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There is currently no single-volume history of Zimbabwe that
provides detailed coverage of the country's experience from
precolonial times to the present. This book examines Zimbabwe's
precolonial, colonial and post-colonial social, economic and
political history and relates historical factors and trends to more
recent developments in the country. Zimbabwe is a country with a
rich history, dating from the early San hunter-gatherer societies.
The arrival of British imperial rule in 1890 impacted the country
tremendously, as the European rulers developed and exploited
Zimbabwe's resources, which gave rise to a movement of African
nationalism and demands for independence. This process culminated
in the armed conflict of the 1960s and 1970s, a war of liberation
that ended with Zimbabwe's independence in 1980. The 1990s were
marked by economic decline and the rise of opposition politics. In
1999, Mugabe and his party embarked on a violent and chaotic land
reform program that disrupted the country's prosperous agricultural
sector and plunged the nation's economy into a downward spiral.
Political violence and human rights violations made Zimbabwe an
international pariah state, with struggles continuing to this day.
This book is targeted primarily at students of Zimbabwean history,
but will be useful to both scholars of Zimbabwean history and those
unfamiliar with the country's past.
From early human civilisation to today, this book illuminates the
history of southern Africa. Interweaving social, cultural and
political history, archaeology, anthropology and environmentalism,
Neil Parsons and Alois Mlambo provide an engaging account of the
region's varied past. Placing African voices and agency at centre
stage rather than approaching the subject through a colonial lens,
A History of Southern Africa provides an engrossing narrative of
the region. This textbook is ideal for both undergraduate and
postgraduate students of History and African Studies, and will
provide an essential grounding for those taking courses in the
history of southern Africa. Its lively and accessible approach will
appeal to anyone with an interest in global history.
From Cecil Rhodes' articulation of his white-dream, and British
emigration and settlement, the actions and attitudes of white
Rhodesians and British officialdom have always been contentious,
and relations between Zimbabwe and Britain of great public
interest. This study of the history of white immigration into
Zimbabwe, draws on quotations from government and other sources,
now housed in British and Zimbabwean national archives. The author
traces immigration into Southern Rhodesia from British occupation
in 1890, to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He considers
emigration in the wider context of the changing nature of Britain
and the Empire, and discusses the social engineering carried out by
the Rhodesians and the British: on the one hand to try and ensure a
dominant and economically and industrially successful white class
in Rhodesia, and the maintenance of gender balance in the settler
society; and on the other, to discourage immigration of other white
nationals into Rhodesia. He goes on to show however, how these
racially motivated policies and other historical developments meant
that the Rhodesian dream was never realised.
From early human civilisation to today, this book illuminates the
history of southern Africa. Interweaving social, cultural and
political history, archaeology, anthropology and environmentalism,
Neil Parsons and Alois Mlambo provide an engaging account of the
region's varied past. Placing African voices and agency at centre
stage rather than approaching the subject through a colonial lens,
A History of Southern Africa provides an engrossing narrative of
the region. This textbook is ideal for both undergraduate and
postgraduate students of History and African Studies, and will
provide an essential grounding for those taking courses in the
history of southern Africa. Its lively and accessible approach will
appeal to anyone with an interest in global history.
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