Post-liberalisation politics in Africa: Examining the political legacy of struggle

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The politics of African states in which insurgencies or liberation movements have taken control of the government is examined. It is found that while post-liberilisation regimes have advantages in implementing state building projects, they are also subject to contestation when the new state institutions and regime incumbents become too exclusivist or predatory.

South Africa, Namibia, Analysis, Liberalism

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The memory of violence: Trauma in the writings of Alexander Kanengoni and Yvonne Vera and the idea of unreconciled citizenship in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe won independence after a hard struggle and was assured peace, prosperity and freedom, but it has changed the other way round. It is indicated that the Zimbabwe has itself recourse to redemption without the use of a psychoanalyst's couch.

Political violence, Politics in literature, Political literature, Political science literature

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The narratives and counter-narratives of Zimbabwean asylum: Female voices

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The dynamics of the postcolonial interactions that exist in the system of Zimbabwe asylum appeals are explored. The issues surrounding postcolonial assumptions both in Zimbabwe and in Britain are assessed.

United Kingdom, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Women politicians, Asylum, Right of, Right of asylum, Zimbabwean foreign relations

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