Joshua Matanzima is a PhD candidate in Anthropology, at La Trobe University, Australia. He is a member of the Gwembe Tonga Research Project founded in 1956. He holds a BA honours degree in History from the University of Zimbabwe and a MA degree in Anthropology from Rhodes University. His research interests include anthropology of landscapes, human-wildlife conflicts and borderland economics with special emphasis on the Zambezi Valley. He has published a book chapter, several journal articles and book reviews in accredited international journals. Kirk Helliker is a Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa, where he also heads the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies, which he founded in 2015. He publishes widely on Zimbabwean society and also supervises a significant number of PhD and MA students, mostly on Zimbabwean topics. Patience Chadambuka is a Lecturer and Chairperson in the Department of Community Studies (formerly Sociology Department) at the Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Rhodes University, South Africa, MSc in Sociology and Anthropology, and a BSc in Sociology from the University of Zimbabwe as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Tertiary Education. Her areas of research interest include Land and Agrarian Studies, Ethnicity, Livelihoods and Migration.
