Journal of Southern African Studies

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Volume 43, issue 6, 2017

Editorial pp. 1115-1117

Andrew Brooks

The Radical and Reactionary Politics of Malawi’s Hastings Banda: Roots, Fruit and Legacy pp. 1119-1135

Clive Gabay

The Politics of the Corpse: President Levy Mwanawasa’s Death, Funeral and Political Contestation in Post-Colonial Zambia pp. 1137-1155

Walima T. Kalusa

Mueda Massacre: The Musical Archive pp. 1157-1179

Paolo Israel

Land Concessions and Rural Livelihoods in Mozambique: The Gap Between Anticipated and Real Benefits of a Chinese Investment in the Limpopo Valley pp. 1181-1198

Juliana Porsani, Lowe Börjeson and Kari Lehtilä

‘Parks with People’ in Mozambique: Community Dynamic Responses to Human–Elephant Conflict at Limpopo National Park pp. 1199-1214

Nícia Givá and Kaisa Raitio

Urban Modernity versus the Blood Diamond Legacy: Angola’s Urban Mining Settlements in the Aftermath of War pp. 1215-1234

Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues

In Search of ‘One Good Public School’: The Cape Colonial Education Project, 1865–1873 pp. 1235-1254

Helen Ludlow

The Micro-History of a South African Murder pp. 1255-1272

Jeremy Krikler

‘They Are Fine Specimens of the Illustrious Indian Settler’: Sporting Contact between India and South Africa, 1914–1955 pp. 1273-1291

Chris Bolsmann and Goolam Vahed

Social Positioning of Older Persons in Rural South Africa: Change or Stability? pp. 1293-1307

Sangeetha Madhavan, Enid Schatz, F. Xavier Gómes-Olivé and Mark Collinson

What Class is the African Middle Class? pp. 1309-1311

Andrew Brooks

Namibian Elite Generations pp. 1311-1313

Julia Pauli

The Black South African Middle Class pp. 1313-1314

Jason Sumich

Gender and a Violent Christianity in Mozambique pp. 1315-1316

Ilana van Wyk

Reconciliation, Christianity and the Politics of Non-Conformism in Zimbabwe pp. 1316-1317

Sara Rich Dorman

Marriage, Customs and Contestation in South Africa pp. 1318-1319

Pnina Werbner

Editorial Board pp. ebi-ebi

The Editors

Volume 43, issue 5, 2017

Features of Modernity, Development and ‘Orientalism’: Reading Johannesburg through its ‘Chinese’ Urban Spaces pp. i-i

Romain Dittgen

Situating the BRICS Phenomenon within the Histories and Cultures of Southern Africa pp. 853-861

Lyn Schumaker, Andrew Brooks, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, Edward Pollard and Deborah Potts

The Geopolitics and Economics of BRICS’ Resource and Market Access in Southern Africa: Aiding Development or Creating Dependency? pp. 863-877

Pádraig Carmody

Trade, Globalisation and the Archaic State in Southern Africa pp. 879-893

Innocent Pikirayi

Copper, Trade and Polities: Exchange Networks in Southern Central Africa in the 2nd Millennium CE pp. 895-911

Nicolas Nikis and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

Baubles, Bangles and Beads: Commodity Exchange between the Indian Ocean Region and Interior Southern Africa during 8th–15th Centuries CE pp. 913-926

Edwin N. Wilmsen

The Swahili Coast and the Indian Ocean Trade Patterns in the 7th–10th Centuries CE pp. 927-947

Edward Pollard and Okeny Charles Kinyera

Urban Experiences ‘Beyond the West’: Comparing Cities in Southern African and BRIC Countries pp. 949-960

Deborah Potts

Comparative Perspectives on South Africa’s and Brazil’s Institutional Inequalities under Progressive Social Policies pp. 961-978

Madalitso Zililo Phiri

Features of Modernity, Development and ‘Orientalism’: Reading Johannesburg through its ‘Chinese’ Urban Spaces pp. 979-996

Romain Dittgen

Junk Aesthetics from South Africa, Brazil and India: Re-Evaluating the Object pp. 997-1010

Megan Jones

Kujoni: South Africa in Malawi’s National Imaginary pp. 1011-1029

Mpalive-Hangson Msiska

Representations of Revolutionary Violence in Recent Indian and South African Fiction pp. 1031-1047

Michael Wessels

A Specific Kind of Violence: Insanity and Identity in Contemporary Brazilian and South African Literature pp. 1049-1067

Tom Penfold

Understanding Post-War Foreign Direct Investment in Angola: South–South Led or the West Still Rules? pp. 1069-1085

Fernandes Wanda

China and Brazil as Southern Africa’s Non-Interfering Development Partners: Rhetoric or Reality? pp. 1087-1101

Cynthia M. Kamwengo

Soviet Military Specialists and Instructors in Angola pp. 1103-1104

Colin Darch

Intimate Counter-Histories of African–Asian Solidarities pp. 1104-1106

Parvathi Raman

Early Histories of China in Africa pp. 1106-1108

Jeremy Martens

BRICS and the New Scramble for Africa pp. 1108-1109

Ian Taylor

South African Writers, Apartheid and the Black Diaspora pp. 1110-1111

Dennis Walder

Angola Since the Civil War pp. 1112-1114

Cristina Udelsmann-Rodrigues

Volume 43, issue 4, 2017

Editorial pp. 655-661

Diana Jeater

Moving Beyond Ethnic Framing: Political Differentiation in the Chiefdoms of the KwaZulu-Natal Region before 1830 pp. 663-679

Carolyn Hamilton and John Wright

Further Beyond the Pale: Decolonisation, Historians and Military Discourse in the 18th and 19th Centuries on the Eastern Cape ‘Frontier’ pp. 681-697

Denver A. Webb

To Die For: Inherited Leadership (Bogosi) Among the Tswana Before 1885 pp. 699-714

Fred Morton

From Diamonds to Gold: The Making of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, 1880–1890 pp. 715-732

Mariusz Lukasiewicz

The Rise and Fall of the Opium Trade in the Transvaal, 1904–1910 pp. 733-751

Thembisa Waetjen

Why Have South African Smallholders Largely Abandoned Arable Production in Fields? A Case Study pp. 753-770

Matthew de la Hey and William Beinart

From Worker Mobilisation to Policy Engagement: NALEDI and the Remaking of COSATU in the 1990s pp. 771-787

Carolyn Bassett

Contracting out of the Constitution: Labour Brokers, Post Office Casual Workers and the Failure of South Africa’s Industrial Relations Framework pp. 789-803

David Dickinson

Out of Time: Global Settlerism, Nostalgia, and the Selling of the Rhodesian Rebellion Overseas pp. 805-824

Josiah Brownell

Compelled to Perform in the ‘Oppressor’s’ Language? Ndebele Performing Artists and Zimbabwe’s Shona-Centric Habitus pp. 825-836

Gibson Ncube and Gugulethu Siziba

The Meaning of Mandela: A Broader Canvas pp. 837-839

Julia Suárez-Krabbe

The Meaning(s) of Mugabe(ism) pp. 840-841

Gareth D. James

A History of Childhood in the Cape Colony pp. 842-843

Sacha Hepburn

National Storytellers pp. 843-845

Dan Hodgkinson

On Truths about Truth in Mozambique’s Liberation Struggle pp. 846-848

K.B. Wilson

Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Politics of Remorse pp. 848-850

Reinhart Kössler

The Late Nadine Gordimer pp. 851-851

Graham K. Riach

Volume 43, issue 3, 2017

The Political Economy of Sugar in Southern Africa – Introduction pp. 447-470

Alex Dubb, Ian Scoones and Philip Woodhouse

Interrogating the Logic of Accumulation in the Sugar Sector in Southern Africa pp. 471-499

Alex Dubb

The Green Belt Initiative, Politics and Sugar Production in Malawi pp. 501-515

Blessings Chinsinga

Social Differentiation and the Politics of Land: Sugar Cane Outgrowing in Kilombero, Tanzania pp. 517-533

Emmanuel Sulle

Crisis and Differentiation among Small-Scale Sugar Cane Growers in Nkomazi, South Africa pp. 535-549

Paul James and Philip Woodhouse

Outgrowers and Livelihoods: The Case of Magobbo Smallholder Block Farming in Mazabuka District in Zambia pp. 551-566

Chrispin R. Matenga

Sugar, People and Politics in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld pp. 567-584

Ian Scoones, Blasio Mavedzenge and Felix Murimbarimba

Restructuring the Swazi Sugar Industry: The Changing Role and Political Significance of Smallholders pp. 585-603

Alan Terry and Mike Ogg

Gendered Labour, Migratory Labour: Reforming Sugar Regimes in Xinavane, Mozambique pp. 605-623

Alicia H. Lazzarini

Consuming Bodies: Health and Work in the Cane Fields in Xinavane, Mozambique pp. 625-641

Bridget O’Laughlin

‘Hunting’ and ‘Collecting’ Human Bodies in German South West Africa pp. 643-644

Reinhart Kössler

Whiteness, Race and South Africa’s Colonial Project pp. 644-646

Annika Teppo

The Politics of Heritage in Africa pp. 646-648

Ann Reed

The Road to Soweto pp. 648-649

Toivo Asheeke

South African Jews in Israel pp. 650-651

Pnina Werbner

Migration, Xenophobia and Entrepreneurship in South Africa pp. 651-653

Efua Prah

Volume 43, issue 2, 2017

Erratum pp. i-i

The Editors

Editorial pp. 245-250

Anthony Simpson

‘Brought into Manhood’: Christianity and Male Initiation in South Africa in the Early 20th Century pp. 251-265

Natasha Erlank

Cutting to the Chase: Donor Expediency Drives the Campaign for Safe Male Circumcision in Botswana pp. 267-281

Krista Johnson

Changing Understandings of Gender and Parenthood in a North-Central Namibian Village pp. 283-297

Mari Tarkkonen

Enacting Compassion: Hot/Cold, Illness and Taboos in Northern Mozambique pp. 299-313

Arianna Huhn

Selective Memory: British Perceptions of the Herero–Nama Genocide, 1904–1908 and 1918 pp. 315-330

Mads Bomholt Nielsen

Germany’s Colonial Policy in German South-West Africa in the Light of International Criminal Law pp. 331-347

Klaus Bachmann

Building a Perfect Pest: Environment, People, Conflict and the Creation of a Rinderpest Epizootic in Southern Africa pp. 349-363

Gary Marquardt

Beloved Countries: Labour, Landscape and the Politics of Conservation in Three Novels from KwaZulu-Natal pp. 365-380

Brady Smith

Path Dependence in Nebo Plateau: Strategic Partnerships and Rural Poverty Alleviation in South African Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes pp. 381-396

Magalie Bourblanc, Raphaëlle Ducrot and Everisto Mapedza

Colonial Wars, Colonial Alliances: The Alcora Exercise in the Context of Southern Africa pp. 397-410

Maria Paula Meneses, Celso Braga Rosa and Bruno Sena Martins

Confucius Institutes in Africa, or How the Educational Spirit in Africa is Re-Rationalised Towards the East pp. 411-424

Amy Stambach and Aikande Kwayu

Damming the Zambezi: Light and Power for Which Nation? pp. 425-432

Joost Fontein

A History of Apartheid pp. 433-434

Adrian Guelke

The Problem with Democracy in Post-Apartheid Kwa-Zulu Natal pp. 434-436

Colin Bundy

An Ethnography of Trade Unions in Botswana pp. 436-437

Alexander Beresford

A History of Resistance in Colonial Nyasaland pp. 438-440

Derek R. Peterson

Food and Everyday Life from Colonialism to Postcolonialism in Malawi pp. 440-441

Harvey C. Chidoba Banda

Patrick Allan Lifford Harries, 1950–2016 pp. 443-446

Saul Dubow

Volume 43, issue 1, 2017

The Transnational Histories of Southern African Liberation Movements: An Introduction pp. 1-12

Jocelyn Alexander, JoAnn McGregor and Blessing-Miles Tendi

Global Ideologies, Local Politics: The Cold War as Seen from Central Angola pp. 13-27

Justin Pearce

‘Makers of Bonds and Ties’: Transnational Socialisation and National Liberation in Mozambique pp. 29-48

Daniel Kaiser

African Soldiers in the USSR: Oral Histories of ZAPU Intelligence Cadres’ Soviet Training, 1964–1979 pp. 49-66

Jocelyn Alexander and JoAnn McGregor

Mediators of Liberation: Eastern-Bloc Officials, Mozambican Diplomacy and the Origins of Soviet Support for Frelimo, 1958–1965 pp. 67-81

Natalia Telepneva

ZANU’s External Networks 1963–1979: An Appraisal pp. 83-106

Gerald Chikozho Mazarire

Front Line Diplomats: African Diplomatic Representations of the Zimbabwean Patriotic Front, 1976–1978 pp. 107-124

Timothy Scarnecchia

Education in Exile: International Scholarships, Cold War Politics, and Conflicts among SWAPO Members in Tanzania, 1961–1968 pp. 125-141

Christian A. Williams

Transnationalism, Contingency and Loyalty in African Liberation Armies: The Case of ZANU’s 1974–1975 Nhari Mutiny pp. 143-159

Blessing-Miles Tendi

Nationalism and Exile in an Age of Solidarity: Frelimo–ZANU Relations in Mozambique (1975–1980) pp. 161-178

Clinarete Victoria Luis Munguambe

‘Past History Has Not Been Forgotten’: The ANC/ZAPU Alliance – the Second Phase, 1978–1980 pp. 179-193

Hugh Macmillan

Apartheid’s Transnational Soldiers: The Case of Black Namibian Soldiers in South Africa’s Former Security Forces pp. 195-214

Lennart Bolliger

Relations between ZAPU and the USSR, 1960s–1970s: A Personal View pp. 215-223

Dumiso Dabengwa

Moscow and Zimbabwe’s Liberation pp. 225-233

Vladimir Shubin

Nation-Building and the State in Southern African Liberation Movements pp. 235-236

Henning Melber

East Germany and the Politics of Education in Mozambique pp. 237-238

Victor Igreja

The Burden of History: Namibia and Germany from Colonialism to Postcolonialism pp. 238-239

Heike Becker

The Presence of History in Post-Apartheid South Africa pp. 240-241

Heinz Klug

‘Lifestyle’ British Migrants to South Africa pp. 241-242

Pnina Werbner

Being ‘Anglo-Africans’ in British Africa pp. 242-243

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni