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Prisoners of Rhodesia : inmates and detainees in the struggle for Zimbabwean liberation, 1960-1980 /

Between 1961 and 1979, African nationalists engaged in a protracted guerrilla war that ultimately ended white rule in colonial Rhodesia. During the conflict, the settler regime responded by imprisoning numerous activists and others it suspected of being aligned with the guerrillas. This book is the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Munochiveyi, Munyaradzi B. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Collection:African histories and modernities.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: The prison as a site of struggle during Zimbabwe's liberation war
  • The growth of African opposition and intensified state political repression in Rhodesia, 1960-1970s
  • Getting arrested : oral histories of violence, torture, and arrest in Rhodesia, 1960-1979
  • Life in detention : oral histories of confinement in Rhodesian detention centers
  • Life behind bars : oral histories of life inside Rhodesian prisons, 1965-1980
  • Epilogue: Life beyond bars and legacies of incarceration in colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe, 1965-2000
  • Conclusion.