“Law and Order must Take Precedence in Everything that has to do with the Native”: The African “Location,” Control, and the Creation of Urban Protest in Salisbury, Colonial Zimbabwe,1908‐1930

Chitofiri, Kudakwashe

doi:10.1111/hisn.13132

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2019

DOI: 10.1111/hisn.13132

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“Law and Order must Take Precedence in Everything that has to do with the Native”: The African “Location,” Control, and the Creation of Urban Protest in Salisbury, Colonial Zimbabwe,1908‐1930

Kudakwashe Chitofiri

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“…The church had a strong indigenous flavour critical of the established church positions, Reverend Ndavaningi Sithole, and later Mugabe(Hinfelaar 2001). Youths from either side exchanged fights in the black urban townships of Mbare and Highfields in Harare(Chitofiri 2015;Hinfelaar 2001). The colonial administration was happy to have them destabilised especially the Sithole camp(McLaughlin 1996).…”

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Bindepinde [stout rope] theology and religio-political dialogue in Zimbabwe

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2023

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The article is motivated by a growing interest to solve local problems by infusing indigenous knowledge systems. It discusses the strained interface between religious and political actors using a local brand of theology, termed bindepinde [stout rope] theology. This theology is based on a local fable told to children, on how a Hare abused Hippopotamus and Elephant using a tethering rope. The folk story is taken as a metaphor in which Hare represents the sly politician abusing the rope to control Hippopotamus and Elephant, representing religious actors. Though Zimbabwe has a special place in this research, the research has shown that politicians act as third forces the world over. Religious entities often act as fodder for the progress of political demagogues, whose egos are legitimised by competing religious ideologies. Many religious bodies inadvertently enable politicians, thinking that they are fulfilling their own mandates. The article proposes negotiated versions of liberation theology and synodality as possible ways of overcoming inadvertent scaffolding of bindepinde theology. It concludes that while it may be difficult to tame the politician, it may be worthwhile to minimise the damage by making him focus more on the common good.Contribution: This article contributes bindepinde brand of theology as an indigenous theory of knowledge in the area of religio-political dialogue. The bindepinde theology has proved applicable to various contexts globally, where it thrives on dualism. Its mitigation lies in Kairos theology.

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Bindepinde [stout rope] theology and religio-political dialogue in Zimbabwe

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“Law and Order must Take Precedence in Everything that has to do with the Native”: The African “Location,” Control, and the Creation of Urban Protest in Salisbury, Colonial Zimbabwe,1908‐1930

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Bindepinde [stout rope] theology and religio-political dialogue in Zimbabwe

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