Concocted by the Rev. Tony Grain Printed by Hemel Printers Ltd. (0462) 677148 Graphic Origination by Lawrence Graphics, 33 Prebend Street, Bedford (0234) 44863/68600 Published by the Revd. A. E.…
Archival Significance An illustrated biography of Robert Mugabe published in 1981, the year after Zimbabwean independence, when Mugabe had just become the country’s first Prime Minister, making it a contemporaneous…
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A school examination preparation text for the Zimbabwe Junior Certificate (ZJC), reflecting the postindependence growth of a Zimbabwean-authored educational publishing sector distinct from the colonial-era curriculum materials it replaced.
Edited by J. Burtt Davy, M.A., Ph.D. and A.C. Hoyle, M..A., Ph.D. and revised by P. Topham, M.A. Publisher 1958 Printed and Published by the Government Printer Zomba, Nyasaland Category…
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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.
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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.
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Another entry in the Bundu Book series aimed at Rhodesian youth organisations, alongside AA-WEB-0061, this one focused on meteorology, a less commonly catalogued subject area within the series.
Author Stuart Cloete Publisher Collins 14 St. Jame’s Place London Publisher 1946 Copyright Printed in Great Britain Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow 1946 Category Biography Language English
Proceeding of the First National Consultative Workshop Juliasdale -July 1990 Co-Sponsored by Economic & Markets Branch, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture & Rural Settlement | Nutrition Unit, Ministry of Health |…
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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.