Violence & memory
Subtitle: one hundred years in the "dark forests" of Matabeleland
By: Jocelyn Alexander, JoAnn McGregor & Terence Ranger.
Contributors: McGregor, JoAnn.; Ranger, T. O.
Series: Social history of Africa,
Publisher: James Currey; Heinemann
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Shangani River Massacre, Zimbabwe, 1893.; National liberation movements -- Zimbabwe -- Shangani River Valley -- History.; Terrorism -- Zimbabwe -- Shangani River Valley -- History.; Shangani River Valley (Zimbabwe) -- History.
Other titles: Violence and memory
Description: "Violence has powerfully shaped the history and memory of the past in Matabeleland, from the wars of colonial conquest in the 1890s to the devastating post-colonial violence of the 1980s. The story told in this book concerns the remote, forested wilderness of the Shangani Reserve. It is the story of the settlement of a disease-ridden frontier and its transformation, first into the rural heartland of a nationalist movement, and later into a refuge for post-liberation 'dissidents'." "Silence has surrounded the history of this region of Zimbabwe, and this silence has produced a profound sense of exclusion from national memory. This book helps to break that silence and redress the imbalances of national history."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-288) and index.