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Personality cult and politics in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
- Title
- Personality cult and politics in Mugabe's Zimbabwe / edited by Ezra Chitando.
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
- ©2021
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- Additional Authors
- Chitando, Ezra
- Description
- vi, 194 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This book approaches perceptions of Robert Gabriel Mugabe within Zimbabwe and beyond during his period in power and towards the end of his time in government. The book examines how Mugabe became the focus of a thriving personality cult, studying the argument that Mugabe could be regarded as the founder of a new religious movement in Zimbabwe and the Global South. The contributors analyse the use of ideology and mythology in promoting Mugabe's hegemony in Zimbabwe, looking at the appropriation of religious ideas by the Mugabe government and the impact this had on perceptions of Mugabe both within Zimbabwe and beyond. Focusing on the final years of Mugabe's rule, the chapters provide new insights into how different actors, including politicians, African Traditional Religions, African Independent / Initiated Churches, Pentecostal churches, the media and others deployed religious idioms to support or critique Mugabe at a time when his tenure was coming under serious threat. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Southern African politics and religion"--
- Series Statement
- Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; [4]
- Uniform Title
- Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 4.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. personality cult and politics in Mugabe's Zimbabwe / Ezra Chitando -- The interface between politics and religion in ZANU PF's succession struggles (1997-2017) / Paul H. Gundani -- "The suffering servant" : Robert Mugabe as the sacrificial victim for the global south? / Ezra Chitando -- The Zimbabwean state and the case of Robert Mugabe in power : through the lens of secularism / Joram Tarusarira -- Robert Mugabe as an African traditional religious fundamentalist / Nisbert Taisekwa Taringa, Godfrey Museka -- "Mutumwa Gabhurona" (Angel Gabriel) : religiopolitical discourses on Mugabe and the white garment churches / Francis Machingura, Phillip Musoni -- "And it came to pass . . ." (The Book of Mugabe 3: 1): the appropriation of biblical language in the last decade of Robert Mugabe's reign in Zimbabwe / Lovemore Togarasei -- Reflections on Mugabe's relations with Pentecostalism in Zimbabwe / Lovemore Ndlovu -- The "Word" in politics, monarchy and the church: unforgettable utterances by three formidable female characters in matters of democracy, state and dignity / Ruby Magosvongwe -- "Munhu wese kuna Amai"? (everyone to our mother) : a Pentecostal perspective on the deployment of motherhood in Zimbabwean politics / Kudzai Biri -- Robert Mugabe and the politics of civic renewal in Zimbabwe : a case for comparison with Emperor Augustus? / Obert Bernard MLambo -- Reimagining Zimbabwe beyond Mugabe's sloganeering : a reconstruction theological reflection / Blessing Shambare.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3080
- ISBN
- 0367899027
- 9780367899028
- OCLC
- 1152392208
- Title
- Personality cult and politics in Mugabe's Zimbabwe / edited by Ezra Chitando.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; [4]Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 4.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1980
- Added Author
- Chitando, Ezra, editor.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3080