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The Politics of African Freehold Land Ownership in Early Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890–1930

JOSEPH MUJERE and ADMIRE MSEBA
African Economic History, January 2020, 47 (1) 32-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.47.1.32
JOSEPH MUJERE
Joseph Mujere (), History Department, University of Zimbabwe; and Research Associate, SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Admire Mseba (), Assistant Professor, Department of Black Studies and Department of History, University of Missouri–Columbia; and Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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vol. 47 no. 1 32-53
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https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.47.1.32
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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  • Published online January 3, 2020.
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  1. Joseph Mujere (josephmujere{at}yahoo.co.uk), History Department, University of Zimbabwe; and Research Associate, SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  2. Admire Mseba (mseba.admire{at}gmail.com), Assistant Professor, Department of Black Studies and Department of History, University of Missouri–Columbia; and Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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    • Introduction
    • Early Colonial Experiments with Freehold Land for Africans in Southern Rhodesia
    • Missionary Paternalism, Colonial Policy and Africans’ Struggles for Freehold Land
    • The Limits of Colonial Paternalism, African Land Purchase and Social Differentiation
    • Settler Responses to African Land Purchases
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