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…
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…
Archival Significance
A school examination preparation text for the Zimbabwe Junior Certificate (ZJC), reflecting the postindependence growth of a Zimbabwean-authored educational publishing sector distinct from the colonial-era curriculum materials it replaced.
Archival Significance
Holderness was among the white liberal Rhodesians who, on return from WWII service, attempted to build genuine multiracial common ground with African political leadership before the Rhodesian Front’s rise. Terence Ranger’s cover endorsement frames the book as evidence that such a constituency existed and mattered.
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Written by Maurice Nyagumbo during nearly two decades of imprisonment for his political activities, this autobiography survived two failed smuggling attempts before a third succeeded, with historian Terence Ranger assisting its publication in 1980. At the time it was described as one of the most significant publishing events in post-independence Zimbabwe, the first major autobiography by a Black nationalist leader published by a formerly settler-market Rhodesian press.
Archival Significance A seminal work of Southern African labour history by Charles van Onselen, examining the coercive recruitment and working conditions of African miners in Southern Rhodesia in the early…
Archival Significance An original piece of research produced by Abantu Archives itself, rather than an acquired historical item, examining the Native Affairs Department and its Annual publication as a primary…
Archival Significance A legal textbook adapting business law teaching to Zimbabwean legal practice in the years following independence, part of the broader post-independence project of localising professional and legal education.…
Archival Significance A compiled institutional history covering nearly ninety years of Rhodesian secondary education, drawing together contributions from five different authors and editors, reflecting the collaborative, multi-institutional effort typical of…
Compiled and written by Dick Pitman and Published by Clive Murphy of Modus Publications (Pvt) Ltd., PO Box 66070, Kopje, Harare, Zimbabwe Publisher date 1980 ISBN 0 7974 0725 1…