Tonga Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe

Kirk Helliker is a research professor in the Department of Sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa, where he heads the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies, which he founded. He published widely on Zimbabwean history, politics and society and has supervised a significant number of PhD and MA students. Joshua Matanzima is a PhD candidate in Anthropology, at La Trobe University, Australia. His research interests include anthropology of landscapes, human-wildlife conflicts, mining-induced displacements and borderland economics with special emphasis on the Zambezi Valley. He is co-editor of Livelihoods of Ethnic Minorities in Rural Zimbabwe.

• Chapter 1: Contextualising Tonga Lives and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe Joshua Matanzima and Kirk Helliker Part I: Climate Change, Resource Access and Livelihoods Chapter 2: Addressing Vulnerability of Crop Farmers to Climate Change through Flood Plain Cultivation (Bbonzye) in Luunga, Binga Quegas Mutale and Taruvinga Muzingili Chapter 3: Climate Change and Livelihoods of Tonga Women in Ward 7, Binga District Pottar Muzamba Chapter 4: Tonga Livelihoods in Mkoka, Gokwe South, in the Context of Contact with Shona Settlers Shumirai Nyota Chapter 5 ‘Neither Elephant nor Mosquito’: Livelihoods of Tonga People in Sikalenge Ward, Binga, circa. 1950 to 2022 Christopher Mweembe Chapter 6: Resource Access, Livelihoods and Belonging amongst the Tonga in Mola, NyamiNyami District Felix Tombindo and Simbarashe Gukurume Part II: Health, Hunger and Livelihoods Chapter 7: Food Insecurity, Livelihood-Diversification Strategies and Gender among the Tonga of Binga District Jennifer Muderedzi Chapter 8: Displacement and Livelihood Vulnerability among the Tonga Women of Binga, 1958-1980 Codelia Govha Dhodho Chapter 9: The Role of Traditional and Spiritual Birth Attendants in Maternal Health Care amongst Tonga Women of Binga: A Livelihood Strategy or Maternal Health Service? Lizzy Zinyemba Part III: Water, Borders and Livelihoods Chapter 10: Of Dams, Conservancies and Changing Livelihoods: The Case of Tonga People of Binga Ivan Marowa and Joshua Matanzima Chapter 11: Challenges Faced by Women in Small-Scale Fishing in Siabuwa, Binga District Vimbainashe Garaiza Chapter 12: Nexus between Border (In)Security and Economic Development in Binga District since 2000 Teverayi Muguti