Becoming Zimbabwe. A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008

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Becoming Zimbabwe is the primary comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Morgan Tsvangirai, expressed the desire for a ‘more open and essential process of writing history in Zimbabwe. …The history of a nation-in-the-making will have to not be reduced to a selective heroic tradition, but will have to be a tolerant and continuing process of questioning and re-examination.’ Becoming Zimbabwe tracks the speculation of national belonging and citizenship and explores the character of state rule, the changing contours of the political economy, and the regional and international dimensions of the rustic’s history.

In their Introduction, Brian Raftopoulos and Alois Mlambo enlarge on these themes, and Gerald Mazarire’s opening chapter sets the pre-colonial background. Sabelo Ndlovu tracks the history as much as WW11, and Alois Mlambo reviews developments within the settler economy and the emergence of nationalism leading to UDI in 1965. The politics and economics of the UDI period, and the following war of liberation, are covered by Joesph Mtisi, Munyaradzi Nyakudya and Teresa Barnes. After independence in 1980, Zimbabwe enjoyed a period of buoyancy and hope. James Muzondidya’s chapter details the transition ‘from buoyancy to crisis’, and Brian Raftopoulos concludes the book with an analysis of the decade-long crisis and the global political agreement which followed.

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