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Forced Labor and Colonial Development in Africa
As European powers began to assert hegemony in much of Africa during the early twentieth century, forced labor became a common and cheap method of organizing the labor of colonial subjects.The impoverished colonial states needed cheap African labor for infrastructure development while, in settler colonies, European immigrants and …
(PDF) Land and agrarian policy in colonial Zimbabwe: Re …
Land and agrarian policy in colonial Zimbabwe: Re-ordering of African society and development in ati, 1950-1966 ... It further argues that the intersection between state-promoted agricultural ...
(PDF) Farmer–Miner Contestations and the British South
This article explores the interaction of settler farmers, miners, and the state in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1895 to 1923. The governing authority, the British South Africa Company ...
Colonial capitalism and the dilemmas of liberalism
Through a detailed narrative of capitalist development in the British colonies, Colonial Capitalism illuminates two salient yet neglected aspects of liberalism's embroilment in empire. First, the book's compelling study of capitalist relations and political economy lays bare the underrecognized interdependency between, on the one hand, the ...
(PDF) Endogenous Processes of Colonial …
ABSTRACTThis paper comments on studies that aim to quantify the long-term economic effects of historical European settlement across the globe. We argue for the need to properly conceptualise «colonial settlement» …
The political economy of small-scale mining in Zimbabwe
Ever since the enactment of Zimbabwe's Mines and Minerals Act, which gives the state rights over mineral resources wherever they are found, mining has been controversial. In the colonial period, the Act gave precedence to miners over other colonists making use of the land, including for farming, forestry and ranching.
African Economic Development and Colonial Legacies
This article reviews how colonial rule and African actions during the colonial period affected the resources and institutional settings for subsequent economic development south of the Sahara. The issue is seen from the perspective of the dynamics of development in what was in 1900 an overwhelmingly land-abundant region …
'From an Agro-Based to a Mineral Resources-Dependent …
Post-colonial mining in Zimbabwe. ... The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation was established in 1983 with a specific mandate of ensuring that copper mines that were threatened with closure during that period could ... lack of capital and investment has been a major obstacle in the realisation of profits by mining …
urbanisation in Zimbabwe Of prosperity, ghost towns …
Mining towns are engines of capital accumulation (Amin 2008); their fortunes boom, bust, prosperity and poverty are intertwined with the initial propellant and the basic sector, namely mining.
development of capitalist mining in colonial zimbabwe c
The African e Journals Project has digitized full text account for the development of capitalist mining in. Some Issues of Urbanisation and Development in Zimbabwe DIANA PATEL and rural urban migration coincided widi die development of capitalism and rapid industrialisation African towns however did not develop in diis imperial effort to promote …
Post-independence Reforms and Policies in Zimbabwe
Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has implemented more than ten economic development strategies. These policies ranged from the inward-looking, interventionist strategy to the outward-oriented market-driven focus. All these policies endeavored to create employment...
Responsible Government and Miner-Farmer Relations in Southern Rhodesia
Abstract. This paper uses miner-farmer relations in post-1923 Southern Rhodesia as a lens to delineate the protean nature of state policy in dealing with sectorial interests of the two foremost primary sectors of the country's economy, highlighting how agriculture eventually toppled mining from the apex position by 1945 – both …
(PDF) Production Systems in Pre-colonial Africa
This chapter deals with economic development in pre-colonial Africa. Was the continent underdeveloped or developing? In this chapter we will see that it was both.
The Political Economy of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …
Zimbabwe's post-2000 period has been characterised by a dramatic increase in artisanal small-scale mining (ASM), particularly gold mining. Economic decline and rising unemployment meant that ASM pr...
Mining and Minerals Revenue Distribution in …
of some important gold mines in the country. Throughout the colonial era (1890-1980) Zimbabwe was well-known for her rich minerals like gold, coal, copper, asbestos, iron, chrome and many others. During this period the mining industry benefited a small section of the population-the White minority. From 1980 to 1985 mining remained regulated by ...
The Fight for Control of African Women's Mobility in …
relatively unprofitable ventures in mining and agriculture; there was little or no industry ... Law in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1939," Journal of Southern African Studies 16, no. 4 (1990): 622-48, "Patriarchy, Capitalism, and the Colonial State in Zimbabwe," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 16, no. 4 (1991): 732-56.
Farmer–Miner Contestations and the British South Africa …
This article explores the interaction of settler farmers, miners, and the state in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1895 to 1923. The governing authority, the …
MINING, MEN AND THE CAMERA IN COLONIAL …
This article has sought to analyse and contextualise a series of photographs of early colonial mining in Zimbabwe. There are many questions that remain unan- swered in …
Contestation over Resources: The Farmer-Miner Dispute …
The farmer-miner dispute had its origins in the manner in which early settler capitalist development in colonial Zimbabwe was established and structured. The mining industry …
Post-colonial theory in Zimbabwe's education system
Post-colonial theory in Zimbabwe's education system: ... transformational leaders and agents of development through a combination of local systems as ... the capitalist perspective (Jansen, 1991
Forced Labor and Colonial Development in Africa
The impoverished colonial states needed cheap African labor for infrastructure development while, in settler colonies, European immigrants and business interests also required affordable labor to ...
Capitalist economy of colonial Zimbabwe
The establishment of capitalist economy in colonial Zimbabwe can be dated as far back as I890 when the British colonialists, under the leadership of the British South Africa …
Capitalist economy of colonial Zimbabwe
The capitalist economy of colonial Zimbabwe whose objective is the production of maximum surplus value to be appropriated by the international and settler bourgeoisie is a product of British colonial imperialism which was an effort by Britain in the 19th century to resolve her socio-economic crisis caused by the sharpening of contradictions between …
THE MINING INDUSTRY IN ZIMBABWE: LABOUR, …
The form of early colonial development of the mining industry varied, however, in accordance with the production and marketing prob lems associated with each mineral.
Introduction: Colonial South Africa, Mineral Revolutions and …
The growth and development of the diamond mining sector in and around Kimberley from the 1870s provided the fiscal impetus for a gradual transfer of power from the metropole to 'responsible settler governments.' The independent extra-colonial territories of the ORF and the ZAR, however, experienced a very different sociopolitical climate.
in the Development of Illicit Mining and Trading, c.2006 …
in the Development of Illicit Mining and Trading, c.2006-2009 Tinashe Nyamunda (Economic History Department, University of Zimbabwe) Patience Mukwambo (Centre for Population Studies, University of Zimbabwe) This article examines the development of diamond mining and trading in Chiadzwa, a communal area in Marange, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe: A Gold Mining Boom Amid Rapid Agrarian Change
The history of gold mining in colonial Zimbabwe is thus characterised by the ecological limitations that led to the dramatic disappointments faced by many white adventurers and fortune seekers who trekked to the then Rhodesia in the late nineteenth century in search of gold. ... ecological limitations undermined the development of a …
Introduction: Colonial South Africa, Mineral Revolutions …
The growth and development of the diamond mining ... ately for venture capital before the large colonial banks from Kimberley. 12 . Iliffe, John. Africans: The History of a Continent ... capital-hungry mining industry. Drawing lessons from the economic and. 16 .
Dilemmas in Conservationism in Colonial Zimbabwe, …
Dilemmas in Conservationism in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890–1930 Vimbai C. Kwashirai Abstract: During the period between 1890 and 1930, European farmers and miners established commercial farms and mines in the Mazoe District of co-
The role and position of women in pre-colonial and …
PRE-COLONIAL AND COLONIAL ZIMBABWE* ANGELA P. CHEATER Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe AT THE OUTSET, three problems (one theoretical and two methodological) must be faced concerning the title and content of this article which was requested for a workshop on The Role of Women in National Reconstruction and …
(PDF) 'Small Grains, Small Gains': African Peasant
This article explores the development of small grains (sorghum, millet, and rapoko) production and marketing in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) over the colonial era from 1890 to the 1970s.
Law, expertise, and settler conflicts over land in early colonial …
This conflicted with settler efforts to engage in other economic activities such as mining in order to eke out a living in the new colony. Company imperatives to make profits for its shareholders also led it to formulate policies that favored mining over agriculture, leading to conflicts between colonial mining and agrarian capital.
(PDF) Post-colonial theory in Zimbabwe's education system: Headmasters
Post-colonial education in Zimbabwe has shown a continuity of colonial education in terms of the curriculum despite the zeal shown by the new governments to change (Jansen, 1991). The new government of Zimbabwe often aligned decisions on education to the former colonial government's directions (Shizha, 2013).
Patriarchy, Capitalism, and the Colonial State in Zimbabwe
LESOTHO SOUTH / AFRICA The process of economic development in the British settler of Southern Rhodesia (the modern nation of Zimbabwe) dominated by the needs of European capitalists who had in agriculture and mining.' In recent years a functionalist pervaded …
Colonial Economy and Society to 1953 (Chapter 4)
Significant economic advances were registered in mining, agriculture, transportation and manufacturing, while Africans were increasingly incorporated into the evolving capitalist economy, mostly as suppliers of cheap labour.
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Significant economic advances were registered in mining, agriculture, transportation and manufacturing, while Africans were increasingly incorporated into the …