RT Article
T1 Hate speech as a politico-religious tool in contemporary Zimbabwe
JF Journal of religion in Africa
VO 51
IS 3/4
SP 348
OP 363
A1 Sande, Nomatter
A1 Maforo, Byron
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1797403621
AB The dawn of the new second Republic of Zimbabwe raised the hopes of the people of Zimbabwe for a moment. Zimbabwe has experienced diverse challenges, including socioeconomic meltdowns, a decline in the rule of law, and human rights abuse. To address these challenges politicians and religious leaders use ‘hate speech’ to express their ideologies and criticise their opponents’ struggle to win people. The availability of social media has made it easy for these attacking statements to reach a wider audience. Through documentary analysis, this article explores how politicians and religious leaders use hate speech as electioneering and a response to the problems bedeviling Zimbabwe. This study concludes that hate speech from politicians and religious leaders is socialising some Zimbabweans into violent, angry individuals, murderers, and vandals. The problem of hate speech is that it creates violence, causes psychological effects, dehumanises people, and conditions a negative national trait.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 360-363, Literaturhinweise
K1 Politische Mobilisierung
K1 Politik
K1 Politiker
K1 Religion
K1 Würdenträger
K1 second Republic of Zimbabwe
K1 Christian response
K1 Hate Speech
K1 Politics
K1 Simbabwe
DO 10.1163/15700666-12340210