The assassination of Herbert Chitepo : texts and politics in Zimbabwe / Luise White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Luise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assassination.

Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1980-.

Zimbabwe.

Chitepo, H. W--Assassination.

Chitepo, H. W.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. Since then, there have been four confessions and at least as many accusations about who was responsible. In The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo, Luise White does not set out to resolve questions about who was accountable for this horrible murder. Instead, in a style that is as much murder mystery as it is history wr

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Characters in Order of Appearance; A Note on Place Names; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07209-9

0-253-10983-3

OCLC:

52938659