Alois S Mlambo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4176976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alois S Mlambo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alois S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mlambo |
| SIGNATURE | MLAMBO A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4224-9050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Towards a history of xenophobia in Zimbabwe
The article explores Zimbabwe’s history of racism, ethnicity, and other forms of “othering” from 1890 to 2020 and argues that, although scholars of Zimbabwe’s past have, hitherto, shied away from using the term, these pathologies amounted collectively to xenophobia. It calls on scholars of the country’s colonial history to investigate the degree to which the above pathologies were, arguably, xenophobic. The article argues that xenophobic tendenci…
Honoured More in the Breach than in the Observance’
The United Nations Security Council passed a series of resolutions condemning Rhodesia’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) in 1965, culminating in Resolution 253 of 1968 imposing comprehensive mandatory international sanctions on Rhodesia. With a few exceptions, notably South Africa and Portugal, most member states supported the resolution and pledged their commitment to uphold and enforce the measures. Yet, most countries, including t…
From an Industrial Powerhouse to a Nation of Vendors
From being the second most industrialized country in Sub-Saharan Africa at independence in 1980, Zimbabwe’s economy has declined rapidly to a point where the country ranks among the poorest economic performers in the region. The three pillars which had underpinned the country’s vibrant economy, namely, agriculture, mining and manufacturing, have suffered greatly from poor government policy choices, resulting in the near collapse of each of the se…
A History of Zimbabwe
The first single-volume history of Zimbabwe with detailed coverage from pre-colonial times to the present, this book examines Zimbabwe's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates historical factors and trends to recent developments in the country. Zimbabwe is a country with a rich history, dating from the early San hunter-gatherer societies. The arrival of British imperial rule in 1890 impacted the…
From Education and Health for All by 2000 to the Collapse of the Social Services Sector in Zimbabwe, 1980–2008
After having earned international accolades for its pro-people policies in the 1980s, especially in the provision of health and education services, the Zimbabwean government then presided over the progressive decay and near collapse of the very same sectors, despite continuously presenting itself as a people’s government. This article investigates the factors accounting for this decline and its impact on the Zimbabwean society
Becoming Zimbabwe or Becoming Zimbabwean
This lecture explores the processes of identity-making and state-building in a multi-ethnic and multiracial society recently emerging from a protracted armed struggle against racially ordered, settler-colonial domination. It explores the extent to which historical factors, such as the nature of the state, the prevailing national political economy, and regional and international forces and developments have shaped notions of belonging and citizens…
Responses to Debating Becoming Zimbabwe
Here, Alois Mlambo and Brian Raftopoulos, as editors of Becoming Zimbabwe, offer their responses to the comments, issues and concerns raised by the other contributors, and express their thanks for their engaging interventions. As they explain, for them 'Becoming Zimbabwe combines two purposes. It is an attempt to draw on and synthesise the impressive and growing historiography on Zimbabwe, and in this sense the book is a certain kind of culminati…
Outside the Third Chimurenga
In an attempt to come to terms with the complexities of Zimbabwe's current crisis, the book Becoming Zimbabwe (2009) presents a long-term critical assessment of Zimbabwe's past. From an unpackaging of major political identities such as the 'Shona', 'Ndebele' and 'white settlers', the book situates these constructions in the context of the changing politics and political economies of pre-colonial polities, imperial intervention, settler colonialis…
Introduction to Special Issues on the Zimbabwe Crisis
This is Our land’
This study seeks to trace the role of race in the evolution of the land question in Zimbabwe from Occupation to the ‘fast-track land reform programme’ of 2000 and beyond to explore the extent to which the era of colonial domination made the racialization of the land issue in the post-colonial period almost unavoidable. It contends that Mugabe’s use of race to justify the campaign to drive whites from the land from 2000 onwards was facilitated (in…
The culture of crisis and crisis of culture in Zimbabwe
If one looks at the news, it appears that Zimbabwe is a country in lonely crisis. When the world does pay attention to Zimbabwe, it is to sanction its leaders. This issue is solely about Zimbabwe a
Tsuneo Yoshikuni, African Urban Experiences in Colonial Zimbabwe
We have Blood Relations over the Border’
When the Rhodesian Front Party under Prime Minister lan Smith declared unilateral independence (UDI) from Britain on November 11 1965, the international community responded by imposing economic sanctions against the rebel regime. At the time, the British prime minister, Harold Wilson was convinced that given the smallness and the fragility of the Rhodesian economy, international economic sanctions would quickly bring Rhodesia to its knees. Sancti…
Land Grab’ or ‘Taking Back Stolen Land’
This article seeks to place the current land crisis in Zimbabwe in its proper historical context by tracing the origins of the problem of the land question from the early years of British colonization at the turn of the twentieth century, through the anti‐colonial struggles of the 1960s and 1970s, the first twenty years of independence, to the farm invasions of 2000 and beyond. It argues that the tendency in debates over the land question to cast…
Some are more white than others
This article analyses the role of ethnic chauvinism in determining the patterns and trends of white immigration into Rhodesia from the countryâ€TMs occupation in 1890 to the Second World War. It argues that, while scholars have rightly emphasised white settler racism and discrimination against the African majority, and have tended to treat settler white society as a homogenous entity which shared a common identity, a closer examination of the rac…
Student protest and state reaction in colonial Rhodesia
On 7 August 1973, African students at the University of Rhodesia staged the most violent demonstration in the pre‐independence history of the University. The state's reaction to this demonstration was unprecedented; over 150 students were arrested and sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to nine months and, thereafter, were served with banning orders restricting them from coming within twenty kilometres of the only university in the count…
Becoming Zimbabwe or Becoming Zimbabwean
This lecture explores the processes of identity-making and state-building in a multi-ethnic and multiracial society recently emerging from a protracted armed struggle against racially ordered, settler-colonial domination. It explores the extent to which historical factors, such as the nature of the state, the prevailing national political economy, and regional and international forces and developments have shaped notions of belonging and citizens…
From an Industrial Powerhouse to a Nation of Vendors
From being the second most industrialized country in Sub-Saharan Africa at independence in 1980, Zimbabwe’s economy has declined rapidly to a point where the country ranks among the poorest economic performers in the region. The three pillars which had underpinned the country’s vibrant economy, namely, agriculture, mining and manufacturing, have suffered greatly from poor government policy choices, resulting in the near collapse of each of the se…
Some are more white than others
This article analyses the role of ethnic chauvinism in determining the patterns and trends of white immigration into Rhodesia from the countryâ€TMs occupation in 1890 to the Second World War. It argues that, while scholars have rightly emphasised white settler racism and discrimination against the African majority, and have tended to treat settler white society as a homogenous entity which shared a common identity, a closer examination of the rac…
Land Grab’ or ‘Taking Back Stolen Land’
This article seeks to place the current land crisis in Zimbabwe in its proper historical context by tracing the origins of the problem of the land question from the early years of British colonization at the turn of the twentieth century, through the anti‐colonial struggles of the 1960s and 1970s, the first twenty years of independence, to the farm invasions of 2000 and beyond. It argues that the tendency in debates over the land question to cast…
Student protest and state reaction in colonial Rhodesia
On 7 August 1973, African students at the University of Rhodesia staged the most violent demonstration in the pre‐independence history of the University. The state's reaction to this demonstration was unprecedented; over 150 students were arrested and sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to nine months and, thereafter, were served with banning orders restricting them from coming within twenty kilometres of the only university in the count…
We have Blood Relations over the Border’
When the Rhodesian Front Party under Prime Minister lan Smith declared unilateral independence (UDI) from Britain on November 11 1965, the international community responded by imposing economic sanctions against the rebel regime. At the time, the British prime minister, Harold Wilson was convinced that given the smallness and the fragility of the Rhodesian economy, international economic sanctions would quickly bring Rhodesia to its knees. Sancti…
This is Our land’
This study seeks to trace the role of race in the evolution of the land question in Zimbabwe from Occupation to the ‘fast-track land reform programme’ of 2000 and beyond to explore the extent to which the era of colonial domination made the racialization of the land issue in the post-colonial period almost unavoidable. It contends that Mugabe’s use of race to justify the campaign to drive whites from the land from 2000 onwards was facilitated (in…
Honoured More in the Breach than in the Observance’
The United Nations Security Council passed a series of resolutions condemning Rhodesia’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) in 1965, culminating in Resolution 253 of 1968 imposing comprehensive mandatory international sanctions on Rhodesia. With a few exceptions, notably South Africa and Portugal, most member states supported the resolution and pledged their commitment to uphold and enforce the measures. Yet, most countries, including t…
From Education and Health for All by 2000 to the Collapse of the Social Services Sector in Zimbabwe, 1980–2008
After having earned international accolades for its pro-people policies in the 1980s, especially in the provision of health and education services, the Zimbabwean government then presided over the progressive decay and near collapse of the very same sectors, despite continuously presenting itself as a people’s government. This article investigates the factors accounting for this decline and its impact on the Zimbabwean society
Student protest and state reaction in colonial Rhodesia
On 7 August 1973, African students at the University of Rhodesia staged the most violent demonstration in the pre‐independence history of the University. The state's reaction to this demonstration was unprecedented; over 150 students were arrested and sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to nine months and, thereafter, were served with banning orders restricting them from coming within twenty kilometres of the only university in the count…
Some are more white than others
This article analyses the role of ethnic chauvinism in determining the patterns and trends of white immigration into Rhodesia from the countryâ€TMs occupation in 1890 to the Second World War. It argues that, while scholars have rightly emphasised white settler racism and discrimination against the African majority, and have tended to treat settler white society as a homogenous entity which shared a common identity, a closer examination of the rac…
Land Grab’ or ‘Taking Back Stolen Land’
This article seeks to place the current land crisis in Zimbabwe in its proper historical context by tracing the origins of the problem of the land question from the early years of British colonization at the turn of the twentieth century, through the anti‐colonial struggles of the 1960s and 1970s, the first twenty years of independence, to the farm invasions of 2000 and beyond. It argues that the tendency in debates over the land question to cast…
Tsuneo Yoshikuni, African Urban Experiences in Colonial Zimbabwe
We have Blood Relations over the Border’
When the Rhodesian Front Party under Prime Minister lan Smith declared unilateral independence (UDI) from Britain on November 11 1965, the international community responded by imposing economic sanctions against the rebel regime. At the time, the British prime minister, Harold Wilson was convinced that given the smallness and the fragility of the Rhodesian economy, international economic sanctions would quickly bring Rhodesia to its knees. Sancti…
Introduction to Special Issues on the Zimbabwe Crisis
This is Our land’
This study seeks to trace the role of race in the evolution of the land question in Zimbabwe from Occupation to the ‘fast-track land reform programme’ of 2000 and beyond to explore the extent to which the era of colonial domination made the racialization of the land issue in the post-colonial period almost unavoidable. It contends that Mugabe’s use of race to justify the campaign to drive whites from the land from 2000 onwards was facilitated (in…
The culture of crisis and crisis of culture in Zimbabwe
If one looks at the news, it appears that Zimbabwe is a country in lonely crisis. When the world does pay attention to Zimbabwe, it is to sanction its leaders. This issue is solely about Zimbabwe a
Responses to Debating Becoming Zimbabwe
Here, Alois Mlambo and Brian Raftopoulos, as editors of Becoming Zimbabwe, offer their responses to the comments, issues and concerns raised by the other contributors, and express their thanks for their engaging interventions. As they explain, for them 'Becoming Zimbabwe combines two purposes. It is an attempt to draw on and synthesise the impressive and growing historiography on Zimbabwe, and in this sense the book is a certain kind of culminati…
Outside the Third Chimurenga
In an attempt to come to terms with the complexities of Zimbabwe's current crisis, the book Becoming Zimbabwe (2009) presents a long-term critical assessment of Zimbabwe's past. From an unpackaging of major political identities such as the 'Shona', 'Ndebele' and 'white settlers', the book situates these constructions in the context of the changing politics and political economies of pre-colonial polities, imperial intervention, settler colonialis…
From Education and Health for All by 2000 to the Collapse of the Social Services Sector in Zimbabwe, 1980–2008
After having earned international accolades for its pro-people policies in the 1980s, especially in the provision of health and education services, the Zimbabwean government then presided over the progressive decay and near collapse of the very same sectors, despite continuously presenting itself as a people’s government. This article investigates the factors accounting for this decline and its impact on the Zimbabwean society
Becoming Zimbabwe or Becoming Zimbabwean
This lecture explores the processes of identity-making and state-building in a multi-ethnic and multiracial society recently emerging from a protracted armed struggle against racially ordered, settler-colonial domination. It explores the extent to which historical factors, such as the nature of the state, the prevailing national political economy, and regional and international forces and developments have shaped notions of belonging and citizens…
A History of Zimbabwe
The first single-volume history of Zimbabwe with detailed coverage from pre-colonial times to the present, this book examines Zimbabwe's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates historical factors and trends to recent developments in the country. Zimbabwe is a country with a rich history, dating from the early San hunter-gatherer societies. The arrival of British imperial rule in 1890 impacted the…
From an Industrial Powerhouse to a Nation of Vendors
From being the second most industrialized country in Sub-Saharan Africa at independence in 1980, Zimbabwe’s economy has declined rapidly to a point where the country ranks among the poorest economic performers in the region. The three pillars which had underpinned the country’s vibrant economy, namely, agriculture, mining and manufacturing, have suffered greatly from poor government policy choices, resulting in the near collapse of each of the se…
Honoured More in the Breach than in the Observance’
The United Nations Security Council passed a series of resolutions condemning Rhodesia’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) in 1965, culminating in Resolution 253 of 1968 imposing comprehensive mandatory international sanctions on Rhodesia. With a few exceptions, notably South Africa and Portugal, most member states supported the resolution and pledged their commitment to uphold and enforce the measures. Yet, most countries, including t…
Towards a history of xenophobia in Zimbabwe
The article explores Zimbabwe’s history of racism, ethnicity, and other forms of “othering” from 1890 to 2020 and argues that, although scholars of Zimbabwe’s past have, hitherto, shied away from using the term, these pathologies amounted collectively to xenophobia. It calls on scholars of the country’s colonial history to investigate the degree to which the above pathologies were, arguably, xenophobic. The article argues that xenophobic tendenci…
Political science (15 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Law (9 works) · African history and culture studies (8 works) · Colonialism (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · History (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics (7 works)