Tonga Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe

Joshua Matanzima & Kirk Helliker

 

Synopsis

Based on extensive original fieldwork, this book examines the complex and diverse livelihoods of Zimbabwe’s Tonga people as they have developed over time, including in the wake of the country’s post- 2000 political and economic crises. Despite being endowed with natural resources, the northwest region of Zimbabwe inhabited by the Tonga people is one of the most marginalised and underdeveloped parts of the country, neglected by both colonial and postcolonial governments. The Tonga- speaking people are a minority ethnic group that settled on either side of the Zambezi River around 1100 AD and remain deeply dependent on the river for their socio- economic livelihoods.

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Authors

Joshua Matanzima is a PhD candidate in Anthropology, at La Trobe University, Australia.

Professor Kirk Helliker is the Director of the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies and is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Rhodes University, South Africa.