Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Research Associate
Areas of Research Expertise:
Zimbabwean History and Politics; Modern African History and Politics; South African History and Politics; African International Relations; Nationalism, Decolonisation and Liberation Movements; Identity, Nationality and Conflict
Background:
African History, African Politics and African Studies
Languages:
Ndebele, Zulu, English, and basic Xhosa, Swati and Shona
Recent publications:
Books
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Do ‘Zimbabweans’ Exist? Trajectories of Nationalism, National Identity Formation and Crisis in a Postcolonial State (Bern & Oxford: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers, 2009). ISSN 1662-1212; ISBN 978-3-03911-941-7:426 pages.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, The Ndebele Nation: Reflections on Hegemony, Memory and Historiography, (Amsterdam & Pretoria: Rozenberg Publishers & UNISA Press Series, 2009).ISBN: 9789036101363 (Rozenberg Publishers); ISBN 9781868885657 (UNISA Press): 216 pages.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, The Zimbabwean Nation-State Project: A Historical Diagnosis of Identity- and Power-Based Conflicts in a Postcolonial State (Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute, 2010-in press).
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and James Muzondidya (eds.), Grotesque or Redemptive Nationalism: Rethinking Contemporary Politics in Zimbabwe, (Bern & Oxford: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers, 2010-in press)
Journal Articles
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Do ‘Africans’ Exist? Genealogies and Paradoxes of African Identities and the Discourses of Nativism and Xenophobia,’ in African Identities, (accepted for publication)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Wendy Willems, ‘Reinvoking the Past in the Present: Changing Representations and Appropriations of Joshua Nkomo in Zimbabwe in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe,’ in African Identities, (accepted for publication)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Angola-Zimbabwe Relations: A Study in the Search for Regional Alliances,’ in Roundtable (undergoing peer review)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘The Heart against the Head’: Making Sense of Jacob Zuma-Thabo Mbeki Saga in South African Politics,’ in Journal of African Political Science, (accepted for publication)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Victor Ojakorotu, ‘Surveillance Over a Zone of Conflict: AFRICOM and the Politics of Securitization in Africa,’ in JPAS-Journal of Pan- African Studies, 3 (6) (March 2010), pp. 94-110. ISSN 0888-6601 (print): ISSN 1942-6569 (online).
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Wendy Willems, ‘Making Sense of Cultural Nationalism and the Politics of Commemoration under the Third Chimurenga in Zimbabwe,’ in Journal of Southern African Studies 35(4) (December 2009), pp. 943-965. ISSN 0305-7070 print; 1465-3893 online/09/040945-21
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Making Sense of Mugabeism in Local and Global Politics: ‘So, Blair Keep Your England and Let Me Keep My Zimbabwe,’ in Third World Quarterly, 30, (6), (July 2009), pp. 1139-1158 ISSN 0143-6597 print/ISSN 1360-2241 online/09/061139
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘African for Africans or ‘Natives’ Only? ‘New Nationalism’ and Nativism in Zimbabwe and South Africa,’ in Afrika Spectrum: Special Issue on New Nationalism and Xenophobia in Africa, (1) (2009), pp. 61-78 ISSN 0002-0397
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State,’ in African Studies Quarterly, 10, (2&3), (Fall 2008), pp. 1-17 [online]URL:http//Africa.ufl.edu/asq/v10i2a4.html
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Inkosi Yinkosi Ngabantu: An Interrogation of Governance in a Pre-Colonial Africa: The Case of the Ndebele of Zimbabwe,’ in Southern African Humanities: A Journal of Cultural Studies, 20, (2008), pp. 1-23.ISSN 1681-5564
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Black Republican Tradition, Nativism and Populist Politics in South Africa,’ in Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa 68, (2008), pp. 53-85 ISSN: 0258-7696.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Nation-Building in Zimbabwe and the Challenges of Ndebele Particularism,’ in African Journal of Conflict Resolution, 8 (3), (2008), pp. 27-56.ISSN 1562-6997.
Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘The Central State and Ndebele Particularism in Zimbabwe,’ in Revista De Politica Internationala, NR XI-XII, (2008), pp. 146-168. ISSN 1842-0516.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Reaping the Bitter Fruits of Stalinist Tendencies in Zimbabwe,’ in Association of Concerned Scholars (ACAS) Bulletin: Special Issue on the Zimbabwe Crisis, Number 79, (Winter 2008), pp. 21-33 ISSN: 1051-08442.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Patriots, Puppets, Dissidents and the Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Contemporary Zimbabwe,’ in Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, Volume XXIV, Number 1, (January 2008), pp. 81-108 ISSN: 1027-1775
James Muzondidya & Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Echoing Silences: Ethnicity in Postcolonial Zimbabwe,’ in African Journal of Conflict Resolution: Special Issue on Identity and Cultural Diversity in Conflict Resolution in Africa, Volume 7, Number 2, (December 2007), pp. 275-297 ISSN: 1562-6997
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Forging and Imagining the Nation in Zimbabwe: Trials and Tribulations of Joshua Nkomo as a Nationalist Leader,’ in Sprawy Narodowosciowe (Nationalities Affairs), Issue 30, (June 2007), pp.25-42 ISSN: 1230-1698
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Rethinking the Colonial Encounter in Zimbabwe in the Early Twentieth Century,’ in Journal of Southern African Studies, Volume 33, Number 1, (March 2007), pp. 173-191 ISSN: 0305-7070
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘The Nativist Revolution and Development Conundrums in Zimbabwe,’ in African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) Occasional Paper Series, Volume 1, Number 4, (December 2006), pp. 1-40 ISSN: 1608-3954
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘How Europe Ruled Africa: Matabeleland Region of Zimbabwe,’ in International Journal of Humanistic Studies, 5, (2006), pp. 1-18. ISSN: 1811-489X
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Gods of Development, Demons of Underdevelopment and Western Salvation: Rethinking Development as a Sequel to the CODESRIA and OSSREA International Conferences on African Development,’ in OSSREA Bulletin: A Tri-Annual Publication of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Volume III, Number 2, (2006), pp. 32-48
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Nationalist-Military Alliance in Zimbabwe and the Fate of Democracy,’ in African Journal on Conflict Resolution, 6, (1), (2006), pp.49-80 ISSN: 1562-6997
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Quarrying African Indigenous Political Thought on Governance: A Case Study of the Ndebele State in the Nineteenth Century,’ in Indilinga-African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 4, (2), (2005), pp. 449-470 ISSN: 16830296
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni & Finex J. Ndhlovu, ‘Twilight of Patriarchy in a Southern African Kingdom: A Case Study of Captives and Women in the Ndebele State of Zimbabwe,’ in UNISWA Research Journal, 19, (December 2005), pp. 59-71 ISSN: 1017-7442
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Grappling with the Ambiguities of the Colonial Encounter and the Nationalist Paradigm in Zimbabwe,’ in Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) Bulletin An Affiliate of the African Studies Association of the United States of America: Special Issue on Race in Africa: Past and Present, 72, (Spring 2006), pp. 14-30
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Can Women’s Voices be recovered from the Past? Grappling with the Absence of Women’s Voices in Pre-Colonial History of Zimbabwe,’ in Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies, 2, (1), (Summer 2005), pp. 1-16. ISSN: 1545-6196
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Dynamics of the Zimbabwe Crisis in the 21st Century,’ in Africa Journal on Conflict Resolution, Volume 3, (1), (2003), pp. 99-134 ISSN: 15626997
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Patriarchy and Domestication of Women in Zimbabwe: A Critique of Female-to-Female Relations of Oppression,’ in Zambezia: University of Zimbabwe Journal of Humanities, XXX, (ii), (2003), pp. 229-245 ISSN: 0379-0622
Book Chapters:
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Bringing Identity into International Relations: Reflections on Nationalism, Nativism and Xenophobia in Africa,’ in Scarlett Cornelissen, Fantu Cheru and Timothy M. Shaw (eds.), Africa and International Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Still Challenging Theory? (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2010-forthcoming)
Susie West and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Heritage, Landscape and Memory,’ in Tim Benton (ed.), Understanding Heritage and Memory (Manchester University Press & Open University Press, Manchester & Milton Keynes, 2010), pp. 202-237 ISBN-10: 071908153X and ISBN-13: 978-0719081538.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and James Muzondidya, ‘Introduction: Redemptive or Grotesque Nationalism in the Postcolony,’ in Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni & James Muzondidya (eds.), Redemptive or Grotesque Nationalism?: Rethinking Contemporary Politics in Zimbabwe, (Peter Lang AG International Publishers, Bern, 2010-forthcoming)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Beyond the Drama of War: Towards Plural Trajectories of Nationalism in Zimbabwe,’ in Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni & James Muzondidya (eds.), Grotesque or Redemptive Nationalism?: Rethinking Contemporary Politics in Zimbabwe, (Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Bern, 2010-forthcoming)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Global Mktpolitikk Og Sikkerhetisering Av Afrika,’ Redaktorer: Sigrun Johnstad og Thorodd Ommmundsen, Arena AfrikaL Kapplop Om Mkt Og Ressurser, (Fellersradet for Afrika, Solidariet Forlag, 2009), pp. 118-125.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Mapping Cultural and Colonial Encounters in Zimbabwe, 1880s-1930s,’ in Brian Raftopoulos and Alois S. Mlambo (eds.), Becoming Zimbabwe: A History of Zimbabwe from Pre-Colonial Period to 2008, (Weaver Press and Jacan Press, Harare & Johannesburg, 2009), pp. 39-74 ISBN: 978-1-77922 0837 (Weaver Press)/ISBN: 978-1-77009 7636 (Jacana Media)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘South Africa, African Nationalism and the ANC,’ in Immanuel Ness (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest, 1500-Present, (Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 2009), pp. 3084-3090
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘From Pixley Ka Isaka Seme to Jacob Zuma: The Long Walk to Freedom and the Future of the National Democratic Revolution in South Africa,’ in Tomasz Kamusella & Krzysztof Jaksulowiski (eds.), Nationalisms Today, (Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, Bern, 2009), pp. 284-314 ISSN 1662-9116; ISBN 978-3-03911-883-0
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Historical and Contemporary Dimensions of Ndebele Nationalism in Zimbabwe,’ in Tomasz Kamusella & Krzysztof Jaksulowiski (eds.), Nationalisms Today, (Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, Bern, 2009), pp. 259-283. ISSN 1662-9116; ISBN 978-3-03911-883-0
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘For the Nation to Live, the Tribe Must Die’: The Politics of Ndebele Identity and Belonging in Zimbabwe,’ in Bahru Zewde (ed.), Society, State and Identity in African History, (Association of African Historians & Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa, 2008), pp. 167-199 ISBN 13: 978-99944-50-25-1
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni & Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa, ‘Liberal Democracy and the African Context: The Experience of South Africa,’ in K. Matlosa, K. K. Prah, B. Chiroro & L. Toulou (eds.), The State, Democracy and Poverty Eradication in Africa, (Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, (EISA), Johannesburg, 2008), pp. 91-108 ISBN 978-9200095-78-9
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa, ‘One Man’s Volunteer is Another Man’s Mercenary?’: Mapping of Mercenarism and Its Impact on Human Security in Africa,’ in Sabelo Gumedze (ed.), Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa: A Need for Continental Approach (ISS Monograph Series Number 147, Instute for Security Studies, Pretoria, 2008), pp. 77-97.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Fatherhood and Nationhood: Joshua Nkomo and Re-imagination of the Zimbabwe Nation in the 21st Century’ in Kizito Z. Muchemwa and Robert Muponde (eds.), Manning the Nation: Father Figures in Zimbabwean Literature and Society, (Weaver Press, Harare, September 2007), pp. 73-87 ISBN: 978 1 77922 069 1 (Weaver Press); ISBN: 978 1 77009 500 7 (Jacana Media)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Weak States and the Growth of Private Security Sector in Africa: Whither the African State?’ in Sabelo Gemedze (ed.), Private Security in Africa: Manifestations, Challenges and Regulation, (Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, 2007), pp. 17-38 ISBN: 978-1-920114-22-0
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Giving Africa Voice in Global Governance: Oral History, Human Rights and the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council,’ in V. B. Malleswari (ed.), Human Rights: International Perspectives, (ICFAI University Press, India, 2007), pp. 160-189 ISBN: 81-314-1325-X
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Conflict, Violence and Crisis in Zimbabwe,’ in Khabele Matlosa, Jorgen Elklit and Bertha Chiroro (eds.), Challenges of Conflict, Democracy and Development in Africa, (Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 2007), pp. 306-329 ISBN: 978-1-920095-64-2
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Bob is Peerless: Zimbabwe and the Quest for an African Peer Review Mechanism’ in Henning Melber (ed.), Governance and State Delivery in Southern Africa: Examples from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe, (Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, 2007), pp. 43-65 ISSN: 1104-8417; ISBN: 978-917106-588-9 (printed version); ISBN: 978-91-7106-591-9 (electronic version)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Puppets or Patriots? Nationalist Rivalry Over the Spoils of Dying Settler Colonialism in Zimbabwe, 1977-1980’ in W. J. Burszta, T. Kamusella & S. Wojciechowski (eds.), Nationalisms Across the Globe: An Overview of Nationalism in State-Endowed and Stateless Nations: Volume 2, (Co-Published by School of Humanities & Journalism; Slavic Institute, Centre for the Study of Nationalities & Institute of Western Affairs, Poznan, Poland, 2006), pp. 345-396 ISBN: 83-87653-51-9 (volume 1 & II); ISBN: 83-87653-46-2 (volume II)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Putting People First: From Regime Security to Human Security: A Quest for Social Peace in Zimbabwe, 1980-2002’ in Alfred G. Nhema (ed.), The Quest for Peace in Africa: Transformations, Democracy, and Public Policy, (International Books and Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Amsterdam and Addis Ababa, 2003), pp. 297-322 ISBN: 90 5727 049 8 (pb); ISBN 90 5727 051 X (hb)
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘The Post-Colonial State & Matabeleland: Regional Perceptions of Civil-Military Relations, 1980-2002’ in Rocky Williams, Gavin Cawthra & Diane Abrahams (eds.), Ourselves to Know: Civil-Military Relations and Defence Transformation in Southern Africa, (Institute of Security Studies, Pretoria, 2003), pp. 17-38.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Imperial Hypocrisy, Settler Colonial Double Standards and the Denial of Human Rights to Africans in Colonial Zimbabwe’ in Ngwabi Bhebe & Terence Ranger (eds.), The Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe: Volume One: Pre-Colonial and Colonial Legacies, (University of Zimbabwe Publications, Harare, 2001), pp. 53-83.
Media articles
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Africa at 50, Zimbabwe at 30 and SA at 16,’ in http://nehandaradio.com/2010/04/19/africa-at-50-zimbabwe-at-30-sa-at-16/
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Zimbabwe: How the Revolution Lost Its Way,’ in http://www.newzimbabwe.com/opinion.2146-how+revolution+lost+its+way/opinion.aspx
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘The Crisis of the National Project in Zimbabwe,’ in The Zimbabwe Telegraph, Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘The New Year and the State of the Nation in Zimbabwe: Beyond the Politics of Catastrophe and Violence,’ in The Zimbabwean, 4 January 2010 in www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/.../the-new-year-and-the-state-of-the-nation-in-zimbabwe-beyond-the-politics-of-catastrophe-and-violence-htmail
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, ‘Shifting Sands of Zimbabwe’s History,’ in South African Labour Bulletin, Volume 32, Number 2, (June/July 2008), pp. 58-60 ISSN: 03775429
