Title: Violence & 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.
Subjects: History, National liberation movements, Shangani River Massacre, Zimbabwe, 1893, Terrorism, History - General History, History: World, Africa, Africa - South - Republic of South Africa, Africa - South - South Africa, Ethnic Studies - General, Sociology - General, History / Africa, Africa - General, Shangani River Massacre, Zimba, Shangani River Valley, Shangani River Valley (Zimbabw, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, social conditions, Zimbabwe, history, Violence, Insurgency
Places: Shangani River Valley, Shangani River Valley (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe