The Matopos Hills of Zimbabwe have been occupied by humanity for some 40,000 years. They are the home for a number of shrines, and have become a scene of symbolic, ideological, political and armed conflict between the Shona, Ndebele and Europeans for more than 100 years. Many questions in Matopos history are crucial to the history of Matabeleland as a whole, and some central to the history of Zimbabwe: the right relationship of men and women to the land; the nature of culture; the dynamics of ethnicity;the roots of disidence and violence; and the historical bases of underdevelopment. This work examines these issues.
- ISBN10 0852556543
- ISBN13 9780852556542
- Publish Date 18 March 1999 (first published 1 February 1999)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 18 June 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint James Currey
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English