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Land, Migration and Belonging

By Joseph Mujere

Land, Migration and Belonging

By Joseph Mujere

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Tracing the history of the Basotho, a small mainly Christianised community of evangelists working for the Dutch Reformed Church, this book examines the challenges faced by minority ethnic groups in colonial Zimbabwe and how they tried to strike a balance between particularism and integration. Maintaining their own language and community farm, the Basotho used ownership of freehold land, religion and a shared history to sustain their identity. The author analyses the challenges they faced in purchasing land and in engaging with colonial administrators and missionaries, as well as the nature and impact of internal schisms within the community, and shows how their "unity in diversity" impacted on their struggles for belonging and shaped their lives. This detailed account of the experiences and strategies the Basotho deployed in interactions with the Dutch Reformed Church missionaries and colonial administrators as well as with their non-Sotho neighbours will contribute to wider debates about migration, identity and the politics of belonging, and to our understanding of African agency in the context of colonial and missionary encounters. Joseph Mujere is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Zimbabwe and Research Associate, Society, Work and Development Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
200
Release Date:
2019-02-15
Publication Date:
2019-02-15
Publisher:
James Currey
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1847012167
ISBN13:
9781847012166
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
470 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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