Pioneers, Settlers, Aliens, Exiles

290 Pages·2010·1.74 MB·English

by  J. L. Fisher

Pioneers, Settlers, Aliens, Exiles
J. L. Fisher

Pioneers, Settlers, Aliens, Exiles
The decolonisation of white identity in Zimbabwe
J. L. Fisher
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Author: Fisher, J. L. (Josephine Lucy)
Title: Pioneers, settlers, aliens, exiles : the decolonisation of white identity in
Zimbabwe / J. L. Fisher.
ISBN: 9781921666148 (pbk.) 9781921666155 (pdf)
Notes: Bibliography.
Subjects: Decolonization--Zimbabwe.
Whites--Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1980-
Zimbabwe--Race relations.
Dewey Number: 320.96891
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Contents
Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1 ..Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 ..Zimbabwe’s.discourse.of.national.reconciliation. . . . . . . . . . . 27
3 ..Re-inscribing.the.national.landscape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4 ..Zimbabwe’s.narrative.of.national.rebirth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5 ..Decolonising.settler.citizenship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6 ..The.mobilisation.of.indigeneity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
7 ..The.loss.of.certainty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
8 ..Zimbabwe’s.governance.and.land.reform.crises—a.postscript.201
9 ..Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
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Abbreviations
AAG Affirmative Action Group
BSAC British South Africa Company
CCJP Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace
CFU Commercial Farmers Union
CZI Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries
ESAP Economic Structural Adjustment Programme
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation (United Nations)
GOZ Government of Zimbabwe
IBDC Indigenous Business Development Council
IBWO Indigenous Business Women’s Organisation
LSCF Large-scale commercial farm
MDC Movement for Democratic Change
NCA National Constitutional Assembly
NGO Non-governmental organisation
OAU Organisation of African Unity
RF Rhodesian Front
SADC Southern African Development Community
SAPs Structural Adjustment Programmes
TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission
UDI Unilateral declaration of independence
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
WFP World Food Programme
ZANLA Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
ZANU Zimbabwe African National Union
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ZANU PF Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
ZAPU Zimbabwe African People’s Union
ZBC Zimbabwe Broadcasting Commission
ZCTU Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions
ZIPRA Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army
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