This article is about a particular form of memory: heroism. Four years after his murder, MDC-T activist Tonderai Ndira remains a giant in his home township of Mabvuku-Tafara, on the outskirts of Harare. Known throughout Zimbabwe as the highest-profile casualty of the 2008 election violence, his presence is felt in every corner of the township, particularly among th...

A dominant narrative exists in the literature concerning the financial strategy of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) regime of President Yoweri Museveni in recent Ugandan elections. This posits that the regime relies on public or state-linked resources sent from the centre of government to the rural periphery so as to materially influence voters to support its...