List of contributors

Preface

Chapter 1: Decolonialising Civil Society: The Case of Matabeleland, Zimbabwe

Kirk Helliker, Mandlenkosi Mpofu and Dion Nkomo


Part1: Conceptual Perspectives on Civil Society in Matabeleland

Chapter 2: ‘Matabeleland Civil Society’ and its Relationship with the Central State in Zimbabwe, 1893-2000

Mbuso Moyo

Chapter 3: Centring Civil Society and Organic Intellectualism in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland Region

Zenzo Moyo

Chapter 4: Matabeleland’s Civil Struggle: A Narrative of Resistance, Negotiation and Reclamation of Political Space

Cornelias Ncube, Rodrick Fayayo and Gorden Moyo

Chapter 5: Chiefs, State and Civil Society Relations in Matabeleland

Rodrick Fayayo, Cornelias Ncube, and Gorden Moyo


Part2: Civil Society and Empowerment in Matabeleland

Chapter 6: Civil Society Struggles in Matabeleland: The Case of Ibhetshu Likazulu

Samukele Hadebe

Chapter 7: Rebuilding Capacity in Post-Conflict Communities in Matabeleland South: The Case of Masakhaneni Projects Trust

Nobuhle Hadebe

Chapter 8: Building Peace in the Context of Curtailed Freedoms in Matabeleland:

A Case Study of Grace To Heal

Dumisani Maqeda Ngwenya


Part3: Civil Society and the Language Question in Matabeleland

Chapter 9: ‘Inadvertent’ State Actors and Lingo-Cultural Gukurahundis in Matabeleland

Sambulo Ndlovu

Chapter 10: Situational Linguistic Performances in Matabeleland: Insights from Case Studies of CSOs

Dion Nkomo and Mandlenkosi Mpofu

Chapter 11: Bottom-up Agency in Language and Cultural Revival: Opportunities and Challenges for the Kalanga Language in Zimbabwe

Mabed Ngulani and Busani Maseko


Part4: Cultural Production as Civil Society in Matabeleland

Chapter 12: Artists and the Recreation of Inkundla and Alternative Online Civic Spaces in Post-Independent Matabeleland

Gibson Ncube

Chapter 13: Representation of Socio-economic and Political Injustices in Matabeleland: The Case of the Protest Poetry of Moyoxide

Bhekezakhe Ncube

Chapter 14: Popular Theatre as Counter-Public Spheres in Matabeleland in the 1980s: A Critical Analysis of Amakhosi Theatre Production’s Nansi Le Ndoda!

Mandlenkosi Mpofu

Chapter 15: From Anthems to Lamentations: The Music and Place of Majaivana and Albert Nyathi in the Evolution of Cultural Representations of the Marginalisation of Post-Genocide Matabeleland

Mthulisi Mathuthu