Strangers, Spirits, and Land Reforms: Conflicts about Land in Dande, Northern Zimbabwe - Couverture souple

Spierenburg, Marja

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9004139575 ISBN 13 : 9789004139572

Editeur : Brill, 2004

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marja J. Spierenburg, Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Amsterdam (2003), is Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. Earlier publications on natural resource management and spirit possession include The Quest for Fruition through Ngoma (co-edited with R. van Dijk and R. Reis. James Currey, 2000).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004139575
• ISBN 13: 9789004139572
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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