In the same way that Msindo demonstrates the endurance of certain identities and their coexistence with new ones, Ethnicity in Zimbabwe observes and fulfills longstanding themes in Zimbabwe's historiography, while successfully highlighting new areas of research deserving of attention. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Ethnicity in Zimbabwe makes valuable contributions to Zimbabwean social and political history. Scrupulously researched, drawing from pre-colonial primary sources and oral histories, it reveals how common Africans--not just colonialist Europeans or opportunist African elites--played a key role in the creation of Ndebele and Kalanga identity. --

• IntroductionEthnicity and Identities in MatabelelandDomination and Resistance: Precolonial Ndebele andKalanga Relations, 1860-93Remaking Communities on the Margins: Chieftaincy andEthnicity in Bulilima-Mangwe, 1893 to the 1950sUltraroyalism, King's Cattle, and Postconquest Politics among theNdebele, 1893 to the 1940sLanguage and Ethnicity in MatabelelandContests and Identities in Town: Bulawayo before 1960Complementary or Competing? Ethnicity and Nationalism inMatabeleland, 1950-79Postcolonial Terror: Politics, Violence, and Identity, 1980-90ConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

In the same way that Msindo demonstrates the endurance of certain identities and their coexistence with new ones, Ethnicity in Zimbabwe observes and fulfills longstanding themes in Zimbabwe's historiography, while successfully highlighting new areas of research deserving of attention. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Ethnicity in Zimbabwe makes valuable contributions to Zimbabwean social and political history. Scrupulously researched, drawing from pre-colonial primary sources and oral histories, it reveals how common Africans--not just colonialist Europeans or opportunist African elites--played a key role in the creation of Ndebele and Kalanga identity. --

• IntroductionEthnicity and Identities in MatabelelandDomination and Resistance: Precolonial Ndebele andKalanga Relations, 1860-93Remaking Communities on the Margins: Chieftaincy andEthnicity in Bulilima-Mangwe, 1893 to the 1950sUltraroyalism, King's Cattle, and Postconquest Politics among theNdebele, 1893 to the 1940sLanguage and Ethnicity in MatabelelandContests and Identities in Town: Bulawayo before 1960Complementary or Competing? Ethnicity and Nationalism inMatabeleland, 1950-79Postcolonial Terror: Politics, Violence, and Identity, 1980-90ConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

In the same way that Msindo demonstrates the endurance of certain identities and their coexistence with new ones, Ethnicity in Zimbabwe observes and fulfills longstanding themes in Zimbabwe's historiography, while successfully highlighting new areas of research deserving of attention. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Ethnicity in Zimbabwe makes valuable contributions to Zimbabwean social and political history. Scrupulously researched, drawing from pre-colonial primary sources and oral histories, it reveals how common Africans--not just colonialist Europeans or opportunist African elites--played a key role in the creation of Ndebele and Kalanga identity. --

• IntroductionEthnicity and Identities in MatabelelandDomination and Resistance: Precolonial Ndebele andKalanga Relations, 1860-93Remaking Communities on the Margins: Chieftaincy andEthnicity in Bulilima-Mangwe, 1893 to the 1950sUltraroyalism, King's Cattle, and Postconquest Politics among theNdebele, 1893 to the 1940sLanguage and Ethnicity in MatabelelandContests and Identities in Town: Bulawayo before 1960Complementary or Competing? Ethnicity and Nationalism inMatabeleland, 1950-79Postcolonial Terror: Politics, Violence, and Identity, 1980-90ConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex