TY - BOOK AU - WHITE, Luise TI - The assassination of Herbert Chitepo: texts and politics in Zimbabwe SN - 1919930280 AV - DT2984.C54 WHI PY - 2003/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Chitepo, H. W. KW - Zimbabwe KW - Politics and government KW - 1980- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. Since then, there have been four confessions and at least as many accusations about who was responsible. In The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo, Luise White does not set out to resolve questions about who was accountable for this horrible murder. Instead, in a style that is as much murder mystery as it is history writing, she uncovers what is at stake ER -