Tears of the dead : the social biography of an African family / Richard P. Werbner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werbner, Richard P., author.

Series:

International African library.

International African library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kalanga (African people)--History.

Kalanga (African people).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Illuminating 100 years of family history in Western Zimbabwe, from the colonial period to the present, this social biography is the first account of its kind for southern Africa. At the heart of the book are the life histories of several generations of Kalanga men and women in a single extended family. Together they chronicle the family's endurance and empowerment in the face of large scale eviction, displacement from home, the threat of imposed resettlement, guerrilla war, and near starvation in a food blockade.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of illustrations, maps and genealogies

Introduction

1 Dislocation and the struggle over land

2 Living with Europeans in our country: Tobela reflects

3 Nostalgia, quarrel stories, and cautionary moments: grandparents recall

4 Justification, rivalry and romance: moral argument in the second generation

5 Remembered ordeals: voices of the unvanquished

6 Away from home: granddaughters, mutual security, and the revival of the past

Brief profiles

Sources and bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7353-9