To Subsidise My Income: Urban farming in an East-African town, by Dick Foeken
Abstract
AFRICAN AFFAIRS on the proximate causes for the disturbances in this region and on the role of South African intelligence operatives in Zimbabwe. This section is based on a wide range of secondary material and, where available, primary government material in the form of speeches and reports on the disturbances. Drawing on this wide range of source material, this section presents the anti-dissident campaign as a systematized targeting of civilians. In positing this argument it recognizes the difficulties associated with military campaigns against guerrilla armies. The case studies themselves are presented coherently: the authors analyse incidents village by village, detailing the participants, the nature of the attack, and the number of victims involved. As one reads through the case studies an overall picture is built up in oneâs mind, which is confirmed by a concluding section outlining the nature of abuses across the whole region. The use of visual prompts, such as graphs, maps and photographs, helps to illustrate and enrich the readersâ understanding. The third section deals with the implications of the violence in the region. The approach is academic and unemotive, detailing the social, cultural, economic, and legal impacts. However, the purpose of this section is