This book explores the unique contributions of various forms of
post-2000 life-writings such as the autobiography, epistles, and
biographies, to discourses about the nature and socio-politics of
what has become known as the Zimbabwean crisis (c. 2000-2009). Much
of what has been written about the Zimbabwean crisis - a
decade-long period of unprecedented economic collapse and political
upheavals in the southern African country - is strictly
discipline-specific and therefore limited to unidimensional modes
of theorising the crisis's many and complex dimensions and
dynamics. In this context, this book charts a paradigm shift in
hermeneutic and epistemological approaches to comprehending the
Zimbabwean crisis. Life-Writing from the Margins in Zimbabwe
centres the experiences and memories of ordinary Zimbabweans in
pluralizing modes of seeing and knowing the crisis. The book argues
that these life-writings present a rich site for encountering
versions of the crisis that relate in counter-discursive ways, to
the dominant, state-authored narrative of the nation in crisis.
Oliver Nyambi's analysis contributes new ideas to ongoing debates
about how cultural texts reflect on the postcoloniality of both
power, and experiences and negotiations of power in the context of
crisis. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of
African literature, Zimbabwean/African studies, postcolonial
literature, life-writing and cultural studies.
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