Corwin Luthuli Mhlahlo This paper theoretically rereads pre-colonial Shonas’ subalternity in Yvonne Vera’s Nehanda (1993) in the context of a critique of postcolonial theory and the rise of African studies. It argues that contrary to conventional theories of subalternity, in Vera’s novel however, subalternity does not only arise from racial or class difference. Instead, as…