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Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives
出版McSweeney's, 2015-10-01
主題Social Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralPolitical Science / Political FreedomSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialPolitical Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN19404509509781940450957
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LmK1CgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The situation in Zimbabwe represents one of the worst humanitarian emergencies today. This book asks the question: How did a country with so much promise — a stellar education system, a growing middle class, a sophisticated economic infrastructure, a liberal constitution, an independent judiciary, and many of the trappings of Western democracy — go so wrong? In their own words, Zimbabweans recount their experiences of losing their homes, land, livelihoods, and families as a direct result of political violence. They describe being tortured in detention, firebombed at work, or beaten up or raped to “punish” votes for the opposition. Those forced to flee to neighboring countries recount their escapes: cutting through fences, swimming across crocodile-infested rivers, and entrusting themselves to human smugglers. This book includes Zimbabweans of every age, class, and political conviction, from farm laborers to academics, doctors to artists, opposition leaders to ordinary Zimbabweans; men and women simply trying to survive as a once-thriving nation heads for collapse.