TERENCE » RANGER 4 Mau Mau and the guerrilla war in Zimbabwe: the lost lands In Chapter 3 described ow the long tration of Ndebele protest Dolctcame oa cimax inthe carly 1830s Despite the evictions, & [ood deal of hs cmmples Ndsbeletradton remained vital and mo out under the open mass nationalist movement in Matabee find inthe later 1850s Equally, Ndebele srpiraons for the ‘ecivery of tel lost homeland no dou piayed a porant ptt fuvila periods in Matabeleland ha et been made Such a sty thin urgenty necessary tn oder tat the speciceharacterof ‘ichele penn expersnce and gevances cane understood. Ta Ivatoend, however, Tam obliged i heres of he book to draw Imei on the evidence fom the Shona speaking Torl areas of reture Altheend of Copter’ Shonsspenting pesssts wer et Rotate of increasing resentment and awareness bt aso in ustate ‘of polite impotence. Inthe 180s, however, a sense of Shona fal sdenty belatedly emerged and this interacted with yet ‘Sesion Only after that have the ach other” Shona etoral naiontsm fosed with peasntMou Mav and the guerie worn Zimbabwe ‘Matabeiland, erally iteniied ar they tave been by the Sea meer Sea a mie ‘eeraron acne te Sclis eeeamremdee cen eanes i ee a ‘eis guemey eat, wert onion pean i Abia south gurls war fom the mid 1970 T wantin thr chapter ftplore the ine, aprvan, istry of Maa ia these decades In forge to show the conssteney of pesant consciousness Tie late 10 Native Commisionersn he cstern itis of Zinabwe bad preded that enforcement ofthe Land Apporton mont Act would eayse solen protest In Octaber 1937 for Instance, the Native Commicsoner, Untaly noted tat ander the term ofthe Act some 5500 Manyika mere due toe ted of slinate land in #981 {ovimeligene tonite. They canbetound namo cery agen ‘hy cm be moet fan eae ons he cate oserae Itouie, ew requ spec free even fo expel them ror et Mlolence a alo earty oat the evictions in Uma Distt nor Maton, whore poople had come to be ciated st Manyika It‘Mate Maw and the guerilla war in Zimbabwe seemed on the (se of it that the Manyia’ remained ‘ye Thur daring the tater 1940" the Annual Reports for Makoni asst record both the ontiaing proves shevese sae the producti: prospenty and contentment of he peopl Thee ‘mosphere could hardly have been moredllereniscntee ronan tenth st chop o te dats of Matta Uh for exatple, was nated that the popaition nthe Rescres hal been increased’ by the movement of comierable seater at ‘Natvsto them from Alienate landin the Europern aes ego the people moved went to the Chiduk and Weya Reserves tg Maton Reserve is heniyoverpopuisted” But i wer ae ‘ported that well over 100 Od bags of grain had been eurkctl, ‘The Makon! Dist Annual Report note that traders and farmer ‘eponed‘arelimprovemen [inthe gradescfgramproceeetionn aperlodof ears. At Rusape dump pastcesntomeneere, raed lower than 1. Phere i ken competion for hens |Foinand transport, oday's great problem, usualy undertaken ‘he trade." Equally the report recorded that “detocing aif to emmenced in bth Reserves (Makon and Chiduhe] Geiea tte amine Year” and that lobour"contrption not eae Naive vil wold if he can” Nevertees, ion tat ‘ear hasboen a good one trom the Naive vcwprint, Cos sees {uty demand for aie adc ve Wark sapes ‘ailable fr all who wished to wosk andi pote a ‘People have never before been so properous = sth re pctre in Swen consent eovery ad ‘expansion which ha ten place mpeatant production tea in Teaches peak thie ae of fe ea 3 bags of rao, scuding 128 80 bags of maize of ped pein ‘za roemens ott an quate on Aes an in fates te going to he Manguenal Revere he Meas Reina erent star a) APC ee and improved communications within te Reserves tensive il tomaetacomeatc oun» ae mts eed, ‘he 1946 report sowed how fr the proces of inpementation of the and Apportionment Acthad area gone a Maton Der The ola Aean population was estimated a 36 oT aud or he only just over 20 remaincd quater! on ers Rege investment estates, Injati Block and Rathlin. The report noted Maw Mau andthe gurl war Zinnabsoe that hee would have tote some delay in moving the 200 sate ice the Retr ae send ove opted ad wold be Ips in to for thon fe Nats Rees te {keca” Negoitions were going on wth the Commisones of ‘ther dishes to find room for them. Meanwhile, however, stept ‘fee being ken o deal wth te problem a the ‘over popaated [Reser he report ced, for example tht meetings hed been ishrophottbe Cake Reserve mith Atean cate oer 0 ipa te necessty of reducing ack numbers There hadbeen an ‘Beater response’ without need for compulsory dstocking the femsantsof Cis ad 1d nearly S00 Read sd slaughtered hoo more for domestic consumption. Chiduku men ha abo trorked whos protest in‘ conseration gang, merely asking “Tha intr nagel be redaed in reter for fee beng slowed fo orm th est ole neck day 0 ht hey ol pat ae inbourinocutvation, And dese these pesares the ite ommiso oe ans yh aby the Matont pessint pion, "So far av the inignous nate is oneredhenfed re dott ete me ed ing owe sheets theca esas Site ec fn ead mah fo cated posi invthat way can segue Crreney without having Wo peor canal sei oa et " int34 the completion the process of evition was angouce’ Room had been ound news Distt for 70 fae. AS or Fest ot the squatter on Iya and Rathi Sedan Nae ew’ ons eudme gewaandNedened.