Editorial 

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Articles

‘Down with the devil, Forward with Christ!’ A study of the interface between religious and political discourses in Zimbabwe

Ezra Chitando 

1

Sites of Struggle: The reorientation of Political values in the Matabeleland conflict Zimbabwe 1980-1987

Katri Pohjolainen Yap 

17

Power, Education, And Identity in post-colonial Zimbabwe: the fate of King Lobengula Of Matabeleland

Bjiorn Lindgren  

46

Monopoly Politikos : How Botswana’s opposition Parties have helped sustain One-Party Dominance

Onalenna Doo Selolwane 

68

Sociology and Yoruba Studies: epistemic intervention or doing sociology in the ’vernacular’?

Jimi O. Adesina  

91

Addresses

Globalisation, Equity and Social Development

Thandika Mkandawire  

115

Monuments, memorials and the mystique of empire: the immortalisation of Cecil Rhodes in theTwentieth century

Paul Maylam 

138

Research Reports

Productivity among Nurses and Midwives in Botswana 

148

Thabo T.Fako, Ntonghanwah Forcheh and Kebonyengwana T.O.Balogi.

Debates

From liberation movements to governments: On political culture in Southern Africa

Henning Melber 

161

Research Notes:

Beyond Democratic constitutionalism: On the Twofold meaning of Democracy and Democratisation

Lars Rudebeck 

173

Book Reviews

Kiraitu Murunig. 2000 In the mad of politics. Nairobi. Acacia Stantex Publishers 

Reviewed by Godwin R. Murunga

181

Jessop, Bob . 2001. The regulation School and the Crisis Capitalism:

Volumes 1 —3. Cheltenham. Edward Elger.

Reviewed by Geoffrey Wood  

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