{"id":1413,"date":"2010-07-01T12:14:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T12:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2013-03-18T17:14:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:14:16","slug":"how-intellectuals-made-history-in-zimbabwe-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/how-intellectuals-made-history-in-zimbabwe-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How intellectuals made history in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/How-intellectuals-made-history-in-zimbabwe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1410\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Zimbabwe, public intellectuals, ZANU-PF, Robert Mugabe, corruption, history, intelligentsia, Blessing-Miles Tendi \" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Cover-How-intellectuals-made-history-in-Zimbabwe1-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Zimbabwe, public intellectuals, ZANU-PF, Robert Mugabe, corruption, history, intelligentsia, Blessing-Miles Tendi \" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The history of Zimbabwe has been revised in the service of the governing ZANU-PF party. A \u2018patriotic\u2019 version of history, disseminated by public intellectuals and state media, has distorted legitimate grievances. Critics of patriotic history, including opposition politicians, underestimated or misunderstood its appeal. Corruption of the intelligentsia will prolong an ongoing crisis in political and intellectual values.<\/p>\n<p>Read by Edward Paice \u2013 Director, Africa Research Institute<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[display_podcast]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/africa-research-institute\/id508050569\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1327\" title=\"Listen to the Podcast on iTunes\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iTunes101.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to the Podcast on iTunes\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iTunes101.jpg 45w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iTunes101-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 45px) 100vw, 45px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/How-intellectuals-made-history-in-zimbabwe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1278\" title=\"Download PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pdf_download_ari.png\" alt=\"Download PDF\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_rp_first\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history of Zimbabwe has been revised in the service of the governing ZANU-PF party. A \u2018patriotic\u2019 version of history, disseminated by public intellectuals and state media, has distorted legitimate grievances. Critics of patriotic history, including opposition politicians, underestimated or misunderstood its appeal. Corruption of the intelligentsia will prolong an ongoing crisis in political and intellectual values. Read by Edward Paice \u2013 Director, Africa Research Institute &nbsp; &nbsp; [display_podcast]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[116,118,117,115],"class_list":["post-1413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-patriotic-history","tag-public-intellectuals","tag-zanu-pf","tag-zimbabwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How intellectuals made history in Zimbabwe - Africa Research Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/how-intellectuals-made-history-in-zimbabwe-3\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How intellectuals made history in Zimbabwe - Africa Research Institute\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The history of Zimbabwe has been revised in the service of the governing ZANU-PF party. 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