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Displacement, Elimination and Replacement of Indigenous People : Putting into Perspective Land Ownership and Ancestry in Decolonising Contemporary Zimbabwe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kangira, Jairos, 1961- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Nhemachena, Artwell (Editor ), Mlambo, Nelson, 1977- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; About the Contributors; Contents; Chapter One
  • Theorising Displacement, Elimination and Replacement: An Introduction to Decolonising Land Issues; Introduction; Spirit Possessed but Materially Dispossessed? The Colonial Legitimation of the Displacement of Africans; Displacements from Nation States to Virtual Spaces and Eliminating Ownership Rights over National Resources; Chapter Outlines; References
  • Chapter Two
  • Land Dispossession and the Genesis of Crises in Zimbabwe: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods and People-centred Development as Depicted in Selected Zimbabwean Fictional NarrativesIntroduction; Labyrinthine link between Literary Depictions and Theoretical Frameworks-Grounding vis-à-vis deeply-held Land Perceptions/Prejudices; The Post-2000 Land Conundrum and Crisis in Selected Narratives: Appreciation of Crises, Acrimony and Sustainable Development; Conclusion; References
  • Chapter Three
  • 'Mapfupa angu achamuka ' (My bones will rise again): Spirituality, History, Memory and Ancestry in Land Ownership 'Debates' in ZimbabweIntroduction; Liberation War: Multidimensional Concepts of Land among the Shona and/or Zimbabwean People; The Role of Spirit Mediums and Ancestors in Life amongst the Shonas; The Link between Land and Ancestry: Spiritualism and the Liberation Wars in Zimbabwe; When the Sins of the 'Ancestors' Haunt the Grandchildren: Politics of Entitlement, The Third Chimurenga and the Discourse of Land Appropriation Without Compensation; Conclusion
  • The Mother Tongue and Identity in Chirikure Chirikure's RukuvhuteThe Land and Umbilical Cord in Chirikure Chirikure's Poetry; The Land and the Umbilical Cord in Chirikure's Rukuvhute; Post-colonial Hybridity and Identity in Rukuvhute; Conclusion; References; Chapter Six
  • Discourses of Colonial Displacement: The Impetus of Selected Historical Novels; Introduction; Theoretical Framework; Humans and Environmental Degradation; Nature as an Agent of Destruction; Convergence of Post-colonial and Environmental Issues; General Colonialism in Africa; Power Structures