Violence and Memory: One Hundred Years in the "Dark Forests" of Matabeleland

Abstract

Part 1 Conquest, eviction and nationalism: life in the dark forests - violence and images of the land, 1893-1930 the violence of the state - forced migration and its consequences the violence of the state - the second colonial occupation the rise of nationalist violence the transition to guerilla war, 1962-76. Part 2 Wars and their legacies: the liberation war in the Shangani guerillas and civilians independence and the dissidents civilian perspectives on the 1980s conflict the politics of development after unity resolving the legacies of war? accountability, commemoration and cleansing.