1st Edition
Photographing the Liberation Struggle in Zimbabwe Politics, Power, and the Images of Zenzo Nkobi
Introduction: Remembering Zimbabwe’s Contested Past
Chapter 1: Boarding Time: ZAPU and its ‘Revolution Within a Revolution’
Chapter 2: Rising from the Ashes: Setting the Conventional Army
Chapter 3: Looking into ZPRA’s Women’s Brigade
Chapter 4: ZAPU and the Internationalisation of the Struggle
Chapter 5: False landing: Zimbabwe’s Unfinished Business
Conclusion: Photography and Salience(ing) the Past
Biography
Tshuma Lungile is a researcher in the Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He holds a Ph.D. in journalism studies from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. Prior to joining Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lungile was a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the department of Media and Communication at UJ. Lungile’s research interest are in photography, memory, and journalism. His work has been published in local and international journals such as Journal of Genocide Research, African Journalism Studies, Critical Arts, Nations and Nationalism, Journal of Communication Inquiry, and Media, Culture and Society. He also co-edited Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism (Routledge 2024).
A rich, riveting and awe-inspiring account of Zenzo Nkobi’s photographic works, and how they are intertwined with memory politics and the national question.
Mphathisi Ndlovu, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
This book is a tour de force! Well done on powerfully weaving a compelling literary tapestry to Zenzo Nkobi’s photographic archive of one of the most formidable liberation movements in Southern Africa.
Siphosami Malunga, Programs Director at Open Society Africa
