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<title>Myth, memory and political settlements in the city : compounded disadvantage and a path for plausible futures / Mandipa Bongiwe Ndlovu.</title>
<description><![CDATA[[The Netherlands] : [publisher not identified], [2026] Abstract: The thesis interrogates the structural, symbolic, and affective dimensions of urban disadvantage in Zimbabwe&#8217;s second city, Bulawayo. It positions disadvantage not as a static outcome but as a layered process produced through political settlements, spatial arrangements, historical trauma, and affective practices of survival and resistance. Drawing on political economy, memory studies, and futures thinking, the study examines how colonial legacies, post-independence political settlements, and the centralisation of political power, have entrenched Bulawayo&#8217;s disadvantage, while also illuminating pathways for reimagining inclusive urban futures. Anchored in Mushtaq Khan&#8217;s political settlements framework, the analysis traces how elite bargaining, militarised governance, and patron-client networks have institutionalised disadvantage. These dynamics are compounded by ethno-political mythologies that cast Bulawayo as a &#8220;dissident city&#8221;. Findings foreground how residents navigate disadvantage, as seen through urban survival strategies, informal economies, political silences, and affective practices of accumulation, thus revealing both structural constraints and resilient agency. By centring citizen narratives alongside historical and statistical analysis, the study recognises disadvantage as simultaneously historical, contemporary, and prospective. Ultimately, Bulawayo is positioned not only as a site of disadvantage but also as a space of memory, myth, resilience, and possibility.  ASC Subject Headings: Zimbabwe. ; urban economy. ; political economy. ; theses (form) ;  https://hdl.handle.net/1887/4310091]]></description>
<category>Zimbabwe.</category>
<category>urban economy.</category>
<category>political economy.</category>
<category>theses (form)</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:23 +0000</pubDate></item>
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<category>Book</category>
<link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940738870102711</link>
<title>Beyond victory : legacy of the Nigerian civil war and the future of national unity / Cosmos Ojukwu.</title>
<description><![CDATA[[Germany] : Cosmos Ojukwu, 2026. ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria. ; Nigerian-Biafran War. ; nation building. ; national identity. ; ]]></description>
<category>Nigeria.</category>
<category>Nigerian-Biafran War.</category>
<category>nation building.</category>
<category>national identity.</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:23 +0000</pubDate></item>
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<category>Book</category>
<link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940739567002711</link>
<title>West Africa : environment and policies / R.J. Harrison Church.</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York : Van Nostrand, [1976] 
. ASC Subject Headings: West Africa. ; politics. ; country studies (form) ; ]]></description>
<category>West Africa.</category>
<category>politics.</category>
<category>country studies (form)</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:23 +0000</pubDate></item>
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<category>Book</category>
<link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940775130602711</link>
<title>The road to the country / Chigozie Obioma.</title>
<description><![CDATA[London : Penguin Books, 2025. Abstract: This novel is about a young man, Tunde, whose brother is involved in an accident and stranded just as the Biafran war begins. Tunde spends the novel travelling through a war zone to be reunited with his brother - to bring him home and to ask for forgiveness for the part he played in the accident, a part his brother has no knowledge of.  ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria. ; Nigerian-Biafran War. ; novels (form) ; ]]></description>
<category>Nigeria.</category>
<category>Nigerian-Biafran War.</category>
<category>novels (form)</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:23 +0000</pubDate></item>
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<category>Book</category>
<link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940778034602711</link>
<title>National symbols of the Republic of South Africa = Nasionale simbole van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika / F.G. Brownell.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Melville : Chris van Rensburg Publications, 1995. ASC Subject Headings: South Africa. ; flags. ; political songs. ; symbols. ; ]]></description>
<category>South Africa.</category>
<category>flags.</category>
<category>political songs.</category>
<category>symbols.</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:23 +0000</pubDate></item>
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