In November 1965 Smith unilaterally declared independence from Britain and although bank assets were frozen and limited sanctions imposed, London did little to suppress the rebellion. Keywords: twentieth century; Africa; colonial and postcolonial history; war; Zimbabwe...
Songs like “Muka, Muka!” (“Wake Up, Wake Up!”) and “Tumira Vana Kuhondo” (“Mothers Send Your Children to War”) were sung to politicize and educate Zimbabweans about why the war for independence was being fought. “The song became the classroom, so to speak, just like in S...
Although the country's land mine clearance started in earnest in 1982, only two years after independence, Zimbabwe is still grappling with the challenge of land mines due to shortage of funding. Zimbabwe Mine Action Center said Zimbabwe was one of the most densely mined countries in the world ...
As Zimbabwe marks 42 years of independence on Monday, April 18, its relations with China, which date back to Zimbabwe's independence struggle, remain at an all-time high. The southern African nation is increasingly looking to China's unprecedented developmental trajectory to achieve an empowered ...
Zimbabwe:Independence and BeyondZimbabwe:Independence and BeyondThe article focuses on the economic and political condition in Zimbabwe after gaining its independence from British Colonialism and the lengthy guerilla war. It states ...
Again, Zimbabweans have come to the understanding that the US does not have their interests at heart, but is simply after the mineral wealth of their country.When the indigenous people were fighting for independence, America was one of the countries that helped the Rhodesian Government bust ...
War songs played a pivotal role during the struggle for independence in Zimbabwe. War songs provoked people's thoughts, feelings and mood to fight for the liberation of the country. Slogans, songs and music that were sung and performed during the war of liberation, popularly known as the ...
But speaking at the burial of a veteran of Zimbabwe's war of independence Saturday he said talks between the parties would continue. 但星期六在一个参加过津巴布韦独立战争的老兵的葬礼上,穆加贝表示政党间的会谈将会继续。 voa.hjenglish.com 4. Before arriving in Zimbabwe from Mozambique early Sunday,...
The modern nation of Zimbabwe emerged in 1980 after a long period of colonization by Great Britain and, later, political control by the country's powerful White landowners. Southern Rhodesia, as it was then known, underwent a war of independence that began in 1965 and ended with a 1979 peace...
It also gives attention to a series of laws enacted after independence intended to guarantee women certain rights, in particular the Legal Age of Majority Act (LAMA), and sketches the limits of these reforms, in particular Article 23 of the Zimbabwe Bill of Rights, which allows for ...