Archival Significance
The first title in Mambo Press’s Christianity and Socialism series, this illustrated primer was produced two years after Zimbabwean independence, when reconciling Christian belief with the new government’s socialist orientation was an active question for Zimbabwean churches.
Institutional Context
Published by Mambo Press, Gweru.
Content Summary
Presents an illustrated introduction to capitalism, Marxism and African socialism, examined against Christian gospel teaching.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of Zimbabwean Christian political thought in the early post-independence period, and of how church publishers engaged directly with the government’s socialist framing.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.