Archival Significance
Documents wildlife behaviour during the filling of Lake Kariba in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the period associated with the well-known Operation Noah wildlife rescue campaign.
Institutional Context
Published by the National Museums of Rhodesia, predecessor to today’s National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, reflecting the institution’s role in ecological as well as historical and ethnographic research.
Content Summary
Records observed animal behaviour as rising floodwaters displaced wildlife across the newly forming lake.
Research Utility
A primary source for environmental historians and wildlife researchers studying the Kariba dam’s ecological impact and the associated rescue operations.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.