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.
Archival Significance
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.
Author Fr. John Dove Publisher Mambo Press Gweru, P.O. Box 779 Harare, P. Bag 66002, Kopje Gokomere, P. Bag 9213, Masvingo Publishing date 1989 ISBN 0 86922 340 2 Printed…
Published by the Proprietors, Cover Publicity Services (Pvt) Ltd P.O. Box 1437, Salisbury, Rhodesia Directors L.M. Newitt, G.C. Tylor ISBN 0 7974 0208 x Publishing date 1976 Printed by Mardon…
Archival Significance Written by Kenneth Kaunda before Zambian independence, using the still-current colonial name Northern Rhodesia at time of publication, this autobiography by the man who would become Zambia’s first…