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Zimbabwe's Land Question is the problem of the racial imbalance in the ownership and distribution of land which favours Zimbabwean whites, who constitute less than 1% of the population, and grossly disadvantages black Zimbabweans, who constitute more than 99% of population. This problem is a legacy of almost a century of British racist, colonial and imperialist domination of Zimbabwe. At Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, more than 80% of arable land in the country was in the hands of white Zimbabweans, foreign businesses and multinational corporations, in other words, less than 1% percent of the population possessed 80% of the nation's arable land. This situation came about as a result of a deliberate and systematic policies and programmes of dispossession of the majority black population implemented by almost a century of successive white-supremacist colonial governments, the last of which was led by Ian Smith.
Content Outline: 1. Land ownership before colonisation (Before 1890) 2. History of the creation of Zimbabwe's Land Question (1890-1980) 3. Zimbabwe's Land Question in the Post-Independence era (1980 - present) 4. Zimbabwe's Land Question: a socio-economic and cultural background and commentry
