Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe: A Report on the Disturbances in Matebeleland and the Midlands, 1980-1988 (Columbia/Hurst)

by Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and Elinor Sisulu

The name Robert Mugabe has become synonymous with failed leadership in Africa. One of the first atrocities of his shocking reign took place in the 1980s and became known as the "Gukurahundi"-a series of politically motivated killings. Thousands of civilians were murdered in Matabeleland, a region in the southeast of the country. In March of 1997, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and the Legal Resources Foundation first commissioned Gukurahandi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231700555
• ISBN13: 9780231700559
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher