The functioning of markets is premised on the creation of collaborative relationships and networks. Food markets in Zimbabwe are evolving in response to state interventions that aim to restructure the marketplace and the flow of produce. This article explores Mbare Musika, the oldest and largest marketplace in Harare supplying the city with fresh fruit and vegetables. We analyse Mbare Musika from the perspective of the interactions among farmers and retailers, vendors, transporters, intermediaries, officials, and customers, in creating and sustaining a specific enduring market. We use actor narratives to understand the ordering and(re)ordering of people and produce in the context of informalization,shifting polycentric relationships, and market infrastructure to sustain livelihoods anchored on the circulation of large volumes of diverse fresh produce. The market is overtly economic in outlook but, intrinsically, it is asocial arena where discourses are continuously reconstructed, reproduced,and expressed through daily interactions. We situate Mbare Musika in past and present sociopolitical processes of transformation in Zimbabwe.

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“Mbare Musika 是我们的”：津巴布韦新鲜农产品市场分析

市场运作的前提是建立合作关系和网络。津巴布韦的食品市场正在发展，以响应旨在重组市场和农产品流通的国家干预措施。本文探讨了 Mbare Musika，这是哈拉雷最古老、规模最大的市场，为该市供应新鲜水果和蔬菜。我们从农民和零售商、供应商、运输商、中间商、官员和客户之间相互作用的角度分析 Mbare Musika，以创建和维持一个特定的持久市场。我们使用演员叙事来理解人们的排序和（重新）排序，并在非正式化的背景下进行生产，转变多中心关系，和市场基础设施，以维持以大量多样化新鲜农产品流通为基础的生计。市场从表面上看是经济的，但本质上，它是一个社会舞台，通过日常互动不断重构、复制和表达话语。我们将 Mbare Musika 置于津巴布韦过去和现在的社会政治转型过程中。