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“One Does Not Do That to a Human Being”: Reading A Man of Good Hope (2015) as a Testimonio of Human Rights "不能这样对待一个人"：将《一个好望角的人》（2015）作为人权的见证来阅读

Imbizo Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6565/13796

Nonki Motahane

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Resistance to Heteronormative Laws and Homophobic Religions in Selected Short Stories from Sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南非洲短篇小说选》中对异性恋法律和仇视同性恋宗教的抵制

Imbizo Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6565/13592

Ben de Souza

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And Now the Poets Do Not Speak: The Politics of Representation in Zimbabwean Writing in Shona and English (1954–2023) 现在诗人不说话了：津巴布韦绍纳语和英语写作中的表述政治（1954-2023 年）

Imbizo Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6565/13545

Tanaka Chidora, K. Ngara

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Reading Harm and Repair in Joanne Joseph’s Children of Sugarcane 阅读乔安妮-约瑟夫的《甘蔗的孩子》中的伤害与修复

Imbizo Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6565/13634

A. Walsh, Sam Naidu

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Secret Lurking in the Shadow 潜伏在阴影中的秘密

Imbizo Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6565/15319

Zinhle Selane

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Foregrounding the Amazonian Character against Androcentric Constructs: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Texts by Kopano Matlwa and Zakes Mda 在以安卓为中心的建构中凸显亚马逊特色：科帕诺-马特尔瓦和扎克斯-姆达的部分文本比较分析

Imbizo Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6565/13707

Gugu Marie Mthetwa, Olufemi J. Abodunrin