Author:
Charumbira, Ruramisai, 1967- author.
Physical Descriptionxvii, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Note:Far from the tree: appropriations of ethnic memory and other frontier encounters -- War medals, gendered trials, ordinary women, and Nehandas to remember -- Remembering Rhodes, commemorating occupation, and selling memories abroad -- A country fit for white people: the power of the dead in Mazoe settler memory -- Re-membering African masculine founding myths in the time of colonialism -- African autobiography: collective memory and the myths of conquered peoples -- Educated political prisoners, a guerrilla matron, and the gendered pursuit of independence -- Conclusion: an acre of land for heroes of the land.
