The Political Legacy of Colonialism in Zimbabwe: Implications for Justice and Elections in Africa

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Everisto Benyera

The Political Legacy of Colonialism in Zimbabwe

Implications for Justice and Elections in Africa

Everisto Benyera

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English

Routledge
18 November 2024

Regional studies; Colonialism & imperialism; Comparative politics; Elections & referenda; Development economics

Series: African Governance

This book investigates the political legacy of colonialism in contemporary African institutions.

Using the case study of electoral and justice institutions in post-colonial Zimbabwe, the book explores how those in post-colonial states relate to and with institutions initially designed to oppress them and remain structurally and systematically colonial. The book argues that the colonial era colonised the land, knowledge, and minds of Africans, resulting in injustice and epistemicides. The book demonstrates how the critical institutions of elections and justice have been rendered anti-black and toxic. The book calls for Africa to invest in epistemic independence, unencumbered by Western political modernity, and then deploy that independence to build reconstituted institutions, structures, and systems that serve the interests of Africans.

This book will be an important read for African policymakers and researchers working on African politics, governance, and international relations.

By: Everisto Benyera
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9781032791586
ISBN 10: 1032791586
Series: African Governance
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 18 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Historicising Elections and Justice in Zimbabwe 2. On the Nullification of the Post-Colonial African State 3. The political legacy of colonialism on the (post) colony 4. Colonialism, Justice and Elections in Africa 5. Colonialism and elections in Africa 6. Electoral Authoritarianism and Democratic Fatigue: Examining the Dynamics of Choiceless Elections in Zimbabwe 7. Electoral Participation and Intergenerational Rights: Is it Time for an Upper Age Limit for Voting? 8. The Shadow State and the Electoral Cycle: Faking Democracy 9. How about a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Zimbabwe? 10. Reconciling Past Injustices and Pioneering Equitable Elections

Everisto Benyera is Professor of African Politics in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa. He researches and publishes on community-based, non-state transitional justice, human rights, transitology, and decoloniality. Everisto is the immediate past editor of Politeia: The Journal of Political Sciences and Public Administration and Management. His books include The Failure of the International Criminal Court in Africa: Decolonising Global Justice (2022, Routledge) and The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Recolonisation of Africa: The Coloniality of Data (2021, Routledge).