National Healing Integration And Reconciliation In Zimbabwe

Author : Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000739855

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National Healing, Integration and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe by Ezra Chitando Pdf

This book brings together scholars from diverse backgrounds to provide interdisciplinary perspectives on national healing, integration, and reconciliation in Zimbabwe. Taking into account the complex nature of healing across moral, political, economic, cultural, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of communities and the nation, the chapters discuss approaches, disparities, tensions, and solutions to healing and reconciliation within a multidisciplinary framework. Arguing that Zimbabwe’s development agenda is severely compromised by the dominance of violence and militancy, the contributors analyse the challenges, possibilities and opportunities for national healing. This book will be of interest to scholars of African studies, conflict and reconciliation, and development studies.

Author : Pamela Machakanja
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Restorative justice
ISBN : 1920219218

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National Healing and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe by Pamela Machakanja Pdf

Author : Ifi Amadiume
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1856498433

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The Politics of Memory by Ifi Amadiume Pdf

Binaifer Nowrojee and Regan Ralph.

Author : Dumisani Ngwenya
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319668185

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Healing the Wounds of Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe by Dumisani Ngwenya Pdf

This book is based on a participatory action research project carried out with a group of former Zimbabwe People's revolutionary Army (ZPRA) which was the armed wing of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) which was led by the late Joshua Nkomo. ZPRA was the primary target of Gukurahundi, a pogrom by the Mugabe government which left an estimated 20 000 civilians dead and countless others tortured in the early 1980s in Matebeleland, Zimbabwe. It has been almost 30 years since the violence ended, but there has never been an official healing and reconciliation programme or truth commission into the atrocities. The government chose the path of amnesia by granting a blanket amnesty to all involved. The regime has enforced a culture of silence over the event through repression and intimidation. The book is a culmination of a two year journey, by the group and the author, of an exploration of group-based self-healing approaches to the pain caused by the violence of Gukurahundi.

Author : Joram Tarusarira
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317070511

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Reconciliation and Religio-political Non-conformism in Zimbabwe by Joram Tarusarira Pdf

Religio-political organisations in Zimbabwe play an important role in advocating democratisation and reconciliation, against acquiescent, silenced or co-opted mainstream churches. Reconciliation and Religio-political Non-conformism in Zimbabwe analyses activities of religious organisations that deviate from the position of mainline churches and the political elites with regard to religious participation in political matters, against a background of political conflict and violence. Drawing on detailed case studies of the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA), Churches in Manicaland (CiM) and Grace to Heal (GtH), this book provocatively argues that in the face of an unsatisfactory religious and political culture, religio-political non-conformists emerge seeking to introduce a new ethos even in the face of negative sanctions from dominant religious and political systems.

Author : Victor De Waal
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1850651000

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The Politics of Reconciliation by Victor De Waal Pdf

The Author spent six months in Zimbabwe in 1988 interviewing people in all sections of Zimbabwe society to obtain an honest picture of the successes, strains and failures of the countrys early years of independence.

Author : David Bloomfield,Terri Barnes,Lucien Huyse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111804477

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Reconciliation After Violent Conflict by David Bloomfield,Terri Barnes,Lucien Huyse Pdf

How does a newly democratized nation constructively address the past to move from a divided history to a shared future? How do people rebuild coexistence after violence? The International IDEA Handbook on Reconciliation after Violent Conflict presents a range of tools that can be, and have been, employed in the design and implementation of reconciliation processes. Most of them draw on the experience of people grappling with the problems of past violence and injustice. There is no "right answer" to the challenge of reconciliation, and so the Handbook prescribes no single approach. Instead, it presents the options and methods, with their strengths and weaknesses evaluated, so that practitioners and policy-makers can adopt or adapt them, as best suits each specific context. Also available in a French language version.

Author : Tim Prentki,Ananda Breed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351120128

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The Routledge Companion to Applied Performance by Tim Prentki,Ananda Breed Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Applied Performance provides an in-depth, far-reaching and provocative consideration of how scholars and artists negotiate the theoretical, historical and practical politics of applied performance, both in the academy and beyond. These volumes offer insights from within and beyond the sphere of English-speaking scholarship, curated by regional experts in applied performance. The reader will gain an understanding of some of the dominant preoccupations of performance in specified regions, enhanced by contextual framing. From the dis(h)arming of the human body through dance in Colombia to clowning with dementia in Australia, via challenges to violent nationalism in the Balkans, transgender performance in Pakistan and resistance rap in Kashmir, the essays, interviews and scripts are eloquent testimony to the courage and hope of people who believe in the power of art to renew the human spirit. Students, academics, practitioners, policy-makers, cultural anthropologists and activists will benefit from the opportunities to forge new networks and develop in-depth comparative research offered by this bold, global project.

Author : Erin McCandless
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739169094

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Polarization and Transformation in Zimbabwe by Erin McCandless Pdf

Social movements and civic organizations often face profound strategy dilemmas that can hamper their effectiveness and prevent them from contributing to transformative change and peace. In Zimbabwe two particular dilemmas have fed into and fueled destructive processes of political polarization-dividing society, leadership, and decision-makers well beyond its borders. As conceptualized in this study, the first is whether to prioritize political or economic rights in efforts to bring about nation-wide transformative change (rights or redistribution). The second is whether and how to work with government and/or donors given their political, economic, and social agendas (participation or resistance). This book investigates these issues through two social movement organizations-the National Constitutional Assembly and the Zimbabwe National War Veterans' Association-and the movements they led to achieve constitutional change and radical land redistribution. Through in-depth case study analysis and peace and conflict impact assessment spanning the years 1997-2010, lessons are drawn for activists, practitioners, policy-makers, and scholars interested in depolarizing concepts underpinning polarizing discourses, transcending strategy dilemmas, and understanding how social action can better contribute to transformative change and peace.

Author : Ezra Chitando,Lovemore Togarasei,Joram Tarusarira
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000916058

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Religion-Regime Relations in Zimbabwe by Ezra Chitando,Lovemore Togarasei,Joram Tarusarira Pdf

This book explores religion-regime relations in contemporary Zimbabwe to identify patterns of co-operation and resistance across diverse religious institutions. Using co-operation and resistance as an analytical framework, the book shows how different religious organisations have interacted with Emmerson Mnangagwa’s "Second Republic", following Robert Mugabe’s departure from the political scene. In particular, through case studies on the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference and Pentecostals, African Traditional Religions, Islam, and others, the book explores how different religious institutions have responded to Mnangagwa’s new regime. Chapters highlight the complexities characterising the religion-regime interface, showing how the same religious organisation might co-operate and resist at the same time. Furthermore, the book compares how religious institutions co-operated or resisted Mugabe’s earlier regime to identify patterns of continuity and change. Overall, the book highlights the challenges of deploying simplistic frames in efforts to understand the interface between politics and religion. A significant contribution to global scholarship on religion-regime interfaces, this book will appeal to academics and students in the field of Religious Studies, Political Science, History and African Studies

Author : Prosper Maguchu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462653238

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Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Rights in Zimbabwe by Prosper Maguchu Pdf

This book addresses the issue of corruption as a socio-economic rights concern at a national level. Zimbabwe’s widespread corruption inhibited its development in all aspects. It weakened institutions, especially those called upon to arbitrate political and economic contests, leading to potential human rights violations. However, Zimbabwe saw a change of government in November 2017. Due to this, there seemed to be an opening to work towards reform in relation to the anti-corruption architecture. Specifically, the new era provides an opportunity to review how accountability mechanisms (including but not limited to amnesties, truth commissions, institutional reforms and prosecutions) can address corruption as a socio-economic rights violation. As the new government still tries to address competing priorities, many moving parts and various matrixes, this volume in the International Criminal Justice Series provides a timely frame for revisiting the debate and developing the strategic thinking regarding transitional justice options in Zimbabwe. It will be of great interest to practitioners, policy makers, scholars and students in the fields of anti-corruption, socio-economic and human rights, and transitional justice. Prosper Maguchu is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Politics of Transnational Law of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Author : Johannes Hunter,Joachim Kügler
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9783863093938

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The Bible and Violence in Africa by Johannes Hunter,Joachim Kügler Pdf

Author : Everisto Benyera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000589726

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The Failure of the International Criminal Court in Africa by Everisto Benyera Pdf

This book investigates the relationship between the International Criminal Court and Africa (the ICC or the Court), asking why and how the international criminal justice system has so far largely failed the victims of atrocities in Africa. The book explores how the Court degenerated from a very promising multilateral institution to being an instrumentalised, politicised, weaponised institution that ended up with the victims being the greatest losers. Instead of looking at the International Criminal Court as a recent alternative to a prevailing international criminal justice paradigm, this book argues that the Court is a manifestation of the same world order that was established by the Reconquista in 1492. Written from a decolonial perspective, the book particularly draws on evidence from Zimbabwe in order to demonstrate how the International Criminal Court is failing the victims of the four crimes that fall under its jurisdiction. Drawing on the perspectives of victims in particular, this book highlights the damage caused within Africa by the international criminal justice system and argues for a decolonial conception of justice. The book will be of interest to researchers from across African politics, international relations, law and criminal justice.

Author : Chenai G. Matshaka
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793645357

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Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe by Chenai G. Matshaka Pdf

In Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe, Chenai G. Matshaka shows the shaping of the transitional justice agenda in Zimbabwe from a civil society perspective. Based on the understanding that transitional justice approaches are seen through the lenses by which the violence and conflict is understood, Matshaka explores the complexities that arise when particular narratives of violence dominate the agenda. This book contributes to a discussion on how narratives intervene in the trajectory of a transitional justice process of a society in ways that may be beneficial or detrimental to breaking cycles of injustice and domination.

Author : Francis Machingura,Nomatter Sande
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789956553464

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Politics, Religion and Hate Speech in Zimbabwe by Francis Machingura,Nomatter Sande Pdf

This book is empirically grounded on Zimbabwe and looks at hate speech as a bad omen for any society, family, nation and organisation. Hate speech divides and kills any peace, unity, tolerance, inclusivity, philosophy, race and geographical area, sacred places of worship, freedoms, identities, culture, unity and development in any space. It is not a good recipe for both animate and inanimate. It is never a solution to be applied in any geographical location. Hate speech, conflict and violence usually go together. The book clearly shows that, hate speech must never be tolerated in any religion, space (both private and public spaces), scriptures, society and nation. It is poisonous and manifests in different forms such as language (verbal or electronic), discriminations, beliefs, practices, laws, censorship, graffiti and even physical assault.