ZIMBABWE: CRITIQUING THE CHALLENGES OF CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS SUCH AS UBUNTU AND THE “FORGIVE AND FORGET” APPROACH TO THE GUKURAHUNDI GENOCIDE

IF 0.2 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Conflict Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-05-04 DOI:10.24193/csq.39.4
Alfred Ndhlovu
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This article explores the challenges which emanate from the discourse of reconciliation in Zimbabwe as it relates to the Gukurahundi atrocities of the post-independence Zimbabwean era. Since most of the efforts to address this nation’s ugly past have been inϐluenced mainly by cultural (African) and religious (Christian) concepts such as the Bantu concept of Ubuntu and the Christian religion approach to conϐlict resolution which is based on the “forgive and forget” concept, this article will critique these concepts, demonstrating their unviability in bringing reconciliation in Zimbabwe. The article argues that without legal frameworks which can facilitate justice as a primary vehicle to reconciliation, the cultural and religious approaches may not make much impact in reconciliation efforts in Zimbabwe. For instance, it is not clear how the cultural concept of Ubuntu/ Unhu should be implemented to establish a formal and structured way of dealing with the issue of Gukurahundi. Among other issues of concern, the “forgive and forget” approach also poses its own problems, one of them being a too simple and casual approach to a much disturbing issue which has affected thousands of lives up to this day. With the aid of an example of how the post-World War II West Germany under the leadership of Willy Brandt addressed the issue of reconciliation and the history of holocaust, this article argues that justice should be the primary vehicle of the transition to reconciliation. Keywords: Gukurahundi, Zimbabwe, Ubuntu, conflict resolution
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津巴布韦:批评文化和宗教观念的挑战,如乌班图和对古库拉洪迪种族灭绝的“原谅和忘记”方法
本文探讨了津巴布韦和解话语所带来的挑战,因为它与津巴布韦独立后时代的Gukurahundi暴行有关。由于大多数解决这个国家丑陋过去的努力inϐluenced主要是通过文化(非洲)和宗教(基督教)概念,例如班图人的乌班图概念和基督教的conϐlict解决方法,基于“原谅和忘记”的概念,本文将批评这些概念,证明它们在津巴布韦带来和解的可行性。文章认为,如果没有能够促进司法作为和解主要工具的法律框架,文化和宗教方法可能不会对津巴布韦的和解努力产生太大影响。例如,我们不清楚Ubuntu/ Unhu的文化概念应该如何实现,以建立一个正式和结构化的方式来处理Gukurahundi问题。在其他值得关注的问题中,“原谅和忘记”的方法也有其自身的问题,其中之一是对一个至今仍影响着成千上万人的令人不安的问题采取过于简单和随意的方法。本文以维利·勃兰特(Willy Brandt)领导下的二战后西德如何处理和解问题和大屠杀历史为例,论证了正义应该是向和解过渡的主要工具。关键词:Gukurahundi,津巴布韦,乌班图,冲突解决
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