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301 BOOK REVIEWS Sam Moyo, The Land Question in Zimbabwe (Harare, Zimbabwe: SAPES Books, 1995), 333 pp. Cloth, paper. No price reported. Although this book is specifically about Zimbabwe, it highlights the characteristic prob- lems associated with the ascendancy to power of liberation movements in post-colonial soci- eties in a more general sense. In this analysis, the focus is on land reform and redistribution, the heart of the national question. What makes the land issue so central is the predominantly agricultural nature of most African economies and their generally poor performance. The ruling party, ZANU-PF undertook to initiate radical and substantial socio-economic change, which among other things fueled popular expectations for an egalitarian land redistribution program which would make land accessible to the mass of the population. Obstacles to the accomplishment of this goal are the subject matter of this book. The author periodizes the analysis into two time periods, viz. 1980-1989 and 1990-1993 as they were characterized by somewhat different policy thrusts and dynamics. As the author so ably demonstrates, these expectations of egalitarian land redistribution have been unfulfilled. This is because the issue of land policy in Zimbabwe has been fo- cused on: (i) an inadequate
Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1998
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