Crosses conventional theoretical, temporal, and geographical
boundaries to show how the Ndau of southeast Africa actively shaped
their own identity over a four-hundred-year period. With this first
comprehensive history of the Ndau of eastern Zimbabwe and central
Mozambique, Elizabeth MacGonagle moves beyond national borders to
show how cultural identities are woven from historical memories
that predate the arrival of missionaries and colonial officials on
the African continent. Drawing on archival records and oral
histories from throughout the Ndau region, her study analyzes the
complex relationships between social identity and political power
from 1500 to 1900. Ndauness has been created and recreated within
communities through marriages and social structures, cultural
practices that mark the body, and rituals that help to sustain
shared beliefs. A senseof being Ndau continues to exist into the
present, despite different colonial histories, postcolonial
trajectories, and official languages in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
MacGonagle's study of ethnic identities among the marginalizedNdau
sheds light on the conflicts and divisions that haunt southeast
Africa today. This compelling interpretation of the crafting of
identity in one corner of Africa has relevance for readers
interested in identity formation andethnic conflict around the
world. Elizabeth MacGonagle is Assistant Professor of African
History at the University of Kansas.
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