ZIMBABWE: The Rise To Nationhood - Brossura

Chikuhwa, Jacob

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1425948650 ISBN 13: 9781425948658

Casa editrice: AuthorHouse, 2006

Riassunto

Before emerging ex statu pupillari as Zimbabwe, the former Southern Rhodesia underwent many changes. These included a dramatic declaration of independence in the Sixties by the minority government; a fierce 'Chlimurenga' or war of liberation; a flirtation with socialism; and a final emergence as the republic we know today,From prc-history to the present day Zimbabwe - The Rise To Nationhood presents a clear and comprehensive study of a nation in transition.As an economist, the author is able to highlight the uses -and abuses - of his country's human and natural resources, both before and after independence. With the help of his own illustrations, maps and a full glossary and index, Jacob Chikuhwa paints a picture of a country more at ease with itself and its neighbours than before, but still suffering the effects of cyclical trade and weather conditions.This book will be of enormous value to students of economics, history and culture, and to anyone interested in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.

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L'autore

Jacob Wilson Chikuhwa was born on September 24, 1940 just one year after the outbreak of the Second World War. He was born in a village called Samaringa in the Honde Valley, in Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands. He was brought up in a Christian environment, his father (c. 1879-March 3, 1972) having been an Anglican mission-school teacher for almost twenty-four years. Although his mother (c. 1901-Aug. 5, 1991), like his father, was from a typical traditional family, she was a devout believer in Christianity. Being one of twin brothers, Jacob almost became a victim of Shona religious belief. In those days, it was considered taboo to give birth to twins. According to tradition, the younger twin was to be got rid of without delay.Because of his parent's Christian belief, Jacob survived to go on to study at Hartzell Secondary School, Old Mutare. After obtaining the Cambridge School Certificate, he briefly worked as a school teacher in 1963 at Chigudu Primary School in Headlands near Rusape. In 1964, he was employed as a postmaster trainee in Harare, but in September of the same year, he was detained at Wha Wha Detention Camp near Gweru until he was released in March 1965.He briefly worked as a bookkeeper in Bulawayo while playing soccer for Eastlands FC before going into exile in Zambia in 1966. In 1967, he went to the former Soviet Union where he studied economics at the Kiev Institute of National Economy in Ukraine. Having specialised in Finance and Banking, he was awarded an M.Sc.(Econ.) degree in 1972.At the end of that year, he went to Stockholm, Sweden where he did post-graduate studies in Economic Integration and International Relations. Between 1974 and 1976, he was ZANU's Chief Publicity Officer responsible for the Nordic countries, Austria and West Germany. After the assassination of Herbert Chitepo and the subsequent arrest of most of the members of Dare reCimurenga in Zambia, the ZANU office in Stockholm could not sustain itself. Therefore, in September 1976, Jaco

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: AuthorHouse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1425948650
• ISBN 13: 9781425948658
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 552
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile