Archival Significance
A children’s book set at Great Zimbabwe roughly 700 years before its own publication, written and illustrated by Meshack Asare, a Ghanaian author and illustrator recognised internationally for children’s literature grounded in African history and folklore.
Institutional Context
Published by Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare.
Content Summary
Tells a story for children set at Great Zimbabwe during its period of construction and habitation.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of children’s literature and popular historical education about Great Zimbabwe, and of how the site’s pre-colonial history was presented to a young Zimbabwean readership in the years following independence.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.