Lizards of 5th Avenue: Struggles and survival of Bulawayo urban women vendors in post-2017 Zimbabwe
Journal of Asian and African Studies
Published online on June 30, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Asian and African Studies, Ahead of Print.
This study explores the struggles of urban women vendors in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, during the post-2017 Second Republic. It employs “Lizards of 5th Avenue”; a conceptual metaphor originating from how vendors characterise themselves, to ...
This study explores the struggles of urban women vendors in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, during the post-2017 Second Republic. It employs “Lizards of 5th Avenue”; a conceptual metaphor originating from how vendors characterise themselves, to ...