Research Catalog

Title

Trampled no more : voices from Bulawayo's townships about families, life, survival, and social change in Zimbabwe.

Author

Moyo, Otrude Nontobeko.

Publication

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [2007], ©2007.

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Description

vii, 303 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"The stories of the Zimbabwean situation, particularly those of the urban townships of Bulawayo, are narrated through the voices of family members recounting their personal circumstances and what they perceive as the primary factors contributing to their repressed positions in the socioeconomical hierarchy. Professor Moyo goes behind the scenes in order to dismantle the simplistic "blame game" which asserts that the deterioration of Zimbabwe was caused solely by the current ZANU-PF lead government." "The study details the historical context and interpretations of history, which led to the much-discussed Zimbabwean political and economic crisis. Through the narratives of the Zimbabwean people, Professor Moyo highlights some of the acute strategies they and their families have used to survive as a way to explore future policy avenues that take into account people's "agentiveness" (the capacity to overcome unfavorable conditions by utilizing what little resources are available), Zimbabwe's greatest asset."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)
• Zimbabwe > Politics and government
• Zimbabwe > Social conditions
• Zimbabwe > Economic conditions
• Zimbabwe > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-300) and index.

Contents

Trampled no more : an introduction -- 1. Zimbabwe : the place and its people -- 2. Interpreting the Zimbabwean situation -- 3. A historical sketch of select policies and events that sculpted Zimbabwe -- 4. Bulawayo : a portrait -- Ancestors : we, too, are people! -- 5. The scars of a living memory : Khulu Nhlathu -- 6. Eking out a living from the spit of a fly : MaNkomo -- 7. Even amaNyasaranda belong to Zimbabwe : Edison and MaMlauzi -- Soldiering on : Rambayi Makashinga! -- 8. I was a soldier once, but soldiering is not for me anymore : Mdluli -- 9. Soldiering on : MaLunga and Nkosi -- 10. It is fear that keeps the jackal barking : MaVundla's family -- 11. Living with another woman's man : MaBanda -- The born frees : families and livelihoods reconstituted by transnational migration -- 12. A child-headed household : Valerie's family -- 13. Moyo weGreen house -- 14. Transnational partnerships and pooled poverty : MaSibindi's family -- 15. Dreams turned to dust, immigration that kills : Sipho's story -- Conclusion : on being trampled no more.

ISBN

• 9780761836360 (pbk.)
• 0761836365 (pbk.)

LCCN

2006933988

OCLC

• 148769709
• ocn148769709
• SCSB-5367736

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries