus Gbenga holds a Masters degree in Comparative
Religious Studies from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. Being
awarded as a “University Scholar”, he graduated top of his first
degree and postgraduate classes respectively. His research interests
include; Christian ethics, Yoruba Religion and the interface between
Science and Religion in the contemporary society. He is a co-author
of the fast-spreading and award potential book “Biblical Eschatology
and American Biometrics: Obama’s RFID vs the Mark of the Beast 666”
(Raymond Ogunade PhD and Gbenga Zaccheaus 2016). He has few
publications to his credit locally and internationally.

Gift Gwindingwe is a part-time lecturer at Great Zimbabwe
University in Media and Cultural Studies. He is currently studying for
his PhD in Communication studies with Fort Hare University in
South Africa.

Tom Tom is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the South African
Research Chair Initiative- Chair in Social Policy, College of Graduate
Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA). He is also a Senior
Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of
Applied Social Sciences at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU).
He holds a Bachelor of Science Honours in Sociology and Master of
Science in Sociology and Social Anthropology, both attained at the
University of Zimbabwe. His research, publication and teaching
focuses on sociology, social policy, development and gender. He has
also done several consultancies in these critical areas. His works have
been published in various journals and books. The thrust of his work
is to enhance wellbeing.
Edmore Dube holds a PhD in Christian-Muslim Dialogue (2003)
from the University of Zimbabwe. His Masters of Arts (UZ 1995)
was biased towards Islamic Studies, while his Honours dissertation
(1993) was on the Remba of Mposi in Mberengwa. He has grappled
with the Remba discourse since 1993, and has published three articles
on the subject. He has published an equal number on Islam in Africa
and continues to research in that area. His interest on justice and
peace as pillars of dialogue has seen him working keenly on the
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) and the
Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) pastoral letters.
He has made one publication in that area and two are still pending.
He has also published one article on the injustices of ‘Land Tenure
in Zimbabwe’ in a volume edited Munyaradzi Mawere and Tapuwa
Raymond Mubaya, who have been very inspirational to upcoming
scholars. He is currently lecturing in Biblical and Islamic Studies at
Great Zimbabwe University.

ORJI Boniface Ifeanyi is a lecturer in the Department of History
and Diplomatic Studies, Crown Hill University, Eiyenkorin, Ilorin,
Kwara State Nigeria. He has BA and MA History from the University
of Ilorin, and he is currently a PhD candidate at the same University
of Ilorin, Kwara State. His areas of interest include History,
Migration and Diaspora Studies, Gender Studies, Economic and
Social History; Peace and Conflict Studies.

Tapuwa Raymond Mubaya is a Lecturer at Great Zimbabwe
University’s Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage
Studies and a PhD candidate at Tilburg University, Netherlands. He
holds a Master of Arts Degree in Heritage Studies and a Bachelor of
Arts Honours Degree in Philosophy both from the University of
Zimbabwe. He is currently studying for a Post Graduate Diploma in
Higher and Tertiary Education with the Great Zimbabwe University.
Mr. Mubaya co-edited and co-authored five books and over 40
publications comprising book chapters and journal articles in
internationally renowned journals and publishing houses. Besides,
Mr. Mubaya played a pivotal role in co-authoring more than 25 books
straddling various subjects and fields such as Heritage Studies,
Guidance and Counselling and Visual and Performing Arts for the
approved new primary and secondary curriculum. Before joining the
Great Zimbabwe University, Mr. Mubaya worked for the National
Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) for more than
eight years as both the Curator in charge and the head of the Great
Zimbabwe Monuments Conservation Department.

Prosper Hellen Tlou received her Master of Arts with Bachelor of
Arts Honours at the University of Venda (UNIVEN), Bachelor Of
Arts Degree at Great Zimbabwe University and is teaching
Tshivenda language at Great Zimbabwe University. She currently
serves as a Tshivenda coordinator in the department of African
languages and literature. Her research interest focuses on linguistics,
onomastic and Sociolinguistics.

Aleck Mapindani obtained both his Master of Arts (2014) and
Bachelor of Arts Honours (2012) Degrees from the University of
Venda. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts General degree from the
Great Zimbabwe University (2011). In 2011, he joined the
Department of African Languages and Literature as a Teaching
Assistant at the Great Zimbabwe University. Currently, he is
employed by the Great Zimbabwe University as a Xitsonga
(Shangaan) lecturer. He is also coordinating the Xitsonga Section in
same Department, under the Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture
and Heritage Studies. He is interested in onomastic studies,
sociolinguistics and literature.

Alice Makama is a Zimbabwean woman living with albinism. She is
an undergraduate student at Great Zimbabwe University where she
is studying for a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in History. As an
upcoming historian, she has a passion for research on issues
pertaining to disadvantaged sections of the population with particular
focus on human rights, uneven development and subaltern livelihood
dynamics in Zimbabwe since the pre-colonial period.

Clement Chipenda is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the South
African Research Chair Initiative - Chair in Social Policy, College of
Graduate Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA). He
holds a Master of Science in Development Studies and Bachelor of
Science Honours in Sociology, attained at the National University of
Science and Technology (NUST) and University of Zimbabwe (UZ)
respectively. Having worked for the Government of Zimbabwe and
several NGOs, he has accumulated wide hands-on community
practice and experience in research and publication in social policy,
human rights and development. He is widely published in journals
and books in pursuit of empirically-informed development practice.

Dolphin Mabale obtained her Master of Arts degree in
Anthropology at the University of Venda. She also graduated with
the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts specialising in Heritage Studies
from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her specialist areas are
Anthropology and Heritage Studies, with focal areas in Public
Culture, Politics of Identity, and Sacred Landscape Heritage and
Memory. Ms. Mabale is currently employed by her alma mater the
University of Venda as a lecturer in Anthropology, Applied
Anthropology, Archaeology, and African Studies at the E’skia
Mphahlele Centre for African Studies since 2008. As an emerging
researcher, Ms Mabale has presented papers at conferences, and has
recently co-published a chapter with Dr Artwell Nhemachena titled
“Conjugating Materialities and Symbols in Contemporary Africa?
The Case of the Statue of King Nghunghunyani, South Africa” in
Decolonisation of Materialities or Materialisation of (Re-
)Colonisation? Symbolisms, Languages, Ecocriticism and (Non)
Representationalism in 21st Century Africa”, a volume that Dr
Nhemachena co-edited in 2017.

Costain Tandi is a Graduate teacher for Advanced level History and
Sociology as well as Head of Department (Humanities) at Rufaro
High School in Chatsworth, Zimbabwe. He holds a Master of Arts
Degree in Development Studies from Midlands State University;
Bachelor of Arts 4th year Honours Degree in History from Great
Zimbabwe University; Bachelor of Arts General Degree from the
University of Zimbabwe; Graduate Certificate in Education from
Great Zimbabwe University; An Executive Certificate in Project and
Program Monitoring and Evaluation from the University of
Zimbabwe; and An Executive Certificate in Project Management
from the University of Zimbabwe. Tandi has six publications and his