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Dzino
Wilfred Mhanda · Weaver Press · 2011
What it is
The memoir of Wilfred Mhanda, a leader of the young guerrilla commanders who were arrested in Mozambique in 1977.
Read it knowing
The side of the guerrillas who were pushed aside as Mugabe rose.
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Read alongside
- The Struggle for ZimbabweDavid Martin & Phyllis Johnson, 1981. The authors had close access to ZANU’s leaders and write from their side. Read it against Masipula Sithole’s Struggles Within the Struggle and Wilfred Mhanda’s Dzino.
- MugabeDavid Smith & Colin Simpson, 1981. Written close to the events, before most of the memoirs and archives were available.
- With the PeopleMaurice Nyagumbo, 1980. A participant’s account from inside ZANU, written at independence.
- A Lifetime of StruggleEdgar Tekere, 2007. Written more than thirty years later, after Tekere had broken with Mugabe and founded his own party.
- Re-living the Second ChimurengaFay Chung, 2006. An insider’s account from within ZANU.
- African Nationalist Leaders in RhodesiaRobert Cary & Diana Mitchell, 1977. A reference book from 1977: useful for dates and careers, written before the war’s outcome was known.