MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION Informal traders, survival and the contestation for space in the city: A Literary analysis of The Uncertainty of Hope (2006) by Valerie Tagwira A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN AFRICAN AND DIASPORAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH. October 2015 By Nhlanhla Dube Student Number: R 146077E Student: Mr N Dube………………………… (Midlands State University) Promoter: Dr T Musanga …………..………… (Midlands State University) Supervisor‘s Signature……………………………………………………….