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Political Aesthetics, the Third Chimurenga, and the ZANU-PF Mobilization in Shurugwi District of Zimbabwe

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  • Ngonidzashe Marongwe

    (History and Development Studies Department, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)

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This article examines the deployment of political aesthetics of mobilization at ZANU-PF rallies during the Third Chimurenga, 2000–2008. Broadly, I ask: What impact was generated by the ritualization of performances at rallies? The article contends that the impact was, first, in engendering a particular Ranciere[an] “distribution of the sensible†in which ZANU-PF continued reign and violence were valorised. Second, this helped in the “democratisation†of agency, to the lower-level party structures, in the commission of violence. While the primary focus will be on the Third Chimurenga when the adulteration of aesthetics became apparent, the article, however, will draw comparisons with the precolonial Zimbabwe and the Second Chimurenga practices in order to fully delineate the turns the performances have undergone over time.

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  • Ngonidzashe Marongwe, 2013. "Political Aesthetics, the Third Chimurenga, and the ZANU-PF Mobilization in Shurugwi District of Zimbabwe," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 29(4), pages 457-485, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jodeso:v:29:y:2013:i:4:p:457-485
    DOI: 10.1177/0169796X13504679
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