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Dr. Victor - Chikaipa

SENIOR LECTURER
Language, Linguistics and Classical Studies

Research Areas

Victor is interested in multi-, trans-, and interdisciplinary research projects in the fields of socio-political and cultural discourses, education and social justice, language aggression and hate speech, social media and society, online social activism, cyber civic engagement and mediated discourse analysis. ,

Profile

Victor Chikaipa PhD is a senior lecturer in the Department of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Malawi. He is interested in multi-, trans-, and interdisciplinary research projects in the fields of socio-political and cultural discourses, education and social justice, language aggression and hate speech, social media and society, online social activism, cyber civic engagement and mediated discourse analysis. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and books.

Publications

  • Book Chapters
    Chikaipa, V. (2026). “(Re)-Imagining Discourses of Corruption in Malawian Newspapers. In U. Akpojivi and T. Chari, Media Accountability and Corruption in Africa. Contestations and Controversies. London: Bloomsbury (2026)
    https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/media-accountability-and-corruption-in-africa-9781350587328/
  • Journal Article
    Chikaipa, V. (2025). Print Media Coverage and the Socio-Contextual Representation of Single-Use Plastics Ban in Malawi. Cogent Arts and Humanities Journal, 12(1) (2025)
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311983.2025.2460314
  • Journal Article
    Chandilanga, H.C. & Chikaipa, V. (2025). ‘No Flowers for the New Boss’: Interrogating Malawian Newspapers Political Cartoon Stereotypical Representations of a Woman Anti-Corruption Bureau Director. Agenda Journal (2025)
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10130950.2025.2504905?src=exp-la
  • Journal Article
    Chikaipa, V. (2023). Preserving indigenous minority languages through community radio in development programmes in Malawi. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. (2023)
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/16073614.2022.2128382?journalCode=rall20
  • Conference Papers
    Multilingualism, Mobility and Space in Urban Public Environments in Southern Africa: Reflecting on Methodological Improvements (2023)
    Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability Conference - SMUS Conference India 2023
  • Journal Article
    Chikaipa, V. (2022). Riding on Slogans and Mottos: Bicycle Taxis as Mobile Bodies of Meaning in Malawi, Language Matters, 53:3, 133-153, (2022)
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10228195.2022.2141829
  • Book
    Manthalu, C.H., Chikaipa, V. and Gunde A.M. (Eds.) 2022. Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa. A Democratic Pedagogy for the Future. London: Routledge – Taylor & Francis Publishers. ISBN 9780367646097 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003125440
  • Book Chapters
    Chikaipa, V., Chirwa, J.A., Manthalu, C.H., and Gunde, A. M. (2022). “Re-imagining discourses of disability at higher education institutions in democratic Malawi.”, In Manthalu, C.H., Chikaipa, V. and Gunde A.M. (Eds.) 2021. Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa. A Democratic Pedagogy for the Future. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Publishers. (2022)
    https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003125440-16/re-imagining-discourses-disability-higher-education-institutions-democratic-malawi-victor-chikaipa-john-chirwa-chikumbutso-manthalu-anthony-gunde
  • Book Chapters
    Manthalu, C.H., Gunde, A.M. and Chikaipa, V., (2022) Towards communication for equality: reconfiguring pedagogical relations in teacher education, In Manthalu, C.H., Chikaipa, V. and Gunde A.M. (Eds.) Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa. A Democratic Pedagogy for the Future. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Publishers. (2022)
  • Book Chapters
    Gunde, A.M., Chikaipa, V., and Manthalu, C.H., (2022). A rhetorical analysis of affirmative action debate towards higher education access in Malawi’s democracy, In Manthalu, C.H., Chikaipa, V. and Gunde A.M. (Eds.) Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa. A Democratic Pedagogy for the Future. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Publishers. (2022)
  • Book Chapters
    Manthalu, C.H., Chikaipa, V. and Gunde, A.M., (2022) “Concretizing democratic deliberation through education”, In Manthalu, C.H., Chikaipa, V. and Gunde A.M. (Eds.) Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa. A Democratic Pedagogy for the Future. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Publishers. (2022)
  • Journal Article
    Chikaipa, V., and Gunde, A. (2021). The Role of Community Radio in Promotion of Indigenous Minority Languages and Cultures in Malawi, Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 28 (2), 327-343. (2021)
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19376529.2020.1751633?journalCode=hjrs20
  • Performance(instrumentalist)
    Gunde, A. & Chikaipa, V. (2021) “Popular Culture as Alternative Media: Reggae Music, Culture and Politics in Malawi’s Democracy,” In H. S. Dunn, D. Moyo, W. O. Lesitaokana and S. B. Barnabas, (Eds.). Re-imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean. Global South Issues in Media, Culture, and Technology. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (2021)
    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-54169-9_16
  • Journal Article
    Chikaipa, V. (2019). Caring Mother or Weak Politician? A Semiotic Analysis of Editorial Cartoon Representations of Joyce Banda in Malawi Newspapers. Critical Arts, South-North Cultural and Media Studies, 33:2, 14-28, DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2019.1655583. (2019)
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02560046.2019.1655583