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Gives you current even news on the Zimbabwe, not only about the politics but about the local news. Gives you about 10 headlines per day about Zimbabwe.

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A profile of Zimbabwe...as the title suggests. A timeline that details Zimbabwe before the Settlers arrived as well as when they came and the important events in the history such as the Land Apportionment Act, which restricts black Africans the access to land ownership. And many more

A guide for a film made by PBS about Zimbabwe, particularly Mugabe's relationship with white Africans. From page 8 onwards, it gives a brief history of Zimbabwe's colonial history, discusses the land distribution in Rhodesia, and the land reforms undertaken by Mugabe. It is particularly useful for assessing the challenges in the formation of modern Zimbabwe, but focuses on the period from 2000 onwards.

Gives a brief history to the background of Zimbabwe, as well as its fight for independence. Focuses on Mugabe's land and economic reform. Also includes "discussion questions". I think this article would be good for some background information, or as a pre-reading.

Very useful visuals that shows the gradual change in Zimbabwe. Not a lot of detail. No text involved.

^ Thanks Pavin!

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the article talks about the issues which have arisen from his appointment as a UN leader for tourism

Article tells that Bobby Mugabe had signed an agreement that would mean Zimbabwe, along with Zambia will co-host the UN's World Tourism Organisation general assembly. The Movement for Democratic Change cannot understand why Mugabe has signed this document, seeing as Big Bobby has travel sanctions placed on him and arguing that Zimbabwe is not a safe country for tourism.

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Website is very useful for recent updates and opinionated papers. It is useful as a resource for updates on Robert Mugabe and his current policies. Use the search bar to specify search. Not overly relevant to the time period of focus.

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This article details Henrik Verwoerd's response to Harold Macmillan's "Wind of Change" speech made to the South African Parliament on February 1960. It talks about how the tendency in Africa for nations to become independent does justice to both the black and white man of Africa. According to Verwoerd, Europeans represent the white men of Africa, whom brought civilization to major portions of Africa with the present developments of black nationalists possible. This is where the Europeans have brought in education, way of life, industrial development, and Western ideals to the black natives. Therefore, Verwoerd believes that the Europeans have the fullest degree of involvement with the same full opportunities to remain with the white man who has made all these African developments possible.

This is a speech that was given to the South African Parliament in February, 1960. It touches on the material progress achieved by South Africa, then goes on to discuss the increasing emergence of independent nations in both Africa and various other parts of the world. It implies that growing feelings of African nationalism are inevitable and that their causes lie within western achievements. The speech also discusses the choice which newly independent Asian and African nations will have to make between the Communist Camp and the Western World.

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This article discusses J. Ross Baugham's field experience in 1977 when he joined a Rhodesian troop during the nationalist uprisings as a neutral and objective journalist. Most of his images captured the atrocities committed by the Rhodesian forces, and the first section of the article details some of the mechanics of these. Despite this, the article's value should not be overstated, as most it pertains to Baugham's personal experience, and not to the historical context of the conflict. Sadly, most of the article deals with the criticism Baugham received, as well as some of the awards he won for the three rolls of film he managed to smuggle out of the area, past Rhodesian authorities.

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a video promoting the british south african police. it includes the rhodesian national anthem, but thats about all it tells you.

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This video includes raw footage of violent uprisings in Rhodesia, and brief interviews with Rhodesian army commanders, captured terrorist commanders, and young black and white recruits. It proposes that the conflict in Rhodesia was not a confrontation between blacks and whites, but was a confrontation against Marxist terrorism. It discusses crimes committed by Communist movements in Rhodesia from an American perspective, as well as the motives which supposedly encouraged a large number of young Rhodesians to join the army.

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This Youtube video discusses about how propaganda and classes of communism, Maoism, and Leninist-Marxism can brainwash the black Natives into becoming radical terrorists. Their anti-imperialistic approach makes them want to kill/ massacre white missionaries. In response, the missionaries are stunned of the 'communist attack' because these missionaries felt that they worked for the well-being of the Natives.