ABSTRACT
The Zimbabwean crisis of the turn of the century under Robert Mugabe’s presidency has heavily influenced discourses on the post-colonial trajectory of the independent nation. An important dynamic to the tenuous relationship between the writer and the politician especially in post-independence Zimbabwe stems from their incompatible approach to, relationship with, and uses of truth. The political polarisation of perspectives on the post-2000 crisis in Zimbabwe is readily discernible as replicated in cultural representations and interpretations of the land question. The question is as to how and why land became entangled in competing notions, imaginings and narrations of nation, national identity, and political legitimacy. In post-2000 Zimbabwe, land is a hotly debated and often politicised and racialised topic in discussions and debates about the state of the nation. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
