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AN AFROCENTRIC ANATOMY OF MPOFU’S SOCIAL MEDIA ROAR

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Communication Technology
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Abstract

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and etc have received the attention of the scholars in Media and Communication Studies, Political Science, Public Administration and other cognate academic disciplines. From the academic literature produced thus far, it is clear that social media is not uniformly understood even by those who research, write and publish from a common epistemic vintage point, which is largely dominated by Westernised consciousness. As such, this desktop paper employs Afrocentricity as an alternative and contextual lens to dissect Shepherd Mpofu's recent Facebook roar. The latter is complimented by a few rants featured on other platforms including but not limited to WhatsApp and Twitter. The main argument of this paper is that due to their less regulated nature, Facebook and other social media platforms have become useful tools for nursing the tortured consciousness of Mpofu and et al whose egos have been injured by what appears to be an invalidation of their past intellectual contributions on Gukurahundi.

DOI

10.21608/ijimct.2024.218919.1047

Keywords

facebook, Afrocentricity, South Africa, Gukurahundi. scholarship

Authors

First Name

Kgothatso

Last Name

Shai

MiddleName

Brucely

Affiliation

University of Limpopo, Department of Cultural and Political Studies, South Africa

Email

skgothatso@yahoo.com

City

Polokwane

Orcid

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1169-7996

Volume

6

Article Issue

1

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48082

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2023-06-20

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

17

Page End

1

Print ISSN

2682-2105

Online ISSN

2682-2881

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975

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Publication Title

The International Journal of Informatics, Media and Communication Technology

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https://ijimct.journals.ekb.eg/

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AN AFROCENTRIC ANATOMY OF MPOFU’S SOCIAL MEDIA ROAR

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24 Dec 2024