Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262515788
- eISBN:
- 9780262295710
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262515788.003.0010
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
This chapter deals with the rivalry between the USSR and China, and their exploitation of the third world countries in that context. It is believed that without the Cold War, Asia, Africa, and Latin ...
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This chapter deals with the rivalry between the USSR and China, and their exploitation of the third world countries in that context. It is believed that without the Cold War, Asia, Africa, and Latin America would have been different nations. In 1976, Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda spoke of the Soviet presence in South Africa as “a plundering tiger with its deadly cubs coming through the back door.” The Soviets and Chinese, on one hand, and the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), on the other, transformed one another into weapons by teaching guerilla warfare. The chapter recounts the events that led the leaders of Zimbabwe to use China and Soviet Union for weaponry, and how the Soviets and the Chinese created African guerillas by recruiting civilians under false pretense.Less
This chapter deals with the rivalry between the USSR and China, and their exploitation of the third world countries in that context. It is believed that without the Cold War, Asia, Africa, and Latin America would have been different nations. In 1976, Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda spoke of the Soviet presence in South Africa as “a plundering tiger with its deadly cubs coming through the back door.” The Soviets and Chinese, on one hand, and the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), on the other, transformed one another into weapons by teaching guerilla warfare. The chapter recounts the events that led the leaders of Zimbabwe to use China and Soviet Union for weaponry, and how the Soviets and the Chinese created African guerillas by recruiting civilians under false pretense.
Sara Rich Dorman
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190634889
- eISBN:
- 9780190848514
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190634889.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, African History
This chapter argues that unity, development and nationalism became the dominant and interlocking themes of public discourse in independent Zimbabwe, rather than "liberation." Demands for political ...
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This chapter argues that unity, development and nationalism became the dominant and interlocking themes of public discourse in independent Zimbabwe, rather than "liberation." Demands for political unity justified attacks not just on ZAPU but also on the civilians of Matabeleland. In the name of "development" land reform focused more on productivity and export markets than poverty alleviation. We also see how symbolic capital is deployed within a less-than-radical cultural policy. The second half of the chapter moves the focus from discourse to practice. The chapter shows how the regime used state institutions to impose policies which regulated and demobilized NGOs, urban dwellers, academics, unions, churches, the media and opposition parties in ways that were similar and reinforcing across sectors. Taken together, the two halves of the chapter show how ZANU’s strategies were imposed through both violent and rhetorical means, constraining and shaping both the discursive sphere of the polity and the ways in which Zimbabweans organized and engaged with politics.Less
This chapter argues that unity, development and nationalism became the dominant and interlocking themes of public discourse in independent Zimbabwe, rather than "liberation." Demands for political unity justified attacks not just on ZAPU but also on the civilians of Matabeleland. In the name of "development" land reform focused more on productivity and export markets than poverty alleviation. We also see how symbolic capital is deployed within a less-than-radical cultural policy. The second half of the chapter moves the focus from discourse to practice. The chapter shows how the regime used state institutions to impose policies which regulated and demobilized NGOs, urban dwellers, academics, unions, churches, the media and opposition parties in ways that were similar and reinforcing across sectors. Taken together, the two halves of the chapter show how ZANU’s strategies were imposed through both violent and rhetorical means, constraining and shaping both the discursive sphere of the polity and the ways in which Zimbabweans organized and engaged with politics.
