The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo

Texts and Politics in Zimbabwe

Luise S. White

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Indiana University Press
04 June 2003

African history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Political assassinations

On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. Since then, there have been four confessions and at least as many accusations about who was responsible. In this book, Luise White does not set out to resolve questions about who was accountable for this horrible murder. Instead, in a style that is as much murder mystery as it is history writing, she uncovers what is at stake in the various confessions and why Chitepo's assassination continues to incite conflict and controversy in Zimbabwe's national politics. White casts doubt on official accounts of the murder and addresses how and for whom history is written and how myths and ideas about civic culture were founded in war-torn Zimbabwe. Although the truth about the assassination of Herbert Chitepo may never be known, readers will discover how one man's murder continues to unsettle Zimbabwe.

By: Luise S. White
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 234g
ISBN: 9780253216083
ISBN 10: 0253216087
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 04 June 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowlegments Characters in Order of Appearance A Note on Place Names Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Notes Bibliography Index

Luise White is Professor of History at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She is the author of The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi, for which she won the Herskovits Award, Speaking with Vampires: Rumor and History in Colonial Africa, and co-editor (with David William Cohen and Stephan F. Miescher) of African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History (Indiana University Press).