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A History of Zimbabwe

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There may be currently no single-volume history of Zimbabwe that provides detailed coverage of the rustic’s experience from precolonial times to the current. This book examines Zimbabwe’s precolonial, colonial and post-colonial social, economic and political history and relates historical factors and trends to more contemporary developments within the country. Zimbabwe is a country with a wealthy history, dating from the early San hunter-gatherer societies. The arrival of British imperial rule in 1890 impacted the rustic tremendously, as the European rulers developed and exploited Zimbabwe’s resources, which gave upward thrust to a movement of African nationalism and demands for independence. This process culminated within the armed conflict of the 1960s and 1970s, a war of liberation that ended with Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980. The 1990s were marked by economic decline and the upward push of opposition politics. In 1999, Mugabe and his party embarked on a violent and chaotic land reform program that disrupted the rustic’s prosperous agricultural sector and plunged the nation’s economy into a downward spiral. Political violence and human rights violations made Zimbabwe an international pariah state, with struggles continuing to nowadays. This book is targeted primarily at students of Zimbabwean history, but can be useful to both scholars of Zimbabwean history and those unfamiliar with the rustic’s past.

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