Violence ; Memory

Description:

"Violence has powerfully shaped the history and memory of the past in Matabeleland, from the wars of colonial conquest in the 1890s to the devastating post-colonial violence of the 1980s. The story told in this book concerns the remote, forested wilderness of the Shangani Reserve. It is the story of the settlement of a disease-ridden frontier and its transformation, first into the rural heartland of a nationalist movement, and later into a refuge for post-liberation 'dissidents'." "Silence has surrounded the history of this region of Zimbabwe, and this silence has produced a profound sense of exclusion from national memory. This book helps to break that silence and redress the imbalances of national history."--Back cover.

subjects: History,  National liberation movements,  Shangani River Massacre, Zimbabwe, 1893,  Terrorism,  History - General History,  History: World,  Africa,  Africa - South - Republic of South Africa,  Africa - South - South Africa,  Ethnic Studies - General,  Sociology - General,  History / Africa,  Africa - General,  Shangani River Massacre, Zimba,  Shangani River Valley,  Shangani River Valley (Zimbabw,  Zimbabwe,  Zimbabwe, social conditions,  Zimbabwe, history,  Violence,  Insurgency

Places: Shangani River Valley,  Shangani River Valley (Zimbabwe),  Zimbabwe