War Veterans in Zimbabwe's Revolution: Challenging neo-colonialism and settler and international capital - Hardcover

Sadomba, Zvakanyorwa Wilbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847010253 ISBN 13: 9781847010254

Publisher: James Currey, 2011

Synopsis

Traces the roots of Zimbabwe's well known, but little analysed, revolution of 2000 to the 1970s guerrilla war, revealing the foundational philosophies, cosmologies and experiences that are manifest in the War Veterans-led revolution. The book is a bold account of an ongoing bottom-up struggle against neo-colonialism, settler economy and international capital. It traces the unfolding events of Zimbabwe's war of liberation, revealing little-known facts that help to explain the complexity of current politics, ideology and class conflicts. Based on grounded empirical research this scholarly analysis differs significantly from the standard journalistic accounts of this topic. The book illustrates that the popular land occupations of 2000 were part of a much wider current under the surface that reconfigured industry, mining, finance, commerce and trade. War Veterans led a revolution that challenged the state, ruling ZANU PF, the MDC, President Robert Mugabe, settler and international capital. Zimbabwe's revolution sets a new agenda and raises anew the intriguing question 'what are the people of Africa trying to free themselves from and what are they trying to establish?' BR> Zvakanyorwa Wilbert Sadomba is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Weaver Press

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Review:

A thorough account of the pain, poverty and repression that the country went through as the locals sought and aspired for political independence. JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES

Offers a historical perspective that traces the origins of the conflict, providing an analysis that traces the deep-seated roots of the war veterans' frustration. [...] Provides a vivid account of [the author's] personal experiences and a thorough account of the pain, poverty and repression that the country went through. JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES

About the Author:

Zvakanyorwa Wilbert Sadomba is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe

About this edition

• Publisher: James Currey
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847010253
• ISBN 13: 9781847010254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 259