Staff Profiles: MSU National Language Institute
Professor Wiseman Magwa
Position: Executive Director
Research Interests
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Language planning and policy
Language teaching
Heritage and Culture
Professor William Lungisani Chigidi
Position: Senior Language Researcher-Shona
Research interests
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Indigenous knowledge systems
Literature
Oral literature
African culture.
Detective fiction.
Dr. Vincent Jenjekwa
Position: Language Research Fellow
Research Interests
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Sociolinguistics
Onomastics
Linguistic landscapes
Academic and Professional Communication
Language policy and planning
Contemporary issues in Education
Literary Studies
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Adrian Mafa Phiri
Position: Language Researcher - Nambya
Research Interests
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Language policy and planning
Language education
Oral literature
Amon Mudenda
Position: Language Research Assistant - Tonga
Research Interests
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Tonga morphology
Tonga culture and gender
Education and culture
Hlalani Ndhlovu
Position: Language Research Assistant-Kalanga
Research Interests
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Indigenous Language Development through literature production
Indigenous Language Teaching And Learning
Comparative Studies For Zimbabwean Indigenous Language Orthographies For Dialectal Languages
Kalanga Folklore
Mr. Tendai Chirimaunga
Position: Language Research Assistant - Barwe
Research Interests:
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phonology
morphology
lexicography
terminography
onomastics
translation and interpertation
oral literature
sociolinguistics
language policy and planning
indigenous knowledge systems
Fatuma Banda
Position: Language Research Assistant (Shangani)
Research Interests:
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Oral Literature
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Gender and Culture
MARETHA DUBE
Position: Language Researcher-Sotho
Research Interests
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Indigenous knowledge systems
Indigenous languages and education
Language and policy issues
Bhasera Maruzani
Position: Language Researcher – Braille
Research interests:
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Inclusion of persons with disabilities
Braille technology
Visual impairment and braille
Deaf-blind and tactile signing
Disability in the community
Sebastian Wilbert Rwakonda
Position: Language Researcher - Sign Language
Research interests
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Sign language and deaf education
Issues on inclusion of persons with disabilities
Assistive technology and deaf education.
Ms NHEMACHENA NANCY
Position: Research Assistant – English Language
Research interests:
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Language Technology
Academic and Professional Communication
Language Policy and Planning
Language teaching
Literature
Ms AGNES NOMBEMBE
Position: RESEARCH ASSISTANT-XHOSA
Research Interests:
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LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING
LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES