Panel 147: Transitions in Central and Southern Africa (2/3): Conflict and Identity in late 20th Century Central and Southern Africa (Miles Larmer / Ian Phimister)
Panel Organisers: Miles Larmer / Ian Phimister
The nature, actors and obstacles of democratisation and socio-economic change in Southern Africa have stimulated the analyses and debates since the 1990s. The end of the Cold War was followed by a final appeasement strategy in the sub-region. The visible results included uneven (and frequently problematic) transitions from one-party states to multi-party democracies in much of the sub-region, the Independence of Namibia (1990), the transition to a non-racial political system in South Africa (1994), and the implementation of mainstream economic reform packages in many countries in the region. Despite these transitions, the persistence of high poverty rates and the legacy of deeply entrenched authoritarian mindsets and forms of political rule remain among the many obstacles, which stand in the way of deeper democratisation and more equal, sustainable development for the majority of people in Southern and Central Africa. The two sessions take stock of some of the relevant aspects linked to the current shifts in the sub region.
Accepted Abstracts
Brian Ngwenya (University of Pretoria) Raising Ghosts: The Case of State- Controlled Mining Operations and the Socio-Economic Effects of Mine Closures in Zimbabwe
Julia Tischler (University of Cologne) Title: 'A symbol of a new and wider understanding' - Images of the Kariba Dam in the 1950s
Lars Huening (University of Sheffield)
Title: Being caught between two stools: the Banyamulenge of South Kivu and the two Congo Wars (1996-1997; 1998-2003)
Laura Evans (University of Sheffield) Title: The Making and Meaning of Apartheid Relocations: Structural Violence and Spatial Contest
Miles Larmer (University of Sheffield) Title: Local Identities and Transnational Conflict: the Katangese Gendarmes and Central-Southern Africas Forty-years war1960-1999
Rachel Johnson (University of Sheffield)
Title: Home, Street, School, Prison: a history of young African womens conflict with the Apartheid State.
Rory Pilossof (University of Sheffield) Title: Striking Fear into the Heart of White Africa: White Farmers, Violence and the State in Zimbabwe.
Simeon Maravanyika (University of Pretoria) and Tendayi Mutimukuru-Maravanyika Wageningen University and Research Centre Title: Doing Violence to the Land: Jambanja and the Environment in Zimbabwe
From Popular Struggles to Populist Politics: State Intervention and Rural unrest in South Africa, 1960-1999
