Do ‘Zimbabweans’ Exist?

Trajectories of Nationalism, National Identity Formation and Crisis in a Postcolonial State

von Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

414 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book examines the triumphs and tribulations of the Zimbabwean national project, providing a radical and critical analysis of the fossilisation of Zimbabwean nationalism against the wider context of African nationalism in general. The book departs radically from the common ‘praise-texts’ in seriously engaging with the darker aspects of nationalism, including its failure to create the nation-as-people, and to install democracy and a culture of human rights. The author examines how the various people inhabiting the lands between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers entered history and how violence became a central aspect of the national project of organising Zimbabweans into a collectivity in pursuit of a political end.

• Reihe: Africa in Development
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Besondere Ereignisse und Themen Kolonialismus und Imperialismus
• ISBN: 9783039119417
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2009
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers