Strangers, spirits, and land reforms : conflicts about land in Dande, northern Zimbabwe / by M. J. Spierenburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spierenburg, Marja, author.

Series:

Afrika-Studiecentrum Series ; 3.

Afrika-Studiecentrum Series ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Zimbabwe--Dande.

Land reform.

Rural development--Zimbabwe--Dande.

Rural development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2004]

Summary:

This book describes efforts by the Zimbabwean government to enforce land reforms on African farmers in northern Zimbabwe. These efforts compounded rather than alleviated the problem of land scarcity for black small-scale farmers, a problem government now allegedly seeks to redress through invasions of white-owned farms. The book describes the similarities between the post-Independence land reforms and those attempted by the Rhodesian regime. The land reforms in Dande rendered a considerable number of farmers officially landless. The book describes the resulting internal conflicts over land within the communities in Dande as well as the more concerted forms of resistance of these communities vis-a-vis the state. Attention is also given to the role the spirit mediums of the royal ancestors (Mhondoro) played in this resistance.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Maps, Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

1 INTRODUCTION: OF NARRATNES AND LAND REFORMS

2 SETTING THE SCENE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DANDE

3 STRANGERS AND LAND: LAND-USE BEFORE THE MID-ZAMBEZI PROJECT

4 THE MID-ZAMBEZI RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

5 UP THERE, DOWN HERE: STRUGGLES BETWEEN PROJECT STAFF AND LOCAL RESIDENTS

6 MHONDORO MEDIUMS AND THE MID-ZAMBEZI RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

7 A NEW MEDIUM FOR CHITSUNGO: RESISTANCE AGAINST TWO IRRIGATION PROJECTS

8 INTERNAL CONFLICTS: MIGRANTS, MHONDORO AND WITCHCRAFT

9 CONCLUSIONS

10 EPILOGUE

References

Index.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Amsterdam, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-249) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-474-1408-X

OCLC:

652285565

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047414087 DOI