Lloyd Sachikonye
Biographic Data
| ID | 3428859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lloyd Sachikonye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lloyd |
| FAMILY NAME | Sachikonye |
| SIGNATURE | SACHIKONYE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zimbabwe |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Roape at 50: The review in a changing world
ROAPE at 50: The review in a changing worldMy first encounter with ROAPE was in graduate school some 45 years ago.One of its overseas editors, Bjrn Beckman, taught a course on the political economy of underdevelopment at Ahmadu Bello
Old wine in new bottles? Revisiting contract farming after agrarian reform in Zimbabwe
This contribution explores emerging features of social relations of production as expressed through the contract farming system in Zimbabwe. It seeks to link earlier research on plantation-based outgrower schemes in tea and sugar that were on a modest scale, to contemporary contract farming in tobacco and cotton that has expanded to a relatively large scale in the post-land reform period. The article questions whether the current expansion wave i…
Zimbabwe's Lost Decade. Politics, Development and Society: Politics, Development & Society
Zimbabwe occupies a special place in African politics and international relations, and has been the subject of intense debates over the years. At independence in 1980, the country was better endowed than most in Africa, and seemed poised for economic development and political pluralism. The population was relatively well educated, the industrial and agricultural bases were strong, and levels of infrastructure were impressive. However, in less tha…
Zimbabwe's Lost Decade: Politics, Development and Society
Research, Knowledge and Policy
When a State Turns on its Citizens: 60 Years of Institutionalised Violence in Zimbabwe
Lloyd Sachikonye traces the roots of Zimbabwe's contemporary violence to the actions of the Rhodesian armed forces, and the inter-party conflicts that occurred during the liberation war. His focus, however, is the period since 2000, which has seen state-sponsored violence erupting in election campaigns and throughout the programme of fast-track land reform. The consequences of this violence run wide and deep. Aside from inflicting trauma and fear…
When a State Turns on its Citizens: 60 Years of Institutionalised Violence in Zimbabwe
Migrant Remittances and Household Wellbeing in Urban Zimbabwe
Evidence from household surveying in December 2005 in Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, indicates that a wide network of international migrant remitters are ameliorating the economic crisis in Zimbabwe by sending monetary and in-kind transfers to over 50 per cent of urban households. The research combines quantitative measurement of scale and scope, with demographic and qualitative narrative to build a holistic picture of the typography of receiving…
The Land Is the Economy: Revisiting the land question
This article revisits Zimbabwe's land question from the vantage point of having been written five years after the ‘fast-track’ land redistribution programme was launched. Without belittling the accomplishments of land reform in the first 19 years of the country's independence, it is generally clear that the sweeping programme of 2000–2003, the most comprehensive of its kind, created a new paradigm. Clearly, the consequences will take many years t…
Solidarity & Africa in the new century
Solidarity is an awareness of a common humanity and global citizenship and the voluntary acceptance of the responsibilities that go with it. It is the conscious commitment to redress inequalities both within and between countries. It is based on recognition that in an interdependent world, poverty or oppression anywhere is a threat to prosperity and stability everywhere... 1 The second half of the 20th century witnessed the most sustained upsurge…
From ‘Growth with Equity’ to ‘Fast-Track’ Reform: Zimbabwe's Land Question
This article represents a provisional attempt to explain the changing and competing strands of the debate surrounding the ‘land question’ as it has unfolded in Zimbabwe in the past 23 years. As in most contexts of land reform, the debate is highly political whether packaged in nationalist or technocratic rhetoric. Since independence, three phases of land reform debate can be identified: the early independence years from 1980 to about 1989, the pe…
Whither Zimbabwe? crisis & democratisation
When it attained its independence in 1980, there were high hopes expressed for Zimbabwe's political and economic future. It was amongst the top four more industrialized countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa; it possessed a more diversified economy than most countries; and it had a better human resource base than most; and it had a middle‐income status. Comparatively speaking, therefore, Zimbabwe had better prospects of making a head start in economic a…
Civil society, social movements and Democracy in Southern Africa
The article reviews the theory of civil society and social movements in a general perspective and relates the theoretical argument to recent economic and political changes in Southern African states. Salient aspects of civil society and its role in the democratic process is considered and the role of different key institutions and organizations in the democratic process are analyzed. The role of economic elites is equivocal, both because of the r…
Zimbabwe: Drought, food and adjustment
(1992). Zimbabwe: drought, food and adjustment. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 19, No. 53, pp. 88-94
Strains and stresses in the Zimbabwean education system: An interview with Fay Chung, minister of education and culture
(1990). Strains and stresses in the Zimbabwean education system: an interview with Fay Chung, minister of education and culture. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 17, No. 48, pp. 76-81
The 1990 Zimbabwe elections: A post‐mortem
The recent presidential and general elections held in Zimbabwe saw a bitterly contested struggle between the Zimbabwe African National Union‐Patriotic Front (ZANU‐PF) and the Zimbabwe Unity Movement (ZUM). This article reviews the election manifestos and electioneering practices of each side against the background of Zimbabwe's post‐independence development and its class/ethnic relations. It considers the question of whether ZANU‐PF's victory by …
The debate on democracy in contemporary Zimbabwe
(1989). The debate on democracy in contemporary Zimbabwe. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 16, No. 45-46, pp. 117-125
From ‘Growth with Equity’ to ‘Fast-Track’ Reform: Zimbabwe's Land Question
This article represents a provisional attempt to explain the changing and competing strands of the debate surrounding the ‘land question’ as it has unfolded in Zimbabwe in the past 23 years. As in most contexts of land reform, the debate is highly political whether packaged in nationalist or technocratic rhetoric. Since independence, three phases of land reform debate can be identified: the early independence years from 1980 to about 1989, the pe…
Whither Zimbabwe? crisis & democratisation
When it attained its independence in 1980, there were high hopes expressed for Zimbabwe's political and economic future. It was amongst the top four more industrialized countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa; it possessed a more diversified economy than most countries; and it had a better human resource base than most; and it had a middle‐income status. Comparatively speaking, therefore, Zimbabwe had better prospects of making a head start in economic a…
Old wine in new bottles? Revisiting contract farming after agrarian reform in Zimbabwe
This contribution explores emerging features of social relations of production as expressed through the contract farming system in Zimbabwe. It seeks to link earlier research on plantation-based outgrower schemes in tea and sugar that were on a modest scale, to contemporary contract farming in tobacco and cotton that has expanded to a relatively large scale in the post-land reform period. The article questions whether the current expansion wave i…
Migrant Remittances and Household Wellbeing in Urban Zimbabwe
Evidence from household surveying in December 2005 in Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, indicates that a wide network of international migrant remitters are ameliorating the economic crisis in Zimbabwe by sending monetary and in-kind transfers to over 50 per cent of urban households. The research combines quantitative measurement of scale and scope, with demographic and qualitative narrative to build a holistic picture of the typography of receiving…
The Land Is the Economy: Revisiting the land question
This article revisits Zimbabwe's land question from the vantage point of having been written five years after the ‘fast-track’ land redistribution programme was launched. Without belittling the accomplishments of land reform in the first 19 years of the country's independence, it is generally clear that the sweeping programme of 2000–2003, the most comprehensive of its kind, created a new paradigm. Clearly, the consequences will take many years t…
Civil society, social movements and Democracy in Southern Africa
The article reviews the theory of civil society and social movements in a general perspective and relates the theoretical argument to recent economic and political changes in Southern African states. Salient aspects of civil society and its role in the democratic process is considered and the role of different key institutions and organizations in the democratic process are analyzed. The role of economic elites is equivocal, both because of the r…
The 1990 Zimbabwe elections: A post‐mortem
The recent presidential and general elections held in Zimbabwe saw a bitterly contested struggle between the Zimbabwe African National Union‐Patriotic Front (ZANU‐PF) and the Zimbabwe Unity Movement (ZUM). This article reviews the election manifestos and electioneering practices of each side against the background of Zimbabwe's post‐independence development and its class/ethnic relations. It considers the question of whether ZANU‐PF's victory by …
Zimbabwe: Drought, food and adjustment
(1992). Zimbabwe: drought, food and adjustment. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 19, No. 53, pp. 88-94
Solidarity & Africa in the new century
Solidarity is an awareness of a common humanity and global citizenship and the voluntary acceptance of the responsibilities that go with it. It is the conscious commitment to redress inequalities both within and between countries. It is based on recognition that in an interdependent world, poverty or oppression anywhere is a threat to prosperity and stability everywhere... 1 The second half of the 20th century witnessed the most sustained upsurge…
The debate on democracy in contemporary Zimbabwe
(1989). The debate on democracy in contemporary Zimbabwe. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 16, No. 45-46, pp. 117-125
The debate on democracy in contemporary Zimbabwe
(1989). The debate on democracy in contemporary Zimbabwe. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 16, No. 45-46, pp. 117-125
Strains and stresses in the Zimbabwean education system: An interview with Fay Chung, minister of education and culture
(1990). Strains and stresses in the Zimbabwean education system: an interview with Fay Chung, minister of education and culture. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 17, No. 48, pp. 76-81
The 1990 Zimbabwe elections: A post‐mortem
The recent presidential and general elections held in Zimbabwe saw a bitterly contested struggle between the Zimbabwe African National Union‐Patriotic Front (ZANU‐PF) and the Zimbabwe Unity Movement (ZUM). This article reviews the election manifestos and electioneering practices of each side against the background of Zimbabwe's post‐independence development and its class/ethnic relations. It considers the question of whether ZANU‐PF's victory by …
Zimbabwe: Drought, food and adjustment
(1992). Zimbabwe: drought, food and adjustment. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 19, No. 53, pp. 88-94
Civil society, social movements and Democracy in Southern Africa
The article reviews the theory of civil society and social movements in a general perspective and relates the theoretical argument to recent economic and political changes in Southern African states. Salient aspects of civil society and its role in the democratic process is considered and the role of different key institutions and organizations in the democratic process are analyzed. The role of economic elites is equivocal, both because of the r…
Whither Zimbabwe? crisis & democratisation
When it attained its independence in 1980, there were high hopes expressed for Zimbabwe's political and economic future. It was amongst the top four more industrialized countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa; it possessed a more diversified economy than most countries; and it had a better human resource base than most; and it had a middle‐income status. Comparatively speaking, therefore, Zimbabwe had better prospects of making a head start in economic a…
From ‘Growth with Equity’ to ‘Fast-Track’ Reform: Zimbabwe's Land Question
This article represents a provisional attempt to explain the changing and competing strands of the debate surrounding the ‘land question’ as it has unfolded in Zimbabwe in the past 23 years. As in most contexts of land reform, the debate is highly political whether packaged in nationalist or technocratic rhetoric. Since independence, three phases of land reform debate can be identified: the early independence years from 1980 to about 1989, the pe…
Solidarity & Africa in the new century
Solidarity is an awareness of a common humanity and global citizenship and the voluntary acceptance of the responsibilities that go with it. It is the conscious commitment to redress inequalities both within and between countries. It is based on recognition that in an interdependent world, poverty or oppression anywhere is a threat to prosperity and stability everywhere... 1 The second half of the 20th century witnessed the most sustained upsurge…
The Land Is the Economy: Revisiting the land question
This article revisits Zimbabwe's land question from the vantage point of having been written five years after the ‘fast-track’ land redistribution programme was launched. Without belittling the accomplishments of land reform in the first 19 years of the country's independence, it is generally clear that the sweeping programme of 2000–2003, the most comprehensive of its kind, created a new paradigm. Clearly, the consequences will take many years t…
Migrant Remittances and Household Wellbeing in Urban Zimbabwe
Evidence from household surveying in December 2005 in Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, indicates that a wide network of international migrant remitters are ameliorating the economic crisis in Zimbabwe by sending monetary and in-kind transfers to over 50 per cent of urban households. The research combines quantitative measurement of scale and scope, with demographic and qualitative narrative to build a holistic picture of the typography of receiving…
When a State Turns on its Citizens: 60 Years of Institutionalised Violence in Zimbabwe
Lloyd Sachikonye traces the roots of Zimbabwe's contemporary violence to the actions of the Rhodesian armed forces, and the inter-party conflicts that occurred during the liberation war. His focus, however, is the period since 2000, which has seen state-sponsored violence erupting in election campaigns and throughout the programme of fast-track land reform. The consequences of this violence run wide and deep. Aside from inflicting trauma and fear…
When a State Turns on its Citizens: 60 Years of Institutionalised Violence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Lost Decade. Politics, Development and Society: Politics, Development & Society
Zimbabwe occupies a special place in African politics and international relations, and has been the subject of intense debates over the years. At independence in 1980, the country was better endowed than most in Africa, and seemed poised for economic development and political pluralism. The population was relatively well educated, the industrial and agricultural bases were strong, and levels of infrastructure were impressive. However, in less tha…
Zimbabwe's Lost Decade: Politics, Development and Society
Research, Knowledge and Policy
Old wine in new bottles? Revisiting contract farming after agrarian reform in Zimbabwe
This contribution explores emerging features of social relations of production as expressed through the contract farming system in Zimbabwe. It seeks to link earlier research on plantation-based outgrower schemes in tea and sugar that were on a modest scale, to contemporary contract farming in tobacco and cotton that has expanded to a relatively large scale in the post-land reform period. The article questions whether the current expansion wave i…
Roape at 50: The review in a changing world
ROAPE at 50: The review in a changing worldMy first encounter with ROAPE was in graduate school some 45 years ago.One of its overseas editors, Bjrn Beckman, taught a course on the political economy of underdevelopment at Ahmadu Bello
Political science (13 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (12 works) · Economics (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (6 works)