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African Nationalist Leaders in Rhodesia
Robert Cary & Diana Mitchell · 1977 · ISBN 0949973300
What it is
A who’s who of the nationalist leaders, published while the war was still being fought.
Read it knowing
A reference book from 1977: useful for dates and careers, written before the war’s outcome was known.
In our films
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.
- The Great BetrayalIan Smith, 1997. The Rhodesian government’s side, told by its leader. We quote it and say where it differs from other accounts.