History

Some Of Us Must Remain To Be With The People Even If It Means To Be In Jail With Them

1980s, Graham Publishing, Liberation, Zimbabwe

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.

Multimedia, Museum and the Public: Communicating Heritage Information (New Series) No. 3

2000s, Museums, NMMZ, Zimbabwe

Author Godhi Bvocho Publisher The National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe ISSN 1024-9397 Copyright The Trustees of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Publication date 2013 Cover/DTP…

They Came to Northern Rhodesia

1950s, Northern Rhodesia, Record Book, Self Published, Settler, Settler Record

Archival Significance A compiled settler record documenting persons who had entered the territory, now Zambia, by 31 December 1902, this is a genealogical and administrative reference rather than a narrative…

Rhodesian Epic by T.W. Baxter and R.W.S. Turner

1960s, Citadel Press, History, National Archives, National Archives of Rhodesia, National Archives of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia

Archival Significance

A collaboration between T. W. Baxter, the National Archivist of Rhodesia, and R. W. S. Turner, this illustrated history was produced with the direct backing of the National Archives of Rhodesia itself, making it a state archival institution’s own narrative history of the country rather than an independent academic account.

Yesterday Today and Tomorrow – A 100 year history of Zimbabwe 1890 – 1990

1990s, David Burke Promotions, History

Archival Significance Published for Zimbabwe’s tenth anniversary of independence, spanning exactly the century from the British South Africa Company’s 1890 occupation to 1990, this is a deliberately framed centenary retrospective…

The Peopling of Southern Africa by R.R. Inskeep

1970s, Archaeology, David Philip Publisher, PreHistory, Southern Africa

This book is the first in a series The Peoples of Southern Africa. Series editors: W.D. Hammond-Tooke and M. E. West Editor for this volume: M.E. West Grateful acknowledgements are…

Archaeology in Southern Africa by H. C. Woodhouse

1970s, Archaeology, Purnell & Sons S.A., Southern Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe

Archival Significance Woodhouse was a long-serving committee member and past chairman of the Witwatersrand Centre of the South African Archaeological Society, and co-author, with Neil Lee, of Art on the…

Peasants, Traders and Wives – Shona Women in the History of Zimbabwe, 1870 – 1939

1990s, Baobab Books, Rhodesia, Social, Women, Zimbabwe

Author Elizabeth Schmidt Published by Baobab Books (a division of Academic Books) P O Box 567 Harare, Zimbabwe Publishing date 1996 First published in the United States of America by…

The Lambas of Northern Rhodesia – Clement M. Doke M.A. D.Litt

1930s, Ethnography, GGH&Co, N. Rhodesia, Zambia

Archival Significance Doke was a missionary-linguist and later Professor of Bantu Philology at the University of the Witwatersrand, author of the standard Lamba and Zulu grammars of his era. This…

The Politics of Partnerships the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland With three Maps

1960s, Federation, Penguin Books, Rhodesia

Archival Significance Written by Patrick Keatley, a journalist who covered Central African affairs extensively, this Penguin paperback brought analysis of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland’s ‘partnership’ policy, and its…

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