Citizenship, Class, and Conflict in Post-Colonial Africa

Francis Machingura is an Associate Professor at the Arts and Languages Education Department, Faculty of Education, and Acting Director of Postgraduate Studies, at the University of Zimbabwe.

Gift Masengwe (PhD, UNISA) is a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State and Zimbabwe Open University Adjunct Lecturer. An Erasmus Mundus scholar with 24+ peer- reviewed publications, his interdisciplinary research spans theology, politics, and development. He has received multiple international academic and leadership awards.

Munyaradzi Mawere is a Professor in the Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology; a Master’s Degree in Social Anthropology; a second Master’s Degree in Philosophy; a third Master’s Degree in Development Studies; BA (Hons) Degree in Philosophy; Certificate in Tertiary and Higher Learning; Certificate in Information Technology; and a Certificate in Diplomacy, Negotiation and Bargaining. He is an author of more than 50 books and over 200 academic publications straddling the following areas: poverty and development studies, African philosophy, cultural philosophy, democracy, politics of food production, humanitarianism and civil society organisations, urban anthropology, existential anthropology, environmental anthropology, society and politics, religion, decoloniality and African studies.