Tinashe Nyamunda

Tinashe Nyamunda obtained a PhD in Africa Studies from the University of the Free State, South Africa, and a BA and MA from the University of Zimbabwe. His research is focused on the effects of financial policy on colonial and postcolonial Zimbabwe’s economy and the financial dimensions of the informal economy. He lived and worked in Manicaland in the early phases of the Marange diamond rush, later publishing accounts of artisanal diamond mining, cross-border business networks and the informal economy associated with that period. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the International Studies Group, Centre for Africa Studies, University of the Free State.