<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New titles ASC Leiden</title><description>ASC Leiden RSS feed</description><link>http://www.asclibrary.nl/rss/NewtitlesASCLeiden.xml</link><item><link>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057070.2026.2667115?af=R</link><title>Liberation Armies, Women Soldiers and Martial Masculinity: Gender and Training in the Zimbabwe People&#8217;s Revolutionary Army (ZPRA)</title>  <source url="https://www.tandfonline.com/feed/rss/cjss20">tandf: Journal of Southern African Studies: Table of Contents</source><description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjss20/51/6">Volume 51, Issue 6</a>, December 2025<br>. <br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:27:08 +02:00</pubDate></item><item><link>https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972026101892?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss</link><title>Admire Mseba, Society, Power, and Land in Northeastern Zimbabwe, ca. 1560&#8211;1960. Athens OH: Ohio University Press (hb US$90 &#8211; 978 0 8214 2588 6; pb US$34.95 &#8211; 978 0 8214 2589 3). 2024, 224 pp.</title>  <source url="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/africa/latest-issue">Africa</source><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:55:58 +02:00</pubDate></item><item>
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<title>Indigenous knowledge systems-based drought coping strategies and mechanisms of the Ndau people of Chipinge District, Zimbabwe</title>  <source url="https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijhss">Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences</source>
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<![CDATA[Drought is a common phenomenon that affects more people within the context of Africa than any other disaster. Likewise, drought is an extreme and common occurrence within the lowland areas of Chipinge district in Zimbabwe. Whilst responses to drought tend to focus on scientific investigations, of late, there has been growing awareness of the importance of adopting indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) as mitigation strategies. Through qualitative research utilising semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs) and document analysis, this study sought to highlight the efficacy of indigenous knowledge as a sustainable and valuable resource that can be harnessed by indigenous communities for managing drought. A sample of 20 participants was recruited, seven participants through purposive sampling and 13 via snowball sampling. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The study was underpinned by the community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) framework. Research findings indicated reliance on IKS-based meteorological indicators for drought forecasting. Drought-coping strategies, inclusive of rainmaking ceremonies, the practice of kuparira (dry planting), intercropping, dry food preservation and the cultivation of drought-tolerant crops were identified. Contribution: The study advocates for the integration of these IKS as tailored, sustainable strategies for drought management. Therefore, policymakers should formally integrate IKS into national drought management frameworks by establishing community-based platforms where local elders and experts can collaborate with meteorological services, and by adapting agricultural extension programs to promote proven indigenous strategies.]]>
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<title>Reimagining Pan-Africanism in South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe: An Analysis of Youth Perspectives</title>  <source url="https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker">The Thinker</source>
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<![CDATA[This paper examines how youth in South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are redefining Pan- Africanism in the twenty-first century. Moving beyond traditional state-led approaches, youth are advancing new forms of solidarity through activism, digital expression, entrepreneurship, and cultural production. Comparative analysis reveals that while political and economic conditions vary across the three countries, shared struggles against inequality, unemployment, and exclusion unite youth in their pursuit of justice, dignity, and African self-determination. South African youth channel Pan-African ideals through social movements and cultural activism; Zambian youth through digital innovation and entrepreneurship; and Zimbabwean youth through art and informal networks that resist repression. Together, these experiences signal a shift from Pan-Africanism as an elite political project to a grassroots movement driven by youth agency and creativity. The study concludes that for Pan-Africanism to remain relevant, governments and regional institutions must recognise and support youth as central actors in shaping Africa&#8217;s collective future.]]>
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