Suchergebnisse

Tekere: A Lifetime of Struggle, by Edgar Tekere, is reviewed.

Examined are attempts by southern Rhodesian settlers to secure political & economic control of northern Rhodesia, in particular during the seminal period, 1925-1931. Analyzed are the aims & aspirations of the settler communities in both territories, with detailed discussion of GB's response of 1931 which ruled out political amalgamation but admitted a degree of policy coordination between the two territories. This decision, which owed as much to British domestic party-political considerations as to Imperial policy determinants, was largely responsible for the subsequent policy of compromise & concession that characterized GB's relations with the settlers on the closer association issue. Dominions Office & Colonial Office material from the Public Record Office, London, & correspondence in the manuscripts collection in the National Archives of Rhodesia, are data sources. AA.

Two articles on protests, resistance, political unrest and socio-economic crisis in Zimbabwe. I. Wetherell writes on the background of food riots in Harare in late January 1998. He points out serious mistakes in President Mugabe's economic policies and measures. P. Bond gives a picture of the economic nightmare suffered by Zimbabwe's citizens at the end of 1997, the roller-coaster business cycle of this country and political unrest. The author has adapted the text from his forthcoming book: "Uneven Zimbabwe: A study of finance, development and underdevelopment". (DÜI-Sen)

Two articles on vilification of homosexuality by Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, and reactions to this in and outside of Zimbabwe. I. Wetherell writes about what is behind Mugabe's gay-bashing campaign. M. Epprecht explores intense criticism in the international community to Mugabe's "anti-homo" campaign, the bitter debate in Zimbabwe and abroad about whether homosexuals are people deserving the same human rights as other citizens, Western hypocrisy on human rights, Zimbabwean traditions regarding homosexuality among other topics. (DÜI-Sen)