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Christianity in the Propaganda of ZANU and ZAPU, 1965–1980

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2023

HUGH PATTENDEN*
Affiliation:
Centre for Imperial and Post Colonial Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BF

Abstract

This article looks at how ZANU and ZAPU, the two main Zimbabwean nationalist groups in UDI-era Rhodesia, sought to present and engage with Christianity in their propaganda. Given that the Rhodesians cast themselves as defenders of ‘Christian civilisation’, it was inevitable that the media war would touch heavily upon ecclesiastical issues. It is contended here that the nationalists developed a powerful argument: that the Rhodesian government and the Churches of southern Africa were falling far short of the ideals of Christianity. This message then in turn served as an important part of their critique of the white minority regime.

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The author wishes to thank the anonymous reviewers for this Journal for their helpful comments.

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56 ‘How much does Muzorewa know of American justice?’, ZN x (May/June 1978), 44–8 at p. 47.

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76 ‘Role of the Churches’, 2.

77 ‘Profile of a traitor: Ndabaningi Sithole’, ZN x (Mar. 1978), 47–8 at p. 47.

78 Ibid. 47.

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88 Ibid. 6.

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91 ‘African Churches condemn racism’, 24.

92 ‘Education and culture: political commissariat lecture series: liberation war is a vast school for the masses’, ZN x (May/June 1978), 57–61 at p. 58.

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94 ‘A short history of Zimbabwe's struggle: the barrel of our gun is growing hotter every year’, ZR (quarterly edition) (Oct.–Dec. 1973), 7–9 at p. 7.

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105 Ibid.

106 Ibid. 63.

107 Ibid.

108 Ibid.

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110 ‘Over two thousand mission churches may close down’, ZN v (Apr. 1970), 5–8 at p. 5.

111 Ibid. 8.

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113 ‘The real terrorists’, ZN v (Mar. 1970), 11; ‘Smith and Church’, ZR ii (May/June 1970), 7.

114 ‘The Church and the State’, ZR, 2 May 1970, 3.

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119 ‘The Anglican Church and the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe’, 2.

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121 ‘Puppets supported by reactionary Churches’, Zimbabwe People's Voice, 20 Jan. 1979, 6, reproduced as ‘Church support of Internal Settlement hit’ in Translations on sub-Saharan Africa no. 2079, Arlington, Va 1979, 173.

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127 Ibid. 53.

128 Ibid.

129 Zvobgo, ‘Church and State in Rhodesia’, 382.

130 ‘Inside Zimbabwe: from the death cells’, ZN iii (13 Apr. 1968), 3.

131 Ibid.

132 ‘Face to face’, ZR iv (July/Aug. 1975), 10–11 at p. 10.

133 ‘Oppression and the Church’, ZR (quarterly edition) (Jan./Mar. 1974), 2.

134 ‘Smith's Selous Scouts assassinate missionaries’, 11.

135 Interestingly, there were some clergy in the Church of England who endorsed a ‘holy war’ against Rhodesia, a point of view attacked by the Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th marquis of Salisbury, and rejected by the dean of Bulawayo: ‘Holy war to beat Smith “justified”’, The Times, 23 June 1969, 1; Lord Salisbury, ‘Call for holy war against Rhodesia’, letter to the editor, The Times, 1 July 1969, 9; C. A. Shaw, ‘Call for a holy war’, letter to the editor, The Times, 9 July 1969, 11. Shortly before UDI, the archbishop of Canterbury, speaking for the British Council of Churches, had advised Harold Wilson that Christians would not object to the use of force if it was deemed necessary to oppose UDI: Blake, A history of Rhodesia, 379–80.

136 ‘The Anglican Church and the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe’, 1.

137 ‘The Church and revolution’, 6.

138 ‘African education threatened by Apartheid laws’, ZN v (Sept. 1970), 10–13 at p. 12.

139 Ibid.

140 ‘The role of Churches’, 2.

141 Ibid.

142 ‘The Church and revolution’, 6.

143 ‘Lazarus awake!’, 6.

144 ‘From inside Zimbabwe’, ZR, 14 July 1973, 4–5 at p. 4.

145 McLaughlin, ‘Avila mission’, 95; ‘“Rhodesian whites are closed from the truth”: Sister McLaughlin tells the Voice of Zimbabwe in an exclusive interview’, ZN x (July/Aug. 1978), 33–5 at p. 35; M. Meredith, ‘The dilemma of bishop Lamont’, Sunday Times, 6 Feb. 1977, 17.

146 McLaughlin, ‘Avila mission’, 91, 98, 100–1.

147 ‘The Church and revolution’, 6.

148 ‘Lazarus awake!’, 6.

149 Ibid.

150 ‘Role of the Churches’, 2.

151 ‘The Christian Church and the liberation struggle: ZAPU’, 185.

152 ‘The Church and the State’, 3.

153 Ibid.

154 ‘Oppression and the Church’, 2.

155 ‘Role of the Churches’, 2; ‘Lazarus awake!’, 5–6.

156 Godwin and Hancock, ‘Rhodesians never die’, 129.

157 Ranger and Bhebe, ‘Volume introduction’, 19.

158 ‘“Sharing common suffering, enjoying common benefits”: an interview with ZANU president Mugabe’, Southern Africa xii (Sept. 1979), 3–5 at p. 5.