The Matopos Hills, occupied by humans for some 40,000 years, have become the scene of symbolic, ideological, political, and armed conflict between Shona, Ndebele, and Europeans for more than 100 years. Supernatural and human voices have joined in rejoicings, laments, and protests. They speak about history, economy, aspirations and grievances.This history of the Matopos, as Terence Ranger states in his introduction, ""has become a study of many of the questions crucial to the history of Matabeleland as a whole, and some of those central to the history of Zimbabwe -- the fight relationship of men and women to the land; the nature of culture; the dynamics of ethnicity; the roots of dissidence and violence; the historical bases of underdevelopment. The Matopos are a 'locality' but they are a very special and privileged locality, to which both in imagination and action people far outside the hills have given significance. I believe that this enables a historian of the Matopos to tell a story which has a resonance far beyond the local.""

Voices from the Rocks: Nature, Culture & History in the Matopos Hills of Zimbabwe

History

Ranger, Terence O.

Ranger, Terence

Africa

Indiana University Press

<p>In this important contribution to the historiography of Zimbabwe, the authors explore the history of the northwest corner of the country over the course of a century. The analysis ranges from the occupation of the area by Matabele immigrants, to the rise of nationalist feeling and conflicts with the Rhodesian government, to the repression of the area's inhabitants by the government forces of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. Based on extensive archival research and numerous interviews, <i>Violence and Memory</i> provides a much needed corrective to much of the post-independence historical writing that has focused on Mashonaland.</p>

Violence and Memory (Social History of Africa)

Alexander, Jocelyn

Mcgregor, Joanne

Heinemann

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Politics & Social Sciences

HOBSBAWM, Eric

Sociology

Editorial Crítica.

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