Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960A unique and stylish contribution to the social history of African cities and Zimbabwean cultural life. NEW LOW PRICE This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel Butterfly Burning, which is set in the Bulawayo townships in 1946 and dedicated to the author. It is an attempt to explorewhat historical research and reconstruction can add to the literary imagination. TERENCE RANGER was Emeritus Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, University of Oxford and author of many books including Writing Revolt, Are we not also Men? (1995), Voices from the Rocks (1999) and was co-editor of Violence and Memory (2000). Zimbabwe: Weaver Press |
Contents
Bulawayo 18931930 | 14 |
1 | 53 |
2 | 83 |
3 | 107 |
4 | 131 |
5 | 167 |
6 | 185 |
Postlude Bulawayo after 1960 | 244 |
Selected Bibliography Index 251 | 251 |
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Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960 T. O. Ranger No preview available - 2010 |