Simbarashe Gukurume

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Abstract This article contributes to debates on authoritarian renewal and youth party activism in Africa, based on case study research with youth who are active in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). While youth activism and electoral politics is a subject of rich scholarship, there is limited knowledge on the motivations and agency of the party youth of hegemonic ruling parties.

Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages. Since the discovery of large diamond deposits at Chiadzwa in eastern Zimbabwe in 2003 and the subsequent establishment of large-scale capitalist extractive enclaves, the Chiadzwa community has been embroiled in multi-layered resource conflicts with the Zimbabwean state security apparatus and mining companies.