Food has always and continues to be one of the basic needs for human survival. In this contemporary era of globalisation, the food industry is extremely diversified, complex and commercialised. There is a surge of restaurants, canteens, food plazas, food kiosks, outlets and food eateries as humanity strive to satisfy food demands. Of particular interest in this chapter is the interpretation and framing of Zimbabwe’s urban food industry landscape as it manifests in cities. The chapter avers that there is a subtle and longstanding politicking and warring for dominance between Western food menus and indigenous dishes in Zimbabwe’s cityscape. Conveniently utilising two cities, Gweru and Bindura, as its case study, the chapter holds that the core of the city’s landscape is occupied and dominated by potpourris of food such as fried chicken, chips, pizza, hamburgers, wraps, hotdogs and Russian sausages among others. There is scant or no representation of Zimbabwe’s culinary heritage at the food eateries in the Central Business District (henceforth CBD). Indigenous and traditional dishes, among them, small grains sadza accompanied with relish like mopani worms, muboora (pumpkin leaves), and mufushwa (dried vegetables) are marginalised to the city outskirts. In its explication, the chapter is guided by Ngugi’s (1993) conceptualisation of ‘moving the centre’.

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Warring Food Industry Landscapes in Zimbabwean Cities

  • Allan Tapiwa Maganga,
  • Ashleah Sauta,
  • Charles Pfukwa

摘要

Food has always and continues to be one of the basic needs for human survival. In this contemporary era of globalisation, the food industry is extremely diversified, complex and commercialised. There is a surge of restaurants, canteens, food plazas, food kiosks, outlets and food eateries as humanity strive to satisfy food demands. Of particular interest in this chapter is the interpretation and framing of Zimbabwe’s urban food industry landscape as it manifests in cities. The chapter avers that there is a subtle and longstanding politicking and warring for dominance between Western food menus and indigenous dishes in Zimbabwe’s cityscape. Conveniently utilising two cities, Gweru and Bindura, as its case study, the chapter holds that the core of the city’s landscape is occupied and dominated by potpourris of food such as fried chicken, chips, pizza, hamburgers, wraps, hotdogs and Russian sausages among others. There is scant or no representation of Zimbabwe’s culinary heritage at the food eateries in the Central Business District (henceforth CBD). Indigenous and traditional dishes, among them, small grains sadza accompanied with relish like mopani worms, muboora (pumpkin leaves), and mufushwa (dried vegetables) are marginalised to the city outskirts. In its explication, the chapter is guided by Ngugi’s (1993) conceptualisation of ‘moving the centre’.