Selected Publications:
Books
Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi, Armindo Ngunga, Nhira Edgar Mberi & Francis Matambirofa. 2013. A Descriptive Grammar of Shona. Harare: Sable Press, 268pp. ISBN 978-0-7974-5482-8.
Nomalanga Mpofu. 2009. The Shona Adjective as a Prototypical Category. Acta Humaniora No. 407, University of Oslo: UniPub, 236pp. ISSN 0806-3222.
Dictionaries
Herbert Chimhundu, Esau Mangoya, Moreblessings Chitauro-Mawema, Emmanuel Chabata, Nomalanga Mpofu & Webster Mavhu. 2001. Duramazwi Guru reChiShona. (A monolingual Shona dictionary). Harare: College Press Publishers, 1228pp.
Nomalanga Mpofu, Herbert Chimhundu, Esau Mangoya & Emmanuel Chabata. 2004. Duramazwi reUrapi neUtano. 2004. (A Shona-English Biomedical Terms Dictionary). Gweru: Mambo Press, 106pp.
Reference Manuals
Mwangi, M., Muigai, N.N., Muasya, R., Muli, B., Wesonga, J., Musundire, R., Mpofu-Hamadziripi, N. et al. 2014. Agriculture Teaching Skills in Higher Education Institutions. EDULINK Project FED/2013/320-148. ISBN 978 9966 7415 8X.
Mwangi, M., Muigai, N.N, Kaugi, E., Musundire, R., Mpofu-Hamadziripi, N., Muasya, R., Bua, B., Mezzetti, B., Steutzel H. 2014. Reference Manual on Curriculum Development Skills for Agriculture in Higher Education Institutions. ISBN 97899667415 8 X © Kenyatta University.
Book chapters
Herbert Chimhundu, Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi & Emmanuel Chabata. 2019. The Catalytic Role of Monolingual Lexicography in Language Development: Impact of the ALLEX Shona Dictionaries. In Doerr, M., Eide, Ø., Grønvik, O. & Kjelsvik, B. Humanists and the digital toolbox. In honour of Christian-Emil Smith Øre. Oslo: Norvus Forlag, pp153-178. ISBN 978-82-8390-012-5.
Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi, Jacob Mapara & Nhira E. Mberi. 2016. Language, Culture and Identity: The Vehicle through which Dreams Come True. In Mararike, C.G. &Vengeyi, O. (eds.). Knowledge Production and African Universities: A Struggle Against Social Death. Harare: University ofZimbabwe Publications, pp. 26-38.
Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi & Courage Bangira. 2017a. African Languages in Science, Technology and Sustainable Development. In Mapara J. & Chiweshe, M. (eds.). Issues of Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe, Chapter 9. Chinhoyi University of Technology Publications. Chapter 6: 78-89.
Silas T. Bvekerwa, Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi, & Soul Shava. 2017b. Sustainability in Africa: Views from African Philosophy and Worldview. In Mapara J. & Chiweshe, M. Issues of Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe. Chinhoyi University of Technology Publications. Chapter 8: 111-128.
Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi & Nhira E. Mberi. 2017c. Linguistic Diversity and Sustainability: Indigenous Knowledge Insights of the Indigenous Foods of Zimbabwe. In Mapara J. & Chiweshe, M. (eds.). Issues of Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe, Chapter 11. Chinhoyi University of Technology Publications. Chapter 11: 169-180.
Herbert Chimhundu, Langa Khumalo & Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi. 2017d. African Lexicography, Terminology and Living Heritage: Impact of the ALLEX-CROBOL Projects. In Kjelsvik, B., Ore, C-E.S., Wetås, Å., Worren, D. (eds.) Målreising og Morsmålsdokumentasjon. Heidersskrift til Oddrun Grønvik ved 70-årsleitet. Oslo: Novus Forlag, pp121-144. ISBN 978-82-9099-889-0.
Jacob Mapara & Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi. 2014. Language, Indigenous Knowledge and Survival Strategies. In Mararike, C.G. (ed.), Land: An Empowerment Asset for Africa – The Human Factor Perspective. Chapter 11: 166-181.
Journal articles:
Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi & Franz Rauch. 2020. Global Learning and Sustainability and the Impetus for Transformational Imperatives in Higher Education in Zimbabwe: Lessons from the Austria Model. Special Issue – South/North Perspectives on Global Learning for Sustainable Development. Forthcoming.
Believe Mubonderi & Nomalanga Mpofu-Hamadziripi. 2018. Speaking the Unspeakable: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Tabooed Language in Shona. Catholic University of Zimbabwe: The Fountain Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol 2(1): pp.104-128.
Armindo Ngunga & Nomalanga Mpofu. 2013. A Study of Locatives in Bantu: The Case of Shona and Yaawo. LASU Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.44-55. ISSN 1681-2794.
Grants Awarded:
Awarding body: NUFU Norway
Title: Project on the Standardization and Harmonization of Cross-Border Languages (CROBOL) – 2007 to 2011 (NUFU Pro 2007-10225)
Grant allocation: NOK 5 753 000
Role: Co-applicant and Country Coordinator
Research Experience:
– Project on Enhancing Nutrition and Food Security through Improved Capacity of Agricultural Higher Education Institutions in East and Southern Africa (EDULINK Project FED/2013/320-148); Role: Curriculum consultant
– African Languages Lexical (ALLEX) Project (1993-2006) – NUFU funded project no. 28/96.
Role: Researcher
Research interests:
Applied linguistics
Higher education teaching and learning
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Sustainable Development