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Redemptive or Grotesque Nationalism
Rethinking Contemporary Politics in Zimbabwe
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Edited By Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and James Muzondidya
At the beginning of 2000, with the launch of the so-called
Third Chimurenga, Zimbabwean nationalism revealed some of its most grotesque aspects, resulting in a polarisation of the nation into ‘patriots’ and ‘sell-outs’ and dividing academics into groups such as ‘regime intellectuals’, left-nationalists, left-internationalists, ‘nativists’ and ‘neo-liberals’. Drawing upon the arguments and insights of an array of scholars, many based in Zimbabwe, this book offers a new analysis of the grotesque character of Zimbabwean nationalism, a nationalism that has provoked ambivalent responses locally, regionally and internationally.
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Foreword Since the very beginning of the twenty-first century, Zimbabwe has fea- tured prominently in international headlines because of the government’s controversial land reform programme; political violence, especially during election time; int...
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