عنوان

Traditional Leaders and Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle in Buhera District, 1976-1980

شماره

LA115569

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Traditional Leaders and Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle in Buhera District, 1976-1980

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Enock Ndawana, Mediel Hove, Enock Ndawana, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article examines the role of traditional leaders during Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Contrary to the generalisations that traditional leaders and their subordinates were either absolutely supportive of the liberation war or were against it supporting the Smith regime, this paper uses the case of Buhera District to demonstrate that traditional leaders and their subordinates contributed in various ways to Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Guided by a combination of primary and secondary sources, the article argues that traditional leaders were in a dilemma because they were victims of the contending forces. However, they employed various survival tactics as they faced equally dangerous conflicting forces who put them in complex, ambiguous and contradictory relationships. The article concludes that the strategies and tactics employed by the Rhodesian Security Forces and the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army guerrillas had debilitating effects on traditional leaders and their subordinates during the liberation war. This article examines the role of traditional leaders during Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Contrary to the generalisations that traditional leaders and their subordinates were either absolutely supportive of the liberation war or were against it supporting the Smith regime, this paper uses the case of Buhera District to demonstrate that traditional leaders and their subordinates contributed in various ways to Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Guided by a combination of primary and secondary sources, the article argues that traditional leaders were in a dilemma because they were victims of the contending forces. However, they employed various survival tactics as they faced equally dangerous conflicting forces who put them in complex, ambiguous and contradictory relationships. The article concludes that the strategies and tactics employed by the Rhodesian Security Forces and the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army guerrillas had debilitating effects on traditional leaders and their subordinates during the liberation war. This article examines the role of traditional leaders during Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Contrary to the generalisations that traditional leaders and their subordinates were either absolutely supportive of the liberation war or were against it supporting the Smith regime, this paper uses the case of Buhera District to demonstrate that traditional leaders and their subordinates contributed in various ways to Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Guided by a combination of primary and secondary sources, the article argues that traditional leaders were in a dilemma because they were victims of the contending forces. However, they employed various survival tactics as they faced equally dangerous conflicting forces who put them in complex, ambiguous and contradictory relationships. The article concludes that the strategies and tactics employed by the Rhodesian Security Forces and the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army guerrillas had debilitating effects on traditional leaders and their subordinates during the liberation war. This article examines the role of traditional leaders during Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Contrary to the generalisations that traditional leaders and their subordinates were either absolutely supportive of the liberation war or were against it supporting the Smith regime, this paper uses the case of Buhera District to demonstrate that traditional leaders and their subordinates contributed in various ways to Zimbabwe's war of liberation. Guided by a combination of primary and secondary sources, the article argues that traditional leaders were in a dilemma because they were victims of the contending forces. However, they employed various survival tactics as they faced equally dangerous conflicting forces who put them in complex, ambiguous and contradictory relationships. The article concludes that the strategies and tactics employed by the Rhodesian Security Forces and the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army guerrillas had debilitating effects on traditional leaders and their subordinates during the liberation war.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

119-160

عنوان

Journal of African Military History

شماره جلد

2/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2468-0966

اصطلاح موضوعی

Buhera District

اصطلاح موضوعی

contribution

اصطلاح موضوعی

dilemma

اصطلاح موضوعی

Rhodesian Security Forces

اصطلاح موضوعی

survival tactics

اصطلاح موضوعی

traditional leaders

اصطلاح موضوعی

Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army guerrillas

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Enock Ndawana

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Mediel Hove

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/24680966-00202002

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y