Remembering Colonialism in Zimbabwe

This book examines the various ways in which colonialism in Zimbabwe is remembered, looking both at how people analyse, perceive, and interpret the past, and how they rewrite that past. Drawing on the expertise of Zimbabwean scholars, this book will appeal to researchers of decolonisation, and of African history and memory.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Remembering Colonialism in Zimbabwe2. 'We Cannot Run Away from Our Shadow': Memories of Colonialism in Zimbabwe, 2000-20183. Discursive entanglement? Concealed discourses of colonial memory in President Mnangagwa's Heroes' Acre speeches 4. 'The Past haunting the Present': State Machinery and reuse of Colonial Legislations in Zimbabwe's Political Transitioning 7. Remembering Droughts and Irrigation: Government and Food Security in Southern Rhodesia, 1890-19538. The Church, Missionaries, and the Construction of Black Masculinities in Eastern Zimbabwe, in the first half of the 20th Century

About the author

Ivan Marowa is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Heritage and Knowledge Systems, University of Zimbabwe.
Ushehwedu Kufakurinani is a Research Fellow, School of History, University of St. Andrews, Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg and in the Department of History, Archaeology and Development Studies at Great Zimbabwe University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ushehwedu Kufakurinani (Editor), Ivan Marowa (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032598642
• ISBN: 978-1-032-59864-2
• No. of pages: 178
• Weight: 350 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Africa, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Developing Countries, Colonialism & imperialism, Regional Studies, Comparative Politics, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, African History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies