Son of the Soil

Reclaiming the Land in Zimbabwe

Bibliographic Data

ID2307974
AuthorsVeronica Nmoma (Department of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
Year2008
Volume43
Issue4
Pages371-397
Publication date2008-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0021909608091973
OpenAlexW2078221869
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

The ZANU government of President Robert Mugabe has undertaken a credible measure of land redistribution but has yet to achieve a mutually beneficial land reform among the races in Zimbabwe. Mugabe's desire to alter the structure of economic power in a fair and equitable manner provides validity for land reform and redistribution. However, the government's political tactics in handling land reform along with parsimonious British funding significantly contributed to the failure of achieving the goal of a just, equitable and non-racial society. By conveying a portion of public land to private use, via leasehold contract, both sides stand to gain in a mutually beneficial relationship

Agriculture · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Land reform · Land tenure · Leasehold estate · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Redistribution (election · Redistribution of income and wealth · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Land Rights and Reforms · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Law · Public Administration

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