Voices from the Rocks

by Ranger, Terence

• ISBN13: 9780253212887
• ISBN10: 025321288X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

The Matopos Hills, occupied by humans for some 40,000 years, have become the scene of symbolic, ideological, political, and armed conflict between Shona, Ndebele, and Europeans for more than 100 years. Supernatural and human voices have joined in rejoicings, laments, and protests. They speak about history, economy, aspirations and grievances.

Author Biography

Terence Ranger is Emeritus Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, Oxford University

Table of Contents

List of Photographs & Maps	vii
Introduction	1	(8)
I Nature & Culture in the Matopos	9	(58)
Seeing the Matopos The Nineteenth Century	11	(28)
Appropriating the Matopos 1897--1946	39	(28)
II The Struggle for the Land	67	(160)
The Promises of Rhodes	69	(30)
Asserting Identity in the Matopos Chiefship & Ethnicity in Wenlock, 1897-1950	99	(31)
Identity & Opposition in the National Park 1926-49	130	(32)
The Movement to Mass Nationalism in the Matopos 1949-66	162	(33)
Tradition & Nationalism Regiments, Shrines & Monuments	195	(32)
III Violence, Identity & Environment	227	(64)
War & Politics in the Matopos 1964-87	229	(37)
Seeing the Matopos in the 1990s	266	(25)
Bibliography	291	(10)
Index	301