Archival Significance
Part of a Women’s Studies series addressing Zimbabwean family law specifically, published within a decade of independence when reform of inherited colonial-era family law was an active area of feminist legal advocacy in Zimbabwe.
Institutional Context
Published by Nehanda Publishers, a Zimbabwean press whose name references Mbuya Nehanda, the Shona spiritual leader executed in 1898 for her role in the First Chimurenga and later widely adopted as a nationalist symbol.
Content Summary
A guide addressing family law as it applied to women in Zimbabwe.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of Zimbabwean feminist legal advocacy and family law reform in the first post-independence decade.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.