Douglas Mpondi

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Douglas Mpondi

Professor of Africana Studies

Africana Studies

Biography

I have a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies and an M.A. in African studies from Ohio University. I obtained an M.A. and a B.A in African languages and literature, a postgraduate certificate in education, all from the University of Zimbabwe. I have published book chapters on national culture and globalization in Zimbabwe. I am fluent in four African languages.

Research Interests

    -African politics, culture, and globalization, African political economy, African conflicts & conflicts resolution, democratic transitions and development in Africa -Women and development in Africa -Race and racism; colonial and postcolonial studies; critical cultural studies -Black social and political movements -Immigration and the politics citizenship in Africa -Globalization and gender studies; popular culture and media. -Research methods and fieldwork research in Africana Studies; -Sociological and political dimensions of national and cultural identities -Rural Development in Africa

Teaching Interests

    Peoples and Cultures of Africa; African history; African politics and Government; Conflict and Development in Southern Africa; US Foreign Policies in Africa; Conflicts and Conflict Resolutions in Africa; Research methods in African Studies; Seminar in African Development; Education and Development in Africa; Fieldwork Research Methods in developing countries.

Education

PhD in Cultural Studies

Ohio University

MA in African Studies

Ohio University

MA in African languages and Literature

University of Zimbabwe

Other in Pedagogy of education

University of Zimbabwe

BA in African Languages and Literature

University of Zimbabwe

Published Works

    Mpondi, D., . (2023). An Analysis of-the Robustness of South Africa’s Higher Education External Quality Assurance Framework. Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Volume 22. . Mpondi, D. . The COVID-19 pandemic communication and the interplay of information and politics in Zimbabwe. (). . Mpondi, D., Gwekwerere, T., Mutasa, E. D., Mubonderi, B. (2019). Patriotic narratives on national leadership in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) song texts, ca 2000-2017. South African Journal of African Languages (SAJAL), 39(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2019.1572323 . Mpondi, D. (2019). Zimbabwe’s Predatory State: Party, Military and Business. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, https://doi.org/10.1080/00083968.2019.1570634 Mpondi, D. (2018). ‘Zimbabwe will never be a colony again’: Rethinking the politics of land, empowerment, gender, patronage, and belonging in Zimbabwe. (pp pp.129-143 (15 pages)). Pan-African University Press. www.panafricanuniversitypress.com Mpondi, D., Gwekwerere, T. (2018). Memory, Identity and Power in Contemporary Zimbabwe: Movement for Democratic Change Electoral Narratives and Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Counter-Discourse. Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies., 12(3), 3-23, 21 pages. http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol12no3/12.3-2-Gwekwerere.pdf. Mpondi, D., Mupakati, L. (2018). Migration Trajectories and Experiences of Zimbabwean Immigrants in the Limpopo Province of South Africa: Impediments and Possibilities. Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies., 12(1), pp.215-235, 21 pages. http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol12no1/12.1-15-Mpondi%20(1).pdf. Mpondi, D. (2018). 'Opening Up Spaces': The Politics of Black Economic Empowerment and Indigenization in the Telecommunications Industry in Post-Independence Zimbabwe. Journal, 11(2), 34-52, 19 pages. http://www.jpanafrican.org/vol11no2.htm. Mpondi, D. (2015). The Colonial Legacy of Exclusion and Language Policy in Education in Post-independence Zimbabwe . (). . Mpondi, D. (2015). The Institutionalization of One Man Rule and the Politics of Succession and Patronage in Zimbabwe. . International Relations and Diplomacy, 3(8), 511-519. https://doi.org/10.17265/2328-2134/2015.08.002. Mpondi, D. (2012). The Struggle for Nationhood and Citizenship in Zimbabwe. (pp 50-58). The Konrad-Adenuer-Stiftung & Sable Press. Mpondi, D. (2009). Community Colleges and the Globalization of Higher Education in Postcolonial Zimbabwe. (pp 71-78). Publisher.