Reviews for Re-Living the Second Chimurenga: Memories from Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle

The average rating for Re-Living the Second Chimurenga: Memories from Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-09-18 00:00:00 Rajan IYER A good book to help one understand Zimbabwe before 1980 and also the decade afterwards. She's been criticised for being unfair to groups like the MDC but I didn't find much to describe as unfair in that regard. What I find curious is how she seems to normalise the problems in Zimbabwe especially after 1990 as problems to be expected of an African country. In that regard she doesn't hold the leadership especially in Zanu-PF responsible for the economic decline, resting the problem mostly on circumstances and the West. I suspect her refusal to give clarity on the post-1980 period as much as she did on the pre-1980 period is probably because most of the actors after independence currently hold positions of influence politically and she was reluctant to cause any problems. A lot has happened since the book came out in 2005. It will be very interesting if she would do a second edition with a wider perspective on the developments in Zimbabwe since then. It'd also be very interesting to see if she'd adjust her opinion about the players involved, especially leaders in Zanu-PF and Zanu-PF itself as a whole.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-12-22 00:00:00 Jen Dela cruz Although I think her very firm views on the reasons for Zim's problems are quite coloured by her prejudices and politics (& therefore, perhaps, lack nuance), Fay Chung showed quite a clarity of vision that we should have learnt from. It's profoundly disappointing that we did not. Highly recommend.