Memory and Erasure is part of a growing body of academic literature to properly document and narrate the Gukurahundi genocide which, hopefully, may contribute to survivors and victims� families� quest for justice and closure. Deployed in January 1983, the Fifth Brigade�s legacy has continued to cast a dark shadow not just over Matabeleland and Midlands, but over the entire country. As the title of the book � and also the chapters � forcefully underline, a culture of violence led by the state and those who control its levers pervades the whole of Zimbabwe and continues to do so partly because of the failure to address the Gukurahundi genocide and its aftermaths, which marked the height of Zimbabwean authorities� tendency to use violence to crush dissent and opposition. Collectively, these essays explore different aspects of the Gukurahundi in order (1) to challenge the silencing of the genocide as a mainstream public issue in Zimbabwe, (2) to demonstrate how, deliberately and systematically, Zimbabwe�s rulers have refused to allow this issue to be resolved and have, in the process, completely disregarded the views, demands, feelings and sensitivities of affected individuals and communities, (3) to explore and critique the institutional, legal/ constitutional and political frameworks that have sustained the failure to find a solution, (4) to demonstrate how Zimbabwe, as a state, bears collective responsibility for Gukurahundi crimes and should therefore hold itself accountable and institute a clear and honest programme to provide a lasting solution that does not lead to further division, and (5) this collection emphasises, in various ways, that the solution to the political culture that has engulfed Zimbabwe and prevented it from attaining its independence goals lies in resolving the aftermath of Gukurahundi and addressing the culture of violence, repression and impunity in Zimbabwean politics.
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hîs coectîon o ceary wrîtten capters by a range o scoars îs a vauabe contrîbutîon to te growîng corpus o îterature on Gukuraundî. ït represents an împortant new resource on te atrocîtîes; and on transîtîona justîce and peacebuîdîng or poîcy makers, students and academîcs aîke. Dr Khanyisela Moyo, Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster.
hîs eoquenty constructed crîtîque îs a bod attempt at assessîng te varîous dîmensîons surroundîng te ack o progress în addressîng te darkest perîod o post-coonîa Zîmbabwe – te Gukuraundî atrocîtîes. he autors exîbît bot înteectua courage and sober înquîry înto te barrîers standîng în te way o uncoverîng trut, securîng memory, deîverîng justîce, ensurîng eaîng and accountabîîty or vîctîms. he capters ave aîd bare te eadersîp vacuum tat aunts Zîmbabwe on te evîdence o te natîona aîure to urgenty address tîs outstandîng natîona questîon. Deprose Muchena, Senior Director, Regional Human Rights Impact, Amnesty International.
hîs book îs not ony an ode to te vîctîms o te Gukuraundî massacres în Matabeeand, but aso a recognîtîon o te contînued paîn o te survîvors. ït deves deep înto te strugge to acîeve true justîce în te ace o îstorîca dîstortîon o te narratîve and attempts to deLect responsîbîîty or tese mass crîmes by a government composed o some o te aeged perpetrators. ït caenges attempts to erase wat took pace, încudîng te eînous sexua attacks on women, and touces on dîsînormatîon în reportîng by some în te medîa at te tîme. he book aso represents ope. Hope tat troug wrîtîng, rememberîng, reteîng and memoraîsatîon, trut, justîce and accountabîîty wî eventuay prevaî. Tiseke Kasambala, Director, Africa Programs, Freedom House.
Memory and Erasure
Memory and Erasure:
Gukurahundi and the Culture of Violence
in Zimbabwe
edited by
Mandlenkosi Mpofu
and
Percy F. Makombe
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Contrîbutors bîograpîes Acknowedgements ‘Ode to te Nameess’ – Guguetu Sîzîba Note to te Second Edîtîon Foreword – Sarî Eppe ïntroductîon: Fîgtîng or te Rîgt to Remember: te Pîgt o Zîmbabwe’s Gukuraundî Vîctîms – Mandenkosî Mpou and Percy F. Makombe1.te Subatern: Gukuraundî, Reconcîîatîon and Crîmînaîsîng Transîtîona Justîce în Zîmbabwe– Mandlenkosî Mpou and Percy F. Makombe 2.or ïntended Actîon?’: Examînîng Zîmbabwe’s Lega ‘Bandwagonîng Framework on Peacebuîdîng- Cynîa Cîgwenya .Gukuraundî Transîtîona Justîce Deadock în Zîmbabwe he – Pedzîsaî Ruanya and Bekezea Gumbo 4. Sexua vîoence: Gukuraundî’s Pubîc Secret – Sîbongînkosî Moyo-Mpou 5.Memory o a Genocîde: Contestatîons over Baagwe Dîsmemberîng Mass Graves Memorîa Sîte– Mbuso Fuzwayo, Samukele Hadebe and Dîon Nkomo 6. Te Lînguîstîc Dîmensîons o Gukuraundî în Zîmbabwe – Busanî Maseko and Dîon Nkomo 7. Pubîc Medîa and Genocîde: he Roe ohe Cronîcedurîng te Gukuraundî Genocîde în Zîmbabwe– Bekînkosî J. Ncube 8. Makîng sense o tat ‘moment o madness’: Vîrtua dîscussîon o Gukuraundî on socîa medîa în Zîmbabwe – Gîbson Ncube and Yemuraî Cîkwangura-Gwatîrîsa 9. Gukuraundî Atrocîtîes and Accountabîîty Caenges în Zîmbabwe: A Case For ïnternatîona Justîce– – Sîposamî Maunga 10.Unorgettabe Memorîes: A Survîvor’s Story –Jameson Moyo 11.Dox Meomakuu Bîblîograpy
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Contributors biographies
Cynthia Chigwenyaa poîtîca researcer and pracademîc wo as conducted îs extensîve studîes on reconstructîon în post-genocîde Rwanda, conLîct medîatîon în Sout Sudan, and tradîtîona justîce mecanîsms and reparatîon grants în post-conLîct socîetîes. Her academîc background îs Crîmîna Justîce; se ods an MA în Deveopment Studîes and an MPî în Socîa Poîcy and Deveopment. Cyntîa deîvered a TEDx tak tîted, ‘Post-ConLîct ïdentîty’ în wîc se spoke about Gukuraundî and er îved experîence wîe workîng or te Rwanda Natîona Commîssîon or te Fîgt Agaînst Genocîde. Se currenty serves as te Arîcan Unîon’s Yout Ambassador or Peace or Soutern Arîca and as engaged varîous natîona and înternatîona organîsatîons, încudîng odîng a researc posîtîon în te Sout Arîcan Parîament. Yemurai ChikwanguraGwatirisaods a Doube Masters rom te Unîversîtîes o Bremen (Germany) and Porto (Portuga) as we as a PD rom Naîrobî Unîversîty. Se ectures at Boto Unîversîty (Botswana). Se was a postdoctora eow at Reînîsc-Westäîsce Tecnîsce Hocscue-Aacen Unîversîty (Germany). Her current researc work îs ocusîng on a comparatîve study o cutures o trauma, memory and rememberîng. Her broad areas o researc are în îterary and întercutura studîes, gender and memory studîes. Shari Eppela Zîmbabwean wo îves and works în Buawayo. A orensîc îs antropoogîst, se as been învoved of and on or more tan twenty years wît te exumatîon and reburîa o tose wo dîed în te 1980s în Matabeeand. A cînîca psycoogîst by traînîng, Sarî as aso tracked te socîo-cutura and poîtîca împact o exumatîons and reburîas on amîîes and communîtîes over more tan two decades. ïn recent years, tîs as încreasîngy become work wît te next generatîon o survîvors, as transgeneratîona memory and trauma îs now a reaîty. Mbuso Fuzwayote secretary genera o ïbetsu îkazuu, a grassroots îs uman rîgts organîsatîon tat Igts or te dîgnîty and justîce or vîctîms o te Gukuraundî genocîde, an înîtîatîve based on trut-teîng. He îs a peasant armer wo was born în Mîdands and wîtnessed te excesses o te Fît Brîgade on te poor and edery în îs vîage. Bekezela Gumboa PD Candîdate at te Unîversîty o te Free State and a îs prîncîpa researcer wît te Zîmbabwe Democracy ïnstîtute. Hîs researc înterests încude transîtîon poîtîcs, socîo-economîc deveopment and sustaînabe peace buîdîng.