ABSTRACT There is a long history of spirit-oriented systems of reconciliation and healing in Zimbabwe. However, under white rule, this work was marginalised and driven underground. In Zimbabwe today, diverse views on reconciliation, reparation, justice and national healing are producing rich but frequently conflicted initiatives around ‘traditional’ and ‘community’ reconciliation. The article considers contradictions and pressures facing the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and different approaches to ‘spirit-led’ trauma healing work from three grassroots organisations: Heal Zimbabwe; Tree of Life; and the Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation. It indicates how religious, cultural and political affiliations influence participants’ openness to traditional and spirit-led forms of reconciliation; and how this, in turn, constrains how perpetrators, victims and reparation are defined by those working in this field. Rather than identifying specific practices as ‘authentic’ traditions, the article suggests that a continuity of community/cultural approaches can inform contemporary national healing initiatives in Zimbabwe.

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精神能在和平与和解项目中发挥作用吗？津巴布韦传统和解的观点

摘要 在津巴布韦，以精神为导向的和解与治愈系统有着悠久的历史。然而，在白人统治下，这项工作被边缘化并被迫转入地下。在今天的津巴布韦，关于和解、赔偿、正义和民族康复的不同观点正在围绕“传统”和“社区”和解产生丰富但经常相互冲突的倡议。本文考虑了国家和平与和解委员会面临的矛盾和压力，以及三个基层组织“精神主导”创伤愈合工作的不同方法：治愈津巴布韦；生命之树; 以及冲突管理和转型中心。它表明宗教、文化和政治派别如何影响参与者对传统和精神主导的和解形式的开放程度；以及这反过来如何，限制了在这一领域工作的人如何定义肇事者、受害者和赔偿。这篇文章并没有将特定实践确定为“真实的”传统，而是建议社区/文化方法的连续性可以为津巴布韦的当代国家康复计划提供信息。