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Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979
Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57237 Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979 Mlambo, Alois S. chongoclarence@gmail.com Phimister, I.R. (Ian R.) Chongo, Clarence UCTD Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This thesis attempts to reconstruct the history of Zambia s role in Zimbabwe s liberation struggle from 1964 to the latter part of 1979. In doing so, it examines key aspects of Zambia s contribution to the liberation struggle by analysing the broad range of assistance accorded to the Zimbabwe African People s Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the two liberation movements which waged armed struggle against the Rhodesian government. The study argues that the Zambian authorities employed a two-pronged approach war and diplomacy in supporting Zimbabwe s liberation struggle. However, for mainly economic reasons, they were more inclined to pursue diplomatic approaches rather than exclusively relying on armed struggle in resolving the Rhodesian crisis. They backed the armed struggle only to an extent that it was a necessary instrument to coerce the Rhodesian government to the negotiating table, but this strategy had limited success and created numerous tensions and contradictions. Some sections of Zimbabwe nationalists accused Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda, of undermining the liberation struggle and supporting a particular nationalist leader. Thus, Zambia s role in support of Zimbabwe s liberation struggle was shaped by the ideological, strategic and economic interests of Zambia s ruling elites which, in turn, shaped the attitudes, perceptions and relationships among the nationalist leaders competing for power within the liberation movements. Despite the numerous tensions and contradictions, and the enormous economic risks associated with Zambia s commitment to Zimbabwe s liberation struggle, the study concludes that it played a major role and contributed significantly to the liberation war. tm2016 Historical and Heritage Studies DPhil Unrestricted 2016-10-14T07:32:24Z 2016-10-14T07:32:24Z 2016-08-31 2015 Thesis Chongo, C 2015, Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979, DPhil Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57237> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57237 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979 |
| title | Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979 |
| title_full | Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979 |
| title_fullStr | Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979 |
| title_short | Decolonising Southern Africa : a history of Zambia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle 1964-1979 |
| title_sort | decolonising southern africa a history of zambia s role in zimbabwe s liberation struggle 1964 1979 |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57237 |