Jumbo Guide to Rhodesia
Archival Significance A promotional tourist guide commissioned by Standard Bank and distributed free to customers, reflecting how Rhodesian commercial institutions used tourism literature as a form of corporate goodwill and…
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Long-form catalogue entries and archival commentary, listed in publish order. For faceted search across the full catalogue, use the Collection Explorer. For a curated starting point, see Featured Records.
African Religions and Philosophy
Archival Significance A foundational text by the Kenyan theologian and philosopher John S. Mbiti, widely regarded as one of the most influential twentieth-century academic studies of African religious and philosophical…
Gathering Among Woodland Savannah Cultivators – A Case Study: The Gwembe Tonga
Archival Significance Written by Thayer Scudder as part of the long-term Gwembe Tonga resettlement study following the Kariba Dam, this anthropological case study examines the same displaced communities addressed historically…
The Bantu Past And Present An Ethnographical & Historical Study of the Native Races of South Africa by S. M. Molema
”Admire-Exult-Despise-Laugh-Weep,-For Here There Is Such Molter For All Feeling.” Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto IV. cix. Publisher W. Green & Son, Limited, Edinburgh Publishing date 1920 Category Ethnography Language English
A Field Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa
Author V.F.M. FitzSimons With Twelve Colour Plates A. H. Barrat Publisher Collins St James’s Place, London 1st edition 1970 2nd edition 1974 ISBN 0 00 212146 8 Printed in Great…
Geographies: a certification series – AFRICA Second Edition
Archival Significance A continent-wide school geography textbook, part of a certification examination series, reflecting standardised regional geography curricula used across multiple African education systems. Institutional Context Published by Longman Group…
Mission Unaccomplished – Stories of the Travelling Church in Southern Africa 1890-1980
Concocted by the Rev. Tony Grain Printed by Hemel Printers Ltd. (0462) 677148 Graphic Origination by Lawrence Graphics, 33 Prebend Street, Bedford (0234) 44863/68600 Published by the Revd. A. E.…
Keys to the Trees of Zimbabwe by Meg Coates Palgrave
Archival Significance Written by Meg Coates Palgrave, a leading authority on Southern African trees whose Trees of Southern Africa remains a standard reference work, this field guide was possibly issued…
Mugabe Illustrated by David Smith & Colin Simpson with Ian Davies
Archival Significance An illustrated biography of Robert Mugabe published in 1981, the year after Zimbabwean independence, when Mugabe had just become the country’s first Prime Minister, making it a contemporaneous…
Ukama – Reflections on Shona and Western Cultures in Zimbabwe by Michael Gelfand
Archival Significance A later work by Michael Gelfand, whose earlier study The Spiritual Beliefs of the Shona is also held in this Archive, reflecting his continued engagement with Shona culture…