Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Zimbabwe’s Liberation Struggle: Revolutionaries and Sellouts
About this ebook
Most historiographies characterize Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle as being defined by simple bifurcations along racial, ethnic, class and ideological perspectives. This book argues that the nationalist struggle is far more complex than such simple configurations would suggest, and that many actors have been overlooked in the analysis. The book broadens our understanding by analysing the roles of a wide range of political figures, organizations, and members of the military, as well as the media and the often overlooked part that women played. Over the course of the book, the contributors also reflect on the ways in which revolutionary figures have been repainted as “sellouts”, in particular by the ZANU PF ruling party, and what that means for the country’s interpretation of their recent past.
Highlighting in particular, the expertise of leading scholars from within Zimbabwe, across a range of disciplines, this book will be of interest to researchers of African history, politics and postcolonial studies.
About the author
Munyaradzi Nyakudya is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Zimbabwe, and Editorial Board Member of the History in Africa journal.
Wesley Mwatwara is Senior Lecturer in History, Department of Arts, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa.
Joseph Mujere is Lecturer in History at the University of York, and a researcher in the Society, Work and Politics Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
