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The History and Political Transition of Zimbabwe

From Mugabe to Mnangagwa

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Editors:
  1. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

    1. Archie Mafeje Research Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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  2. Pedzisai Ruhanya

    1. University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  • Offers original scholarly analysis from a diverse range of authors on Zimbabwe's political cultures
  • Examines the most critical themes in Zimbabwean history and politics, such as identity politics, the role of the military, misogyny and sexism in politics, economic ideas, and coloniality and postcolonial fundamentalisms in political cultures
  • Appeals to scholars of African studies, African history, African politics, nationalism studies, international relations, and cultural studies

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Transition in Zimbabwe: From Robert Gabriel Mugabe to Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa: A Repetition Without Change

    • Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Pedzisai Ruhanya
    Pages 1-22

  4. Identity, Militarisation and Transitional Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. The Identity Politics Factor in Zimbabwe’s Transition Politics

      • Bekezela Gumbo
      Pages 135-154

    3. The Ethnicization of Political Mobilization in Zimbabwe: The Case of Pro-Mthwakazi Movements

      • Samukele Hadebe
      Pages 155-180

    4. The Militarisation of State Institutions in Zimbabwe, 2002–2017

      • Pedzisai Ruhanya
      Pages 181-204

  5. Social Media, Democracy and Political Discourse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. The Media and Politics in the Context of the “Third Chimurenga” in Zimbabwe

      • Philip Pasirayi
      Pages 207-219

    3. Social Media and the Concept of Dissidence in Zimbabwean Politics

      • Shepherd Mpofu, Trust Matsilele
      Pages 221-243

    4. The Tabloidization of Political News in Zimbabwe: End of Quality Press?

      • Wellington Gadzikwa
      Pages 245-272

  6. Post-Mugabe Economy, Gender and Operation Restore Legacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273
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    2. Primitive Accumulation and Mugabe’s Extroverted Economy: What Now Under the Second Republic?

      • Toendepi Shonhe
      Pages 275-298

    3. The Idea of a New Zimbabwe Post-Mugabe

      • Sylvester Marumahoko, Tinashe C. Chigwata
      Pages 299-329

    4. Misogyny, Sexism and Hegemonic Masculinity in Zimbabwe’s Operation Restore Legacy

      • Lyton Ncube
      Pages 331-357

    5. Foreign Direct Investment in the Post-Mugabe Era

      • Mkhululi Sibindi
      Pages 359-387
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About this book

This book is the first to tackle the difficult and complex politics of transition in Zimbabwe, with deep historical analysis. Its focus is on a very problematic political culture that is proving very hard to transcend. At the center of this culture is an unstable but resilient ‘nationalist-military’ alliance crafted during the anti-colonial liberation struggle in the 1970s. Inevitably, violence, misogyny and masculinity are constitutive of the political culture. Economically speaking, the culture is that of a bureaucratic, parasitic, primitive accumulation and corruption, which include invasion and emptying of state coffers by a self-styled ‘Chimurenga aristocracy.’ However, this Chimurenga aristocracy is not cohesive, as the politics that led to Robert Mugabe’s ousting from power was preceded by dirty and protracted internal factionalism. At the center of the factional politics was the ‘first family’:Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace Mugabe. This book offers a multidisciplinary examination of the complex contemporary politics in Zimbabwe, taking seriously such issues as gender, misogyny, militarism, violence, media, identity, modes of accumulation, the ethnicization of politics, attempts to open lines of credit and FDI, national healing, and the national question as key variables not only of a complete political culture but also of difficult transitional politics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Archie Mafeje Research Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

  • University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Pedzisai Ruhanya

About the editors

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Research Professor and Director of Scholarship in the Department of Leadership and Transformation (DLT) in the Principal and Vice-Chancellor's Office at the University of South Africa, and is also the 2019 Visiting Professor at the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Pedzisai Ruhanya is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Johannesburg's School of Communication, South Africa, and the director of the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute.





Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The History and Political Transition of Zimbabwe

  • Book Subtitle: From Mugabe to Mnangagwa

  • Editors: Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Pedzisai Ruhanya

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47733-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47732-5Published: 22 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47735-6Published: 23 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47733-2Published: 21 October 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 458

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: African History, African Politics, Imperialism and Colonialism

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