Hi everyone,

first, of all can I just thank /u/400-Rabbits for being such an amazing host and putting up with my ramblings which kept threatening to wander off into far and completely unrelated topics. He did a great job of keeping us on track and made me feel so comfortable that I could have talked for much longer.

I will be the first to admit that I did make some mistakes whilst talking which I would like to correct as soon as I get the chance to listen through the podcast and specifically note them. Yet there is definitely no excuse for my poor geography..... (I'm going to blame the fact that it was late at night when we did this and my poor brain was struggling to remember Zimbabwe's place on the continent). Zimbabwe, as we all know, is bordered by Mozambique to the east and Botswana/Namibia to the west and not vice-versa.

I'm currently in South Africa and will be in Zimbabwe for most of December so my internet might be patchy and it might take me some time to answer questions. However, if anybody has any questions or would like me to recommend sources/expand upon points/clarify statements - feel free to ask away and I will try to answer them when I can.

I did use a handful of general texts to try to piece together a good overview of Zimbabwean history during this period, but bits and pieces of knowledge have come from more specific scholarship so may not be found in the sources I'll list below. Also, as you'll probably be able to tell, there is so much to cover that we do have to miss out a lot of important things which would go some way to giving a much fuller picture of Zimbabwean history. All I can do is apologise and hope everybody will forgive me for what is very much a birdseye view of the topic.

Otherwise, I hope that this may have been of some use to people and that people will be interested enough to listen to part two, which is where it gets really interesting.

General Texts

Brian Raftopoulos, & A.S. Mlambo, eds., Becoming Zimbabwe: A History from the Pre-Colonial Period to 2008 (Harare, 2009)

Alois Mlambo, A History of Zimbabwe (Cambridge, 2014)

Jocelyn Alexander, The Unsettled Land: State-Making and the Politics of Land in Zimbabwe, 1893-2003 (Oxford, 2006)

Dane Kennedy, Islands of White: Settler Society and Culture in Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1939 (Durham, 1987)

Martin Meredith, The Past is Another Country: Rhodesia, 1890-1979 (London, 1979)

Ian Phimister, An Economic and Social History of Zimbabwe, 1890-1948: Capital Accumulation and Class Struggle (London, 1988)

Terence Ranger, Revolt in Southern Rhodesia, 1896-7: a study in African resistance (London, 1967)

Michael Oliver West, The Rise of an African Middle Class: Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965 (Bloomington, 2002)

Chengetai J.M. Zvogbo, A History of Zimbabwe, 1890-2000 and Postscript: Zimbabwe, 2001-2008 (Newcastle, 2009)

Brian Raftopoulos, & Ian R. Phimister, Keep on Knocking: A History of the Labour Movement in Zimbabwe, 1900-1997 (Harare, 1997)

What was the historical memory of the Pioneers in the 20th century up to 1980? Would a comparison between Pioneer Day and South African Boer commemoration of the Great Trek and the Voortrekkers be appropriate?

On the same theme, what was the historical memory of the first Chimurenga among the Shona and Ndebele before 1966? You point out that Chimurenga is a Shona word, so would that indicate a greater emphasis on remembrance within the Shona community?

At minute 45 you discuss the South Rhodesian concept of the Black Peril. In South Africa there is the parallel concept of Zwart Swart Gevaar (lit. "black peril").

Were these two concepts tightly connected to each other? Were Rhodesian Whites and South African Boers and Anglophone Whites in discourse about fear of miscegination and Black rule?

I enjoyed the podcast. Very interesting subject. When studying the colonial history of Zimbabwe, how does one separate the colonial attitudes of the time (1890s to 1960s) from our current views?

Very enjoyable, thanks!

Great episode, thanks!