Zakes Mda

511 total citations
19 papers, 217 citations indexed

About

Zakes Mda is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Zakes Mda has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 217 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Anthropology and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Zakes Mda's work include South African History and Culture (5 papers), African history and culture studies (2 papers) and Themes in Literature Analysis (1 paper). Zakes Mda is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (5 papers), African history and culture studies (2 papers) and Themes in Literature Analysis (1 paper). Zakes Mda collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Zakes Mda's co-authors include Derek Attridge, Michiel Heyns, Graham Pechey, Zoë Wicomb, Rita Barnard, André Brink, Péter Horn, Lewis Nkosi, Elleke Boehmer and David Attwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Journal of Southern African Studies and Journal of Human Rights.

In The Last Decade

Zakes Mda

16 papers receiving 119 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zakes Mda United States 6 167 105 63 21 14 19 217
Lewis Nkosi United States 5 172 1.0× 135 1.3× 71 1.1× 22 1.0× 13 0.9× 18 249
Stephen Clingman United States 8 139 0.8× 90 0.9× 24 0.4× 25 1.2× 21 1.5× 22 197
Hein Willemse South Africa 5 124 0.7× 61 0.6× 22 0.3× 25 1.2× 22 1.6× 45 179
Gabeba Baderoon United States 7 118 0.7× 32 0.3× 65 1.0× 18 0.9× 10 0.7× 27 178
G. D. Killam 9 89 0.5× 148 1.4× 73 1.2× 52 2.5× 4 0.3× 15 284
Stephen Slemon Canada 5 103 0.6× 111 1.1× 32 0.5× 13 0.6× 4 0.3× 17 209
Stefan Helgesson Sweden 8 84 0.5× 84 0.8× 53 0.8× 7 0.3× 3 0.2× 41 191
Hugh Grady United States 7 43 0.3× 142 1.4× 31 0.5× 6 0.3× 8 0.6× 29 226
Martin Banham United Kingdom 9 52 0.3× 76 0.7× 37 0.6× 10 0.5× 3 0.2× 28 172
Sam Durrant United Kingdom 7 102 0.6× 45 0.4× 17 0.3× 8 0.4× 4 0.3× 12 156

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zakes Mda

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zakes Mda

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Mda, Zakes. (2009). The Pink Mountain: Landscapes and the Conception of a Literature of Public Action. Journal of the African Literature Association. 3(2). 97–109. 1 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (2009). The Fiction of Reconciliation: Creating Dialogue through Verbal and Performance Arts in South Africa. Journal of Human Rights. 8(2). 121–132. 1 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (2008). A RESPONSE to “Duplicity and Plagiarism in Zakes Mda'sThe Heart of Redness” by Andrew Offenburger. Research in African Literatures. 39(3). 200–203. 11 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (2005). The Whale Caller. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes, et al.. (2005). An Interview with Zakes Mda. ˜The œMissouri review. 28(2). 62–79. 4 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (2002). Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating. Wits University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (2002). Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating: Three Satires. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 9 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1998). Let us play. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Attridge, Derek, Rosemary Jolly, André Brink, et al.. (1998). Writing South Africa. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 92 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1997). Melville 67: A novella for youth. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes, et al.. (1995). When People Play People: Development Communication through Theatre. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 29(1). 154–154. 1 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1995). She Plays with the Darkness: A Novel. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Mda, Zakes. (1995). Ways of Dying. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 54 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1995). Theater and Reconciliation in South Africa. Theater. 25(3). 38–45. 5 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1994). Learning from the ancient wisdom of Africa: In the creation and distribution of messages. Current Writing. 6(2). 139–150. 5 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1993). And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses: Four Works. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 3 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1990). Marotholi Travelling Theatre: towards and alternative perspective of development. Journal of Southern African Studies. 16(2). 352–358. 5 indexed citations
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Mda, Zakes. (1980). We shall sing for the fatherland and other plays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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