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DAAD climapAfrica Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Economic History
University of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Dr Godfrey Hove is an environmental and economic historian currently engaged as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of History, Stellenbosch University South Africa. His research interests lie in the environmental and agrarian history of Southern Africa, particularly how humans have interacted with the land, flora and fauna as they negotiate survival in ever changing socio-environmental circumstances. More specifically, his works emphasizes on the nexus between climate change, food security, state policy, local initiatives and rural livelihoods. As a member of the climapAfrica DAAD fellowship, Godfrey explores rural communities’ conceptualization of climate change and the socio-cultural and scientific factors that have shaped their responses to the phenomenon. Moreover, his research delineates the interface between state agrarian and environmental policy on the one hand, and peasant belief systems, responses and initiatives on the other over time. This will significantly contribute towards the formulation of policy frameworks relating to climate change as it affects rural agrarian based livelihoods.
Climate change expertise and interests
• Climate change and impact on agrarian regimes in rural communities.
• Nexus between Indigenous knowledge systems and climate change mitigation policies.
Publications (most recent)
Uledi, Peter, and Godfrey Hove (2020). "Developmental inequality and living on the margins in post-colonial Zimbabwe: the case of Musana District." Africa Review (2020): 1-15.
Kwashirai, Vimbai, Wesley Mwatwara, and Godfrey Hove (2019). "Gathering Farmer-Pastoralist Livelihoods in Rhodesia: 1965–1980." Global Environment 12.2 (2019): 269-287.
Uledi, Peter, and Godfrey Hove (2018). "‘A War of Man Against Locust’! Locust Invasions and Anti-locust Campaigns in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 1918–1940s." South African Historical Journal 70.4 (2018): 689-707.
I participate at climapAfrica because...
The program offers a unique opportunity to interact and collaborate with fellow researchers from diverse academic disciplines on climate change and environmental studies more generally. This will advance the frontiers of knowledge as the world battles the adverse effects of global warming and climate change.
