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Author |
: Franziska Kramer |
Publisher |
: African Books Collective |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 2019-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781779223494 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1779223498 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Windows into Zimbabwe by : Franziska Kramer
Over the past fifteen years, Weaver Press has published seven anthologies of some one hundred short stories giving voice to new and established Zimbabwean writers. In Windows into Zimbabwe Franziska Kramer and Jrgen Kramer have selected from these anthologies twenty-three stories, which they consider the best or most representative of a particular period in the Zimbabwean narrative since 1980. They present the stories within sections which frame certain themes such as Independence, Gukurahundi, Land, Gender Relations, Money Matters, Social Relations, Exile and Resilience. For the general reader, Windows into Zimbabwe contains some wonderful stories rich in insight, perception, nuance and humour. Writers such as Charles Mungoshi, Petina Gappah, NoViolet Bulawayo, Valerie Tagwira and Shimmer Chinodya are included as well as relative newcomers with new perceptions and fresh voices. The compilers have also provided an introductory overview casting light on the relationship between fiction and society; and for teachers(in schools, colleges and universities) each story is accompanied by explanatory notes, questions and study tasks to further the readers understanding. Windows into Zimbabwe will positively deepen your appreciation of the country and its people.
Author |
: Tagwira, Valerie |
Publisher |
: Weaver Press |
Total Pages |
: 319 |
Release |
: 2020-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781779223708 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1779223706 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Trapped by : Tagwira, Valerie
Valerie Tagwira has a gift for capturing the mood of a social or political moment: its concerns, unease, compromises and hopes. So it is with her second novel, Trapped. Trapped explores the lives of three characters: Unesu is a doctor, Cashleen trained as a journalist and Delta qualified as a chemical engineer. Unesu is employed, but his work exposes him to the deficiencies in the system every day as he faces the challenges of life and death. Each of the two young women, good friends, daunted by having their job applications repeatedly rejected, make moral and ethical compromises in order to find work, or at least an income that will pay their bills. These three individuals provide the pivot around which the action unfolds, introducing the reader to people and situations that paint a vital picture of life in Harare at a time of crisis, when survival depends on courage, determination, friendship and humour.
Author |
: Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 319 |
Release |
: 2023-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107190818 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107190819 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Election Violence in Zimbabwe by : Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai
Explores the history and significance of election violence in Zimbabwe from the 1980s to the present day.
Author |
: Tendai Mangena |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2021-12-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000520996 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000520994 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Zimbabwean Crisis after Mugabe by : Tendai Mangena
This book examines the ways in which political discourses of crisis and ‘newness’ are (re)produced, circulated, naturalised, received and contested in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe. Going beyond the ordinariness of conventional political, human and social science methods, the book offers new and engaging multi-disciplinary approaches that treat discourse and language as important sites to encounter the politics of contested representations of the Zimbabwean crisis in the wake of the 2017 coup. The book centres discourse on new approaches to contestations around the discursive framing of various aspects of the socio-economic and political crisis related to significant political changes in Zimbabwe post-2017. Contributors in this volume, most of whom experienced the complex transition first-hand, examine some of the ways in which language functions as a socio-cultural and political mechanism for creating imaginaries, circulating, defending and contesting conceptions, visions, perceptions and knowledges of the post-Mugabe turn in the Zimbabwean crisis and its management by the "New Dispensation". This book will be of interest to scholars of African studies, postcolonial studies, language/discourse studies, African politics and culture.
Author |
: Valerie Tagwira |
Publisher |
: Jacana Media |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781770095410 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1770095411 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Uncertainty of Hope by : Valerie Tagwira
Author |
: Logan Cochrane |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 287 |
Release |
: 2021-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030607890 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030607895 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Transnational Land Rush in Africa by : Logan Cochrane
This volume provides up-to-date information on what has happened in the African ‘land rush’, providing national case studies for countries that were heavily impacted. The research will be a critical resource for students, researchers, advocates and policy makers as it provides detailed, long-term assessments of a broad range of national contexts. In addition to the specific questions of land and investment, this book sheds light on the broader international political economy of development in different African countries.
Author |
: Dr David Hilling |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 2003-10-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134777259 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134777256 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Transport and Developing Countries by : Dr David Hilling
Examining the links between irregular and inefficient transport methods and economic progress, the author explains that it can only be effective if timing, location and technology are carefully chosen.
Author |
: Andrew Meldrum |
Publisher |
: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2007-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781555846909 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1555846904 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Where We Have Hope by : Andrew Meldrum
A journalist’s harrowing account of life in Zimbabwe—and the human rights atrocities perpetuated—under President Robert Mugabe’s despotic rule. Where We Have Hope is the gripping memoir of a young American journalist. In 1980, Andrew Meldrum arrived in a Zimbabwe flush with new independence, and he fell in love with the country and its optimism. But over the twenty years he lived there, Meldrum watched as President Robert Mugabe consolidated power and the government evolved into despotism. In May 2003, Meldrum, the last foreign journalist still working in the dangerous and chaotic nation, was illegally forced to leave his adopted home. Meldrum’s unflinching work describes the terror and intimidation Mugabe’s government exercised on both the press and citizens, and the resiliency of Zimbabweans determined to overturn Mugabe and demand the free society they were promised. “[A] remarkable odyssey . . . A compelling and, ultimately, heartbreaking story that demands to be read by anyone concerned about contemporary Africa.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Author |
: Mawere, Munyaradzi |
Publisher |
: Langaa RPCIG |
Total Pages |
: 350 |
Release |
: 2015-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789956792825 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9956792829 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Museums in the Making by : Mawere, Munyaradzi
One of the central theoretical and practical issues in post-colonial Africa is the relevance, nature, and politics at play in the management of museum institutions on the continent. Most African museums were established during the 19th and 20th centuries as European imperialists were spreading their colonial tentacles across the continent. The attainment of political independence has done little to undo or correct the obnoxious situation. Most African countries continue to practice colonial museology despite surging scholarship and calls by some Afro-centric and critical scholars the world over to address the quandaries on the continent's museum institutions. There is thus an unresolved struggle between the past and the present in the management of museums in Africa. In countries such as Zimbabwe, the struggle in museum management has been precipitated by the sharp economic downturn that has gripped the country since the turn of the millennium. In view of all these glitches, this book tackles the issue of the management of heritage in Zimbabwe. The book draws on the findings by scholars and researchers from different academic orientations and backgrounds to advance the thesis that museums and museology in Zimbabwe face problems of epic proportions that require urgent attention. It makes insightful suggestions on possible solutions to the tapestry of the inexorably enigmatic amalgam of complex problems haunting museum institutions in Zimbabwe, calling for a radical transformation of museology as a discipline in the process. This book should appeal to policy makers, scholars, researchers and students from disciplines such as museology, archaeology, social-cultural anthropology, and culture and heritage studies.
Author |
: Deanna Swaney |
Publisher |
: Lonely Planet |
Total Pages |
: 856 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105070636639 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Zimbabwe, Botswana & Namibia by : Deanna Swaney
Featuring a wide range of options for restaurants and accommodations, practical information on health, visas, and transportation, itineraries for varying time frames, comprehensive overviews of the politics and culture of each area, plus comprehensive maps and a 32-page color safari section, this guide offers the best travel information available for Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia.