Traditional Leaders and Zimbabwe’s Liberation Struggle in Buhera District, 1976–1980

Enock Ndawana, Mediel Hove
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This article examines the role of traditional leaders during Zimbabwe’s war of liberation. Contrary to the generalisations that traditional leaders and their subordinates were either absolutely supportive of the liberation war or were against it supporting the Smith regime, this paper uses the case of Buhera District to demonstrate that traditional leaders and their subordinates contributed in various ways to Zimbabwe’s war of liberation. Guided by a combination of primary and secondary sources, the article argues that traditional leaders were in a dilemma because they were victims of the contending forces. However, they employed various survival tactics as they faced equally dangerous conflicting forces who put them in complex, ambiguous and contradictory relationships. The article concludes that the strategies and tactics employed by the Rhodesian Security Forces and the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army guerrillas had debilitating effects on traditional leaders and their subordinates during the liberation war.
1976-1980年布赫拉区的传统领袖和津巴布韦解放斗争
本文考察了传统领袖在津巴布韦解放战争中的作用。与传统领导人及其下属绝对支持解放战争或反对它支持史密斯政权的概括相反,本文使用布赫拉区的案例来证明传统领导人及其下属以各种方式为津巴布韦的解放战争做出了贡献。在一手资料和第二手资料的结合指导下,文章认为传统领导人处于两难境地,因为他们是竞争力量的受害者。然而,当他们面对同样危险的冲突力量时,他们采用了各种生存策略,这些力量使他们处于复杂、模糊和矛盾的关系中。文章的结论是,罗得西亚安全部队和津巴布韦非洲民族解放军游击队所采用的战略和战术在解放战争期间对传统领导人及其下属产生了削弱作用。
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