Strangers, spirits, and land reforms : : conflicts about land in Dande, northern Zimbabwe /

Strangers, spirits, and land reforms : : conflicts about land in Dande, northern Zimbabwe / / by M. J. Spierenburg.

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...

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Superior document:Afrika-Studiecentrum Series ; 3
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Spierenburg, Marja,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Afrika-Studiecentrum Series ; 3.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Amsterdam, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Maps, Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 INTRODUCTION: OF NARRATNES AND LAND REFORMS
  • 2 SETTING THE SCENE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DANDE
  • 3 STRANGERS AND LAND: LAND-USE BEFORE THE MID-ZAMBEZI PROJECT
  • 4 THE MID-ZAMBEZI RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
  • 5 UP THERE, DOWN HERE: STRUGGLES BETWEEN PROJECT STAFF AND LOCAL RESIDENTS
  • 6 MHONDORO MEDIUMS AND THE MID-ZAMBEZI RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
  • 7 A NEW MEDIUM FOR CHITSUNGO: RESISTANCE AGAINST TWO IRRIGATION PROJECTS
  • 8 INTERNAL CONFLICTS: MIGRANTS, MHONDORO AND WITCHCRAFT
  • 9 CONCLUSIONS
  • 10 EPILOGUE
  • References
  • Index.

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