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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; About the Contributors; Contents; Chapter One -- Theorising Displacement, Elimination and Replacement: An Introduction to Decolonising Land Issues; Introduction; Spirit Possessed but Materially Dispossessed? The Colonial Legitimation of the Displacement of Africans; Displacements from Nation States to Virtual Spaces and Eliminating Ownership Rights over National Resources; Chapter Outlines; References |
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Chapter Two -- Land Dispossession and the Genesis of Crises in Zimbabwe: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods and People-centred Development as Depicted in Selected Zimbabwean Fictional NarrativesIntroduction; Labyrinthine link between Literary Depictions and Theoretical Frameworks-Grounding vis-à-vis deeply-held Land Perceptions/Prejudices; The Post-2000 Land Conundrum and Crisis in Selected Narratives: Appreciation of Crises, Acrimony and Sustainable Development; Conclusion; References |
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Chapter Three -- 'Mapfupa angu achamuka ' (My bones will rise again): Spirituality, History, Memory and Ancestry in Land Ownership 'Debates' in ZimbabweIntroduction; Liberation War: Multidimensional Concepts of Land among the Shona and/or Zimbabwean People; The Role of Spirit Mediums and Ancestors in Life amongst the Shonas; The Link between Land and Ancestry: Spiritualism and the Liberation Wars in Zimbabwe; When the Sins of the 'Ancestors' Haunt the Grandchildren: Politics of Entitlement, The Third Chimurenga and the Discourse of Land Appropriation Without Compensation; Conclusion |
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ReferencesChapter Four-Pegging Out Claims in Space and Place: The Theme of Land Redistribution in the Music of Simon Chimbetu; Introduction; Why Chimbetu?; Some Theoretical Considerations; Orality and the Past; The Zimbabwean Land Redistribution; Chimbetu's Cultural Context; Performance and Entertainment; Metaphor in Chimbetu's Music; Conclusion; References; Chapter Five-Of Mothers, Umbilical Cords and Tongues: Land Ownership, Language and Identity in Chirikure Chirikure's Rukuvhute; Introduction; Background; Theoretical Framework; Of Mothers, Language and Identity. |
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The Mother Tongue and Identity in Chirikure Chirikure's RukuvhuteThe Land and Umbilical Cord in Chirikure Chirikure's Poetry; The Land and the Umbilical Cord in Chirikure's Rukuvhute; Post-colonial Hybridity and Identity in Rukuvhute; Conclusion; References; Chapter Six -- Discourses of Colonial Displacement: The Impetus of Selected Historical Novels; Introduction; Theoretical Framework; Humans and Environmental Degradation; Nature as an Agent of Destruction; Convergence of Post-colonial and Environmental Issues; General Colonialism in Africa; Power Structures |
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The Significance of Land Ownership and Identity |
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Land reform -- Zimbabwe.
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Land reform. |
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Zimbabwe. |
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Land tenure -- Zimbabwe -- History.
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Land tenure. |
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History. |
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Decolonization -- Zimbabwe.
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Decolonization. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kangira, Jairos, 1961- author.
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Nhemachena, Artwell, editor.
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Mlambo, Nelson, 1977- editor.
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Print version: Kangira, Jairos. Displacement, Elimination and Replacement of Indigenous People : Putting into Perspective Land Ownership and Ancestry in Decolonising Contemporary Zimbabwe. Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2019 9789956550319 |
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9956550914 |
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9789956550913 (electronic book) |
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