Of Bob, Gabriel, and Goblins: The Sociopolitics of Name-Calling and Nicknaming Mugabe in Post-2000 Zimbabwe

Prior to his recalling by the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) amid national protests in 2017, Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, had, for close to four decades, managed to sustain his rule even when odds seemed overwhelmingly against him. Many studies have b...

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Main Author: Oliver Nyambi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-05-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244018774099