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The Abandoned Adolescents

    Archival Significance

    Written by Aeneas Chigwedere, a historian who later served as Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education, Sport and Culture from 2001 to 2008, this 1995 work reflects his thinking on education policy years before he held direct ministerial authority over it.

    Institutional Context

    Published by Mutapa Publishing House, Marondera.

    Content Summary

    Offers a critique and proposed blueprint for Zimbabwean education, drawing on history, culture and Chigwedere’s own administrative experience.

    Research Utility

    Useful for researchers tracing the intellectual background of Zimbabwean education policy debates, particularly valuable given the author’s later direct role shaping that policy as minister.

    Abantu Archives Note

    Held in-house.