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Title:Ethnicity and Nationalism in Urban Colonial Zimbabwe
Author:Msindo, EnocentISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:The Journal of African History
Volume:48
Issue:2
Period:July
Pages:267-290
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:ethnicity
nationalism
associations
urban society
colonial period
Ethnic and Race Relations
colonialism
History and Exploration
Urbanization and Migration
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/4501042
Abstract:Zimbabwean historians have not yet fully assessed the interaction in Zimbabwe of two problematic identities, ethnicity and nationalism, to determine whether the two can work as partners and successfully co-exist. This essay argues that, in Bulawayo during the period 1950-1963, ethnicity co-existed with and complemented nationalism rather than the two working as polar opposite identities. Ethnic groups provided both the required leaders who became prominent nationalist figures and the precolonial history, personalities and monuments that sparked the nationalist imagination. From the 1950s, ethnic groups expanded their horizons and provided platforms from which emerging African nationalists launched their agenda. Understanding these interrelationships will reshape our understanding of the workings of these two identities in a cosmopolitan town. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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