Photographing the Liberation Struggle in Zimbabwe

After assuming power in 1980, the Zimbabwe African National Union has sought to control the narrative of the struggle for liberation from colonialism, to the exclusion of other players such as the Zimbabwe African People's Union. This book will interest researchers of history, memory, political science, African studies, and media studies.

Tshuma Lungile is a researcher in the Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He holds a Ph.D. in journalism studies from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. Prior to joining Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lungile was a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the department of Media and Communication at UJ. Lungile's research interest are in photography, memory, and journalism. His work has been published in local and international journals such as Journal of Genocide Research, African Journalism Studies, Critical Arts, Nations and Nationalism, Journal of Communication Inquiry, and Media, Culture and Society. He also co-edited Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism (Routledge 2024).

Introduction: Remembering Zimbabwe's Contested Past 1: Boarding Time: ZAPU and its 'Revolution Within a Revolution' 2: Rising from the Ashes: Setting the Conventional Army 3: Looking into ZPRA's Women's Brigade 4: ZAPU and the Internationalisation of the Struggle 5: False landing: Zimbabwe's Unfinished Business Conclusion: Photography and Salience(ing) the Past