Archival Significance
Written by Dr H. Olivier, a civil engineer with an extensive list of professional credentials, this technical survey of major Southern African dam projects sits alongside this Archive’s other Kariba-related holdings as an engineering rather than social or anthropological account of the same infrastructure.
Institutional Context
Published by Purnell and Sons S.A., Cape Town.
Content Summary
Surveys major dam engineering projects across Southern Africa.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of regional civil engineering history, and, read alongside this Archive’s other Kariba holdings, for comparing engineering and social/anthropological accounts of the same infrastructure projects.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.