This article is a study of Sue Nyathi's novel The Polygamist as a cultural production dealing with African modern polygamy1 in the context of HIV and AIDS. What is termed ?modern polygamy? in this article is a practice where men have several ?wives? but not in the African traditional sense, especially within the Shona culture, but in the sense of what is popularise...

The article is based on my reading of Valerie Tagwira?s The Uncertainty of Hope as a feminist text that portrays female victimhood in the context of a failing postcolonial state. Tagwira writes about the experiences of a woman against the background of Murambatsvina, officially termed ??Operation Clean Up.?? The Zimbabwean Operation Clean Up of 2005 was condemned w...