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Title: | Picturing Zimbabwe's 2008 elections |
Author: | Kabwato, Chris |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Media Studies |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 263-277 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | elections 2008 photography election campaigns |
Abstract: | Elections in Africa often bring out passionate political activity that epitomizes Africans' quest for genuine democracy. This visual essay presents images taken during the bitterly contested 2008 election in Zimbabwe, involving as protagonists Zimbabwe's long-time ruler (since 1980) Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (formed in 1999). The images presented carry ideologies, passions and multiple messages on Zimbabwean politics and politicians. They reflect intricate relationships between the ruled and the rulers, political promises, adoration and fallouts, together with electoral aspirations and feelings of betrayal held by ordinary voters. Altogether the visual essay captures the possibilities and limitations of the visual media in representing the choices of voters in Zimbabwe, one of Africa's most troubled democracies. Sum. [Journal abstract] |