History Research Papers/Topics

Empowerment Or Control? : The History Of The Tonga And Fishing Cooperatives In Binga District 1950s-2015

ABSTRACT The history of the Tonga have it that, the introduction of the fishing villages initially and then later the cooperative system in Binga District from the 1950s-2015 saw the Zambezi Tonga lose their fishing rights. The study traces events paying particular attention to the changes which were introduced to the Tonga fishing practices from the period of the forced relocations to the period 2015. The argument advanced in this research is that the fishing cooperatives system has never be...

Religion And Child Marriages In The Johane Marange Apostolic Sect: The Case Study Of Chihota Communal Areas,1917-2015.

ABSTRACT The study focuses on religion and child marriages from 1917-2015. Case of Johane Marange Apostolic Sect of Chihota communal areas. The study reveals the background to the history of child marriages in Zimbabwe from the pre-colonial period which reveals that child marriages has got an African traditional-cultural origin. There are a lot of consequences of the Johane Marange Sect‟s marriage practices which includes illiteracy, abuse of women and poor health outcomes as a result of th...

Power Sharing And Conflict Manageivent In Africa: Nigeria, Sudan And Rwanda

ABSTRACT Most of the conflicts on the African continent centre on disagreement over the sharing of power among the ethnic groups of the constituent states. While the civil war in Sudan has claimed thousands of lives since it started, the ethnic cleansing in Rwanda has attracted world-wide condemnation. In Nigeria, the fear of northern domination was heightened by tile annulment of the presidential election of June 12, 1993, won by a southern politician. The reaction of the international commu...

The Effects Of Development Projects On “Marginal” Communities: The Case Of Murowa Diamond Mine, 1997 - 2016

ABSTRACT Relocations and resettlements are largely caused by development induced projects such as mines and dams. These projects lead to substantial movement of people from their traditional lands, twisting or changing their history. Many researchers like Colson claimed that these massive resettlements lead to the destitution and impoverishment of the affected people for the next 40 years as they will be trying to improve their lost tradition, social way of life and their inheritance as a who...

A History Ofthe Tonga People’s Relocations From Binga To Settlement In Kana Valley.

Abstract The research examines the History of Tonga relocation from Binga, it pays particular attention to the reasons behind their movement, the various settlements they established and the reasons behind the abandonment of the settlements. The study will focus on Tonga settlement in Kana valley and highlight on the social, cultural and economic activities of the group. The study will also highlight on the arrival of the Karanga into Kana valley and the reasons behind their evictions from Rh...

The Role Of Civil Society Organisations In Promoting Democratic Process In Zimbabwe 1980-2013

Abstract This dissertation focuses mainly on the role of Civil Society Organizations in promoting democratic process in Zimbabwe as of 1980-2013. Civil Society is an umbrella organization which consists of many sub sectors as follows nongovernmental organizations, private sector organisation, labour unions, women’s groups, professional associations, religious groups, the marginalized masses, media organizations and other informal groups like cultural and economic groups. In this study the r...

Identity And Burial: The History Of The Jewish Cemetery In North End Suburbs, Bulawayo

Abstract The Jews came into Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) in the nineteenth century following the Second World, the Rhodesian Jewish Board of Deputies (RJBD) was established in 1943 to organize national Jewish community in the country, and thus the creation of the Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation and Jews engaged in national pioneering activities such as transportation systems, mining and hotel corporations. He further argues that the Jewish contribution to early Rhodesia was not exclusively in te...

Nawuri-Gonja Relations, 1913-1994

ABSTRACT This thesis looks at the relationship between Nawuri and the Gonja from 1913 to 1994.

Origin And Development Of Birnin Tudu Settlement In Gummi Local Government To 2014

TABLE OF CONTENT Tittle page…………………………………………………………………………………..i Approval page …………………………………………………………………………….ii Dedication ……………………………………………………………………………….iii Acknowledgement ………………………………………………………………………..iv Table of content …………………………………�...

The Pre-Colonial Costumes of the Aawambo Significant Changes under Colonialism and the Construction of Post-Colonial Identity

ABSTRACT   Pre-colonial Oshiwambo costumes played a significant role in ensuring the continuity of the socio-cultural and ethico-moral principles of the Aawambo. This study aims to record, document, describe and analyse the circumstances that caused aspects of Aawambo traditional heritage to disappear. The thesis analyses the meaning of traditional costumes before European influence and the impact that the change from traditional costumes to European fashion has left on the  community toda...

The Role Of Religion In Development: The Case Of Christianity In The Matengo Highlands From 1890 To 1968

ABSTRACT This study investigated on the role of Christianity (Roman Catholic Mission) and the extent to which it influencedin the socio-economic development of the Matengo Highlands. This study analyzed the evolution, existence, practice and role of traditional religious values and missionary (Germans nationals) strategy of conversion through the support of German colonial administration.The study further investigated why during the British colonial rule up to 1945 there was phenomenal expan...

The Pan-African Nation: Oil and the Spectacle of Culture in Nigeria. Andrew Apter. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005. 334 pp.

Abstract According to Apter, “Nigeria’s black and African world was clearly an imagined community, national in idiom yet Pan-African in proportion. Artistic directors and cultural officers invented traditions with pre-colonial pedigree” (p. 6). Apter notes that FESTAC was a mere reproduction of colonial culture which incorporated African^ '. ;to indirect rule. FESTAC denotes the appropriation of colonial culture and the failure of postcolonial state capitalism. FESTAC's commodification...

Women’s Engagement With Radio Broadcasting In Post-Colonial Ghana, 1960-1975

ABSTRACT What did Ghanaian Women do with Radio, for what purposes and to what ends? Combining scholarship from gender and colonialism with media theories, archival research (written and audio), and oral history, this study on Women’s Radio history explores Ghanaian Women’s relationships with Radio, “an important Imperialist asset” involved in the mission of “civilising” primitive Africans and empire-building. The overarching theoretical foundation for the study is modernisation, p...

Straddling Land And Sea: A History Of The Edinafo’s Involvement In The Atlantic Commerce, 1701-1872

ABSTRACT This study is a local history and will emphasis major indigenous socio-economic developments between the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries of Dutch presence in Elmina. It will stress the nature of the Atlantic commercial interactions between Europeans and Africans on the Gold Coast and how the Edinafo intermediated and dominated these interactions. Elmina was drawn into a vibrant Atlantic Ocean trade in gold, European luxury goods, and slaves from the turn of the fifteenth cent...

A Study of health conditions and disease control in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, 1897-1956.

ABSTRACT  This thesis generally is an investigation of the nature of health conditions and disease control in Northern Ghana during the colonial period, 1897-1956. In particular, the study examines the Protectorates disease environment and how the local people and subsequently the colonial authorities handled the disease problems. The study also investigates the extent to which measures designed to combat diseases were efficient. The conclusions reached in this study are that, the environmen...


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