Archival Significance
Co-authored by Freedom Nyamubaya, one of the few female ZANLA field operations commanders during the liberation war and one of Zimbabwe’s most celebrated ‘guerrilla fighter-poets’, this Shona-titled collection, meaning ‘Memories’, was published the year after her acclaimed debut collection On the Road Again.
Institutional Context
Published by the Zimbabwe Foundation for Education with Production (ZIMFEP), the same body behind AA-WEB-0059’s Dyeing with Plants, reflecting ZIMFEP’s role publishing both practical and literary works in the post-independence period.
Content Summary
A collection combining poetry with reflection on the liberation war experience, co-written with Irene R. Mahamba.
Research Utility
A significant primary literary source for researchers of Zimbabwean war poetry and of women’s combat experience during the liberation struggle, useful alongside Nyamubaya’s other published collections.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.