Archival Significance
Written by Henry A. Clark, a former senior Zimbabwe Republic Police detective, this first-edition account documents two 1981 farm murder investigations, in which members of Zimbabwe’s newly formed national army were implicated, in the first two years after independence.
Institutional Context
Published by Veritas Publishing, Bullsbrook, Western Australia, reflecting the post-independence dispersal of some former Rhodesian security personnel and their published memoirs to Australia and other destinations.
Content Summary
A former detective’s first-hand account of investigating two farm murder cases in the early independence period, addressing the accusations of witchcraft that arose around them.
Research Utility
A primary source for researchers of early post-independence policing, the integration of the newly formed national army, and rural violence in Zimbabwe’s transitional years, best read as one investigator’s professional account rather than a comprehensive social history of the events it covers.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.