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|birth_place = Midlands, England, [[United Kingdom|UK]]
|birth_place = Midlands, England, [[United Kingdom|UK]]
|death_date = 15 February 1999
|death_date = 15 February 1999
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|death_place = [[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]]
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|fields = [[History of Zimbabwe]]<br>[[Oral history]]
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'''David Norman Beach''' (1943&ndash;1999) was a [[Zimbabwe]]an historian.<ref name="Zeek">{{cite journal|last=Malaba|first=M.Z.|authorlink=|title=David Norman Beach, 1943&mdash;1999|journal=[[Africa (journal)|Africa]]|volume=69|pages=448–449|jstor=1161217|issue=3|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=1999}}</ref> He worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the [[University of Zimbabwe]] and pioneered the documentation of oral traditions in Zimbabwe.<ref name="Innocent">{{cite journal|last=Pikirayi|first=I|title=David Beach, Shona history and the archaeology of Zimbabwe|journal=Zambezia|volume=26|pages=135&ndash;144|publisher=[[University of Zimbabwe]]|location=Harare|year=1999|url=http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Journal%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Zimbabwe/vol26n2/juz026002003.pdf|issn=0379-0622}}</ref> In his work on [[Great Zimbabwe]], Beach has promoted the interpretation of the different complexes as dwellings of successive rulers, opposing the structuralist tradition favoured by historians such as [[Thomas Huffman|Huffman]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/204698|title=Cognitive Archaeology and Imaginary History at Great Zimbabwe|year=1998|last1=Beach|first1=David|authorlink=David Beach (historian)|journal=Current Anthropology|volume=39|pages=47}}</ref>
'''David Norman Beach''' (28 June 1943 &ndash; 15 February 1999) was a [[Zimbabwe]]an historian.<ref name="Zeek">{{cite journal|last=Malaba|first=M.Z.|title=David Norman Beach, 1943&mdash;1999|journal=[[Africa (journal)|Africa]]|volume=69|pages=448–449|jstor=1161217|issue=3|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=1999}}</ref> He worked at the [[INTAF|Ministry of Internal Affairs]], and the [[University of Zimbabwe]] and pioneered the documentation of oral traditions in Zimbabwe.<ref name="Innocent">{{cite journal|last=Pikirayi|first=I|title=David Beach, Shona history and the archaeology of Zimbabwe|journal=Zambezia|volume=26|pages=135&ndash;144|publisher=[[University of Zimbabwe]]|location=Harare|year=1999|url=http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Journal%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Zimbabwe/vol26n2/juz026002003.pdf|issn=0379-0622}}</ref> In his work on [[Great Zimbabwe]], Beach has promoted the interpretation of the different complexes as dwellings of successive rulers, opposing the structuralist tradition favoured by historians such as [[Thomas Huffman|Huffman]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/204698|title=Cognitive Archaeology and Imaginary History at Great Zimbabwe|year=1998|last1=Beach|first1=David|author-link=David Beach (historian)|journal=Current Anthropology|volume=39|pages=47–72|s2cid=143970768}}</ref> When Zimbabwe became independent in 1980, Beach took up Zimbabwean citizenship. When asked about his work, [[Nolan Chipo Makombe]] said "he is a comrade."<ref>Nolan Chipo Makombe interview with ZBC TV, 1993</ref> In 1983 when an interviewer from London referred to David Beach as British while interviewing [[Charles Utete]], Utete responded dramatically saying "He (Beach) belongs to us, he does not belong to you. He is a Zimbabwean, period." Utete went on to say "He is not British, he is not Rhodesian, he is Zimbabwean. He is a comrade."<ref>Missionaries, Migrants, and the Manyika: The Invention of Ethnicity in Zimbabwe by T. O. Ranger</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:13, 3 January 2024

David Norman Beach
Born28 June 1943
Midlands, England, UK
Died15 February 1999
Harare, Zimbabwe
NationalityZimbabwean
CitizenshipZimbabwe
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
Known forPrecolonial history of the Mashona[2]
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of Zimbabwe
Oral history
InstitutionsUniversity of Cape Town
University of Zimbabwe[1]

David Norman Beach (28 June 1943 – 15 February 1999) was a Zimbabwean historian.[1] He worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the University of Zimbabwe and pioneered the documentation of oral traditions in Zimbabwe.[2] In his work on Great Zimbabwe, Beach has promoted the interpretation of the different complexes as dwellings of successive rulers, opposing the structuralist tradition favoured by historians such as Huffman.[3] When Zimbabwe became independent in 1980, Beach took up Zimbabwean citizenship. When asked about his work, Nolan Chipo Makombe said "he is a comrade."[4] In 1983 when an interviewer from London referred to David Beach as British while interviewing Charles Utete, Utete responded dramatically saying "He (Beach) belongs to us, he does not belong to you. He is a Zimbabwean, period." Utete went on to say "He is not British, he is not Rhodesian, he is Zimbabwean. He is a comrade."[5]

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  1. ^ a b Malaba, M.Z. (1999). "David Norman Beach, 1943—1999". Africa. 69 (3). Edinburgh University Press: 448–449. JSTOR 1161217.
  2. ^ a b Pikirayi, I (1999). "David Beach, Shona history and the archaeology of Zimbabwe" (PDF). Zambezia. 26. Harare: University of Zimbabwe: 135–144. ISSN 0379-0622.
  3. ^ Beach, David (1998). "Cognitive Archaeology and Imaginary History at Great Zimbabwe". Current Anthropology. 39: 47–72. doi:10.1086/204698. S2CID 143970768.
  4. ^ Nolan Chipo Makombe interview with ZBC TV, 1993
  5. ^ Missionaries, Migrants, and the Manyika: The Invention of Ethnicity in Zimbabwe by T. O. Ranger
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