Zimbabwe
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Increased Chinese investments in Zimbabwe’s lithium megaprojects: energy colonialism, geopolitics and new patterns of accumulation in Africa’s critical minerals
New publication alert! CASAS member Kennedy Manduna has just published this article in the Review of African Political Economy Abstract: Given China’s expanding presence in Africa’s extractive industry, this article considers why China is benefiting more than Zimbabwe from the significant increase in Chinese investment in the latter’s lithium megaprojects. The article explores energy colonialism…
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Agroecology, ubuntu, and indigenous knowledge: reviving cultural and ecological resilience in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
CASAS’ member Patience Chadambuka has just published this article in Agriculture and Human Values with colleagues Kirk Helliker, Tavengwa Chitata, Chipo Hungwe, Shupai Stephen Majee, Tendai Madanzi, Rangarirai Lucia Mhindu & Tirivashe Phillip Masere. Abstract: This study examines critically the intersection of agroecology, indigenous knowledge, and cultural practices in Chimani-mani, Zimbabwe, highlighting how sustainable farming…
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Bridging divides against erratic democratic trajectories: the politics of rural and urban social movements in Southern Africa
CASAS’ member Boaventura Monjane just published this paper in Globalizations. Abstract: This article examines the complex relationship between social and popular movements in Southern Africa across sectors and geographies amid erratic democracy. It analyzes how these sectorial and geographical divides undermine collective strategies and shape the contested legitimacy of neoliberal or undemocratic authorities. The article…
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Movimentos agrários e a luta pela transformação agroalimentar na África Austral
CASAS’ member Boaventura Monjane has published this article in Tensões Mundiais in Portuguese. Abstract: This article examines how agrarian movements in Southern Africa – particularly in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa – confront the corporate model of food production and trade. It highlights La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa and the Rural Women’s Assembly…