an unlikely consensus with colonial administrators in believing that European colonization would have very positive e ects on African economic development. By 1926 a British academic was writing of an Economic Revolution in British West Africa" unleashed by the colonial powers on backward Africa (McPhee, 1926).
Abstract. This paper uses miner-farmer relations in post-1923 Southern Rhodesia as a lens to delineate the protean nature of state policy in dealing with sectorial interests of the two foremost primary sectors of …
1. Introduction. Large-scale mining projects inevitably have widespread impacts on local societies and ecologies. Because of their close relationships to the land, water, and resources therein, and their marginalized social and economic positions, Indigenous peoples living in current or former settler colonies are particularly vulnerable …
See LPhimister and C.van Onselen, Studies in the History of African Mine Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe (Gwelo, 1978); LPhimister, Wangi Kolia. Coal, Capital and Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe 1894-1954 (Harare and Johannesburg, 1994);
In 1977, Beach published a chapter titled 'The Shona Economy: Branches of Production', easily the most comprehensive account of the pre-colonial economy of Zimbabwe and central Mozambique, in which the argument …
Pre-colonial mining and metalworking in southern Africa: An overview with specific reference to Zimbabwe January 2013 In book: Zimbabwean Archaeology in the Post-Independence (pp.143-158)
The capitalist economy of colonial Zimbabwe whose objective is the production of maximum surplus value to be appropriated by the international and settler bourgeoisie is a product of British colonial imperialism which was an effort by Britain in the 19th century to resolve her socio-economic crisis caused by the sharpening of contradictions between …
Colonial Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), c.1895 ... against the wishes of mining capital. 10. ... ' The Development of Settler Capitalist Agriculture ...
Based on the review of literature available on trade, this paper argues that regional and interregional trade involving pre-colonial Zimbabwe were forms of globalization which predate ...
The establishment of capitalist economy in colonial Zimbabwe can be dated as far back as I890 when the British colonialists, under the leadership of the British South Africa …
This article explores the interaction of settler farmers, miners, and the state in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1895 to 1923. The governing authority, the …
Conflicts among settlers and colonial officials not only reveal the contradictions of colonial rule and capitalist development but also contributed to the making of the land question in Zimbabwe. Settlers' disaffection with the BSAC's land policies, among other factors, led many of them to question its claims to ownership of …
As European powers began to assert hegemony in much of Africa during the early twentieth century, forced labor became a common and cheap method of organizing the labor of colonial subjects.The impoverished colonial states needed cheap African labor for infrastructure development while, in settler colonies, European immigrants and …
The history of gold mining and processing in Zimbabwe predates the colonial occupation by Cecil John Rhodes' British South Africa Company (BSAC) in 1890 (Kritzinger 2012a, b; Phimister 1974; Beach 1988).The BSAC was an entity put together by Rhodes in the late nineteenth century in order to expand his gold mining monopoly from …
By Monica Moorehead December 21, 2017 The resignation of Robert Mugabe is changing the social landscape not only for the people of Zimbabwe but for all of Africa. This development is part and parcel of the ongoing struggle for independence and sovereignty against imperialism.
Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has implemented more than ten economic development strategies. These policies ranged from the inward-looking, interventionist strategy to the outward-oriented market-driven focus. All these policies endeavored to create employment...
There were setbacks, however, for inclusive development in Africa due to unfavorable economic conditions emanating from colonial structures and systems which did not favor the African way of ...
This article explores the development of small grains (sorghum, millet, and rapoko) production and marketing in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) over the colonial era from 1890 to the 1970s.
The process of economic development in the British settler colony of Southern Rhodesia (the modern nation of Zimbabwe) was dominated by the needs of European capitalists …
Zimbabwe's controversial Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) from 2000. Moreover, the recent spate of mineral discoveries in the country (mainly diamonds, …
The history of mining in Zimbabwe stretches back centuries, with the country known for its rich mineral wealth and a diverse range of mining activities. Here's an overview of the history of mining in Zimbabwe: Pre-Colonial Era: Mining in Zimbabwe has ancient origins, dating back to the pre-colonial era when indigenous communities …
The Farmer-Miner Dispute in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1903-1939 MUCHAPARARA MUSEMWA Department of History ... colonial Zimbabwean history, mining, agriculture in settler societies, resources Environment and History 15 (2009): 79-107. doi: 10.3197/096734009X404671 ... stages of colonial development.10 Poignantly silent in …
In what ways and through what mechanisms and policy instruments did colonial regimes seek to draw Africans into the colonial economy as laborers, wage earners, taxpayers, and consumers of foreign man...
Conflicts among settlers and colonial officials not only reveal the contradictions of colonial rule and capitalist development but also contributed to the …
Post-colonial education in Zimbabwe has shown a continuity of colonial education in terms of the curriculum despite the zeal shown by the new governments to change (Jansen, 1991). The new government of Zimbabwe often aligned decisions on education to the former colonial government's directions (Shizha, 2013).
Introduction. From the collapse of the first concerted African armed resistance to British colonialism in 1896–7 until the creation of the political and economic bloc known as the Central African Federation or the Federation of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland in 1953, Southern Rhodesia went through tremendous economic and political changes that …
of some important gold mines in the country. Throughout the colonial era (1890-1980) Zimbabwe was well-known for her rich minerals like gold, coal, copper, asbestos, iron, chrome and many others. During this period the mining industry benefited a small section of the population-the White minority. From 1980 to 1985 mining remained regulated by ...
in the Development of Illicit Mining and Trading, c.2006-2009 Tinashe Nyamunda (Economic History Department, University of Zimbabwe) Patience Mukwambo (Centre for Population Studies, University of Zimbabwe) This article examines the development of diamond mining and trading in Chiadzwa, a communal area in Marange, Zimbabwe.
Situating colonialism in the analysis of capitalism is a time-honoured enterprise. At least since Karl Marx's subsumption of colonial slavery and plunder under the 'primitive accumulation of capital', 1 studies of capitalism have grappled with the role of conquest and settlement, bondage and migration, and monopoly and extraction in the …
This was a struggle over the ownership of the means of production by two competing forms of capital ism - a characteristic intra-class as well as intra-racial conflict. This dispute …
Conflicts among settlers and colonial officials not only reveal the contradictions of colonial rule and capitalist development but also contributed to the making of the land question in Zimbabwe. Settlers' disaffection with the BSAC's land policies, among other factors, led many of them to question its claims to ownership of …
Introduction. The agricultural sector is the backbone of many economies in Southern Africa and Zimbabwe is no exception. The key literature on Zimbabwe's agricultural industry shows the important role played by this sector in contributing to the economic development of the country (Mlambo and Zitsanza, Citation 2001; Sithole, …
Dilemmas in Conservationism in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890–1930 Vimbai C. Kwashirai Abstract: During the period between 1890 and 1930, European farmers and miners established commercial farms and mines in the Mazoe District of co-lonial Zimbabwe. The colonial cash economy was dependent on state support
