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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780261803321

Autore

White Luise S

Titolo

The assassination of Herbert Chitepo [[electronic resource] ] : texts and politics in Zimbabwe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-282-07209-9

0-253-10983-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

968.9105/1

Soggetti

Chitepo, H. W

Zimbabwe - Politics and government - 1980-

History & Archaeology

Regions & Countries - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Characters in Order of Appearance; A Note on Place Names; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and                chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled                Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. Since then, there have been four confessions and                at least as many accusations about who was responsible. In The Assassination of                Herbert Chitepo, Luise White does not set out to resolve questions about who was                accountable for this horrible murder. Instead, in a style that is as much murder                mystery as it is history wr