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This volume is based on original field research on land struggles and civil society in Southern Africa

Walking a Tightrope: Towards a History of the Coloured People of Zimbabwe Sports will prove to readers thatThis book examines the history of the Coloured or mixed race community of Zimbabwe, a group that has not only been marginalized in most general political and academic discourses but whose history has also been subject to popular misconceptions. The book focuses mainly on the process of identity formation among members of the community and the development of political ideologies and strategies within the same community. Challenging conventional wisdom