The gadzingo: towards a Karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century Southern Zimbabwe
The territorial boundaries of Zimbabwe's pre-colonial people have remained elusive to successive generations of political administrators and scholars alike. The lack of appreciation of the material, physical and symbolic attributes informing local principles of territoriality has condemned any...
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| description | The territorial boundaries of Zimbabwe's pre-colonial people have remained elusive to successive generations of political administrators and scholars alike. The lack of appreciation of the material, physical and symbolic attributes informing local principles of territoriality has condemned any analysis of these African boundaries to exercises in futility. This paper discusses the explicit details of a formula used to define these concepts amongst the Karanga of southern Zimbabwe in a specific time context that gave rise to a political culture based on an elaboration of established centre–periphery models. The gadzingo was not only a formula of expansion and fragmentation from central cores, but also a cohesive element facilitating the existence of discrete political entities that can be positively and physically identified in the historical record |
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| spelling | ir-11408-14452022-06-27T13:49:07Z The gadzingo: towards a Karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century Southern Zimbabwe Mazarire, Gerald C. Territoriality, Pre-colonial political culture, Chieftaincies, Boundaries, Zimbabwe, Karanga, Shona The territorial boundaries of Zimbabwe's pre-colonial people have remained elusive to successive generations of political administrators and scholars alike. The lack of appreciation of the material, physical and symbolic attributes informing local principles of territoriality has condemned any analysis of these African boundaries to exercises in futility. This paper discusses the explicit details of a formula used to define these concepts amongst the Karanga of southern Zimbabwe in a specific time context that gave rise to a political culture based on an elaboration of established centre–periphery models. The gadzingo was not only a formula of expansion and fragmentation from central cores, but also a cohesive element facilitating the existence of discrete political entities that can be positively and physically identified in the historical record 2016-05-20T13:00:05Z 2016-05-20T13:00:05Z 2013 Article 2168-1392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2013.775623 en Critical African Studies,;Vol. 5, No. 1: 4 - 16 open |
| spellingShingle | Territoriality, Pre-colonial political culture, Chieftaincies, Boundaries, Zimbabwe, Karanga, Shona Mazarire, Gerald C. The gadzingo: towards a Karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century Southern Zimbabwe |
| title | The gadzingo: towards a Karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century Southern Zimbabwe |
| title_full | The gadzingo: towards a Karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century Southern Zimbabwe |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The gadzingo: towards a Karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century Southern Zimbabwe |
| title_short | The gadzingo: towards a Karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century Southern Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | gadzingo: towards a karanga expansion matrix in 18th- and 19th- century southern zimbabwe |
| topic | Territoriality, Pre-colonial political culture, Chieftaincies, Boundaries, Zimbabwe, Karanga, Shona |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2013.775623 |
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