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‘I am a paramount chief, this land belongs to my ancestors’: the reconfiguration of rural authority after Zimbabwe's land reforms

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  • Grasian Mkodzongi

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This article explores the reconfiguration of rural authority in the aftermath of Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme, particularly the way the programme has allowed local chiefs to deploy ancestral autochthony as a way of contesting state hegemony over the countryside. It argues that chiefs cannot simply be viewed as undemocratic remnants of colonial rule; instead, a nuanced understanding of their role in rural governance is required.

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  • Grasian Mkodzongi, 2016. "‘I am a paramount chief, this land belongs to my ancestors’: the reconfiguration of rural authority after Zimbabwe's land reforms," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(0), pages 99-114, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:43:y:2016:i:0:p:99-114
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2015.1085376
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    1. Nathaniel Boso & Joseph Amankwah-Amoah & Dominic Essuman & Oluwaseun E. Olabode & Patience Bruce & Magnus Hultman & James Kofi Kutsoati & Ogechi Adeola, 2023. "Configuring political relationships to navigate host-country institutional complexity: Insights from Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 54(6), pages 1055-1089, August.
    2. Walter Chambati & Freedom Mazwi, 2022. "“The Land Belongs to Us†: Ethnic Claims Over Land During Zimbabwe’s Land Reforms," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 11(1), pages 85-111, April.

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