Editorial Reading Repression and Resistance in Zimbabwean Literature

Rasch, Astrid; Niemi, Minna Johanna; Alexander, Jocelyn

doi:10.1080/03057070.2021.1964760

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“…In the Zimbabwean context of Gukurahundi memory culture, victims have said they want the events that happened during 1983 -87 in Matabeleland and Midlands to be acknowledged by the government and individual perpetrators so that there can be some form of restorative justice (Ndebele, 2021). Rasch et al (2021) argue that there has been more diverse and robust literature and other media material critical of the Gukurahundi campaign since President Mnangagwa deposed Mugabe in an army-backed coup in 2017, with books, articles, and documentaries calling attention to the massacres and victims still waiting for justice.…”

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Remembering a Traumatic Past

Chikwangura-Gwatirisa

2023

NJLC

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This article analyses the narratives of Gukurahundi , how they are perceived as forms of collective memory culture, how they help to explain personal experiences shared by victims of the 1980s genocide in Zimbabwe, and how these experiences become memory. The Gukurahundi genocide shows that not only do individuals remember, but that remembering can be a collective endeavour. While individual memory is usually bound to the short time span of a human life and disappears with the death of a particular individual, intergenerational and collective cultural memory, on the other hand, is of longer term and is supported by institutions, monuments and rites. This article acknowledges different types of memories and dwells not only on the collective and cultural memory that honours and praises the heroic deeds of Zimbabwe, but also on the painful collective memories of perpetration or guilt. It highlights the importance of documenting events that happened during Gukurahundi. In Zimbabwe, there is state owned documentation and other documentation, which, in this paper, would be referred to as counter archives. The types of documentation can be regarded as a way that Zimbabweans, especially the Ndebele ethnic group, remember or memorialise the past.

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Remembering a Traumatic Past

Chikwangura-Gwatirisa

2023

NJLC

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Hearing the Loud Voices of the Silent Church in Zimbabwe

Tagwirei

2023

African Histories and Modernities

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(Over)Staying (Dis)Gracefully: Dissecting Pastoral transitions in AOG BTG church in Zimbabwe

Tagwirei

2023

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Transfers and retirement of pastors positively and negatively affect their personal, family and congregational spiritual, social and economic lives. In the Zimbabwean context of political and economic volatility, pastoral transitions have been a formidable ‘elephant’ in most classical Pentecostal denominations for a number of decades. Whenever anybody triggers its discussion, some parishioners hesitantly disengage in fear of provoking and hurting each other. Against her procedural stipulation that pastoral deployments should be reviewed annually, to effect exchange of ministerial gifts and balanced edification of the Church, leaders predominantly transfer junior pastors, while most seniors usually object and only move in circumstances beyond their powers, such as when ill or dead. Consequently, juniors remain gracefully while seniors overstay disgracefully. A lot has been published on leadership successions, but attention on pastoral shifts remain passive in Zimbabwe. Thus, this paper unravels some problems and panaceas of pastoral transfers and retirement. Using qualitative grounded theory and participative observations, it discerned that contradictory theological conceptualizations, unclear constitutional and procedural provisions, policy gaps, economic instability, personal and family disruptions, insecurities and other factors problematize pastoral transitions. Conclusively, concerted efforts should be redoubled to rebuild the governance and economy of the church to mitigate disruptions, sustain, secure and create a conducive environment for smooth pastoral reshufflings. This paper addresses problematic pastoral transitions, interfaces African ecclesiology and leadership with pastoral theology from the Zimbabwean context.

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Editorial Reading Repression and Resistance in Zimbabwean Literature

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Remembering a Traumatic Past

Remembering a Traumatic Past

Hearing the Loud Voices of the Silent Church in Zimbabwe

(Over)Staying (Dis)Gracefully: Dissecting Pastoral transitions in AOG BTG church in Zimbabwe

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