Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe A Social History of the Hwesa People

Name: Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe A Social History of the Hwesa People
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ISBN: 9780275966263

ISBN-10: 0275966267

ISBN-13: 9780275966263

Edition: 1999

Authors: David Maxwell

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Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/19/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

David C. Maxwell is the Coordinator at Oklahoma State University Library Electronic Publishing Center.



List of Maps, Photographs and Tables


Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Place Names


Introduction



The Wars of the Field Mice: Hwesa Politics and Society in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries



The Cinderella People: Hwesa Political and Religious Interactions with the Colonial State, 1904-50



The Spirit and the Scapular: Protestant and Catholic Interactions, 1950-75



The First Christian Movement in Katerere: Local Appropriations of Mission Christianity in the 1950s



Local Politics and the War of Liberation



The Roasting of Chief Gambiza: The Return of Chiefs in Alliance with their Ancestors since Independence



Witches, Prophets and Avenging Spirits: The Second Christian Movement in Katerere


Conclusion


Appendices



Methodology



Hwesa Myths of Origin



Rituals of the Hwesa Chieftainship



Hwesa Legends



Genealogies


Notes


Sources and Bibliography


Index