Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa
Archival Significance Part of Barbara Tyrrell’s body of illustrated ethnographic work, produced during a period when illustrated surveys of this kind were a popular but now critically contested genre, documenting…
Culture
The Spiritual Beliefs of the Shona by Michael Gelfand
Archival Significance One of a substantial body of works on Shona culture and religion by Michael Gelfand, a physician whose long career combined medical practice with ethnographic research in Rhodesia…
The Africans- A Triple Heritage by Ali A. Mazrui
Archival Significance Companion volume to Ali A. Mazrui’s nine-part 1986 television documentary series of the same name, jointly produced by the BBC, PBS and Nigeria’s NTA, one of the most…
Ukama – Reflections on Shona and Western Cultures in Zimbabwe by Michael Gelfand
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…
Profile Native Affairs Department Annual
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…
Majuta – A History of the Jewish Community of Zimbabwe
Author B.A. Kosmin with a Foreward by M. Gelfand Publisher Mambo Press Senga Road, P.O. Box 779, gwelo Gelfand House, cnr speke Avenue/First Street, P.O. Box 66002, Kopje, Salisbury Gokomere,…
Children of Africa
Authors D. Gibb, B.A. and W.T. Miller, B.A Publisher Longmans of Rhodesia (Pvt) Limited Beatrice Road, Salisbury, Rhodesia – Associated companies, branches and representatives throughout the world Publishing date 1964…
Arts Zimbabwe
First published as Arts Rhodesia No. 1. Publishing date 1978 Published by National Arts Foundation of Zimbabwe 6th Floor, Ivory House 95 Manica Road P.O. Box UA 463 Union Avenue…
The Abandoned Adolescents
Archival Significance Written by Aeneas Chigwedere, a historian who later served as Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education, Sport and Culture from 2001 to 2008, this 1995 work reflects his thinking on…
Zimbabwean Women in Contemporary Culture – 1992 Diary-Notebook
Series Women Imagine & Create Publishing date 1992 Publisher The Zimbabwean Women in Contemporary Culture Trust (ZWICCT) Research Co-ordinator Fiona Floyd Text & Editing Fiona Floyd Photography & Photo Research…