Zimbabwe Nationalism in Southern Rhodesia

“After ZAPU—What?” In: Africa Report, Washington, D. C., November 1962, p. 5. Report of banning ZAPU after its leaders' rejection of the results of the 1961 Constitutional Convention; the first detention of Joshua Nkomo by the Whitehead Government; and that government's campaign to rally “moderate” African support for the new constitution.

Bull Theodore . Rhodesia: Crisis of Color. Chicago, Quadrangle Books, 1967. 158 pp. $4.50. Survey of significant, political, social and economic changes that have taken place in Southern Rhodesia with emphasis on separate development of racial communities.

Davis John A. and Baker James K. , eds. Southern Africa in Transition. New York, F. A. Praeger, 1966. 427 pp. $2.95, paperback. Collection of essays by prominent Africanists and African leaders on problems of African advance in each territory of the region. Of particular relevance is the essay by Franck Thomas M. : “Southern Rhodesian Nationalism,” pp. 121–137, in which he covers the development of the movement from the activities of the City Youth League up to the movement's split.

Garbett G. Kingsley . “The Rhodesian Chief's Dilemma: Government Officer or Tribal Leader?” In: Race, London vol. 8, 1966, pp. 113–27. Discusses Southern Rhodesian Government's policy of bolstering traditional leadership at the expense of the development of local African self-rule and modern African political movements.

Jacobs Walter D. A Constitution for Rhodesia. New York, American-African Affairs Association, 1968. 33 pp. Apologia of Ian Smith and his regime's efforts to develop a “right-of-center,” constitutional, “legal” solution to issue of African political advance, emphasizing need for “standards” based on “merit,” and assuming European paternal guidance.

Keatley Patrick . “Revolution or Appeasement.” In: Student, Leiden, November-December 1967, pp. 5–7. Development of African guerrilla warfare in Southern Rhodesia amidst increasing collaboration between Salisbury and Pretoria to meet this challenge and find an accommodation with Britain.

Legassick Martin . The Consequences of African Guerrilla Activity for South Africa's Relations with Her Neighbors. 19 pp. Paper presented at 10th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association, New York, November 1967. Examination of prospects for success of the developing guerrilla movements in Southern Africa and assesses capacity for counter-insurgency on the part of the minority regimes.

M'Gabe Davis . “Rhodesia's African Majority.” In: Africa Report, Washington, D.C., February 1967, pp. 14–20. Critical assessment of Southern Rhodesian African nationalism and its problems of development. Emphasis is on author's desire for emergence of a charismatic leadership.

Mtshali Vulindela . Rhodesia: Background to Conflict. New York, Hawthorne Books, Inc., 1967. 255 pp. $5.95. African nationalist's (ZANU) comprehensive background history to development of Rhodesian conflict up to U.D.I. and imposition of economic sanctions. Includes extensive bibliography.

Nielsen Waldemar A. African Battleline. New York, Harper and Row, 1965. 155 pp. $1.95, paperback. Survey of African conflict in each of the territories of Southern Africa with recommendations for a pragmatic, moderate U.S. foreign policy.

Nkomo Joshua . “The Crucible of Privilege: Southern Rhodesia.” In: Africa in Exile, July-September 1959, London, pp. 57–61. Presentation of African nationalist case against Southern Rhodesian, white settler government; demanding an end to discrimination, the fulfillment of equal opportunity, and majority rule.

Ranger Terence O. , ed. Aspects of Central African History. Evanston, Ill., Northwestern University Press, 1968. 291 pp. $7.95. Collected essays of importance to students of African political development in Southern Africa, including editor's “African Politics in Twentieth-Century Rhodesia.”

Ranger Terence O. Revolt in Southern Rhodesia, 1896–97: A Study in African Resistance. Evanston, Ill., Northwestern University Press, 1967. 403 pp. $12.50. Antecedents of current racial conflict are effectively put forth in this work examining imposition of Company rule in both Matabeleland and Mashonaland and its effect on Africans. Also in-depth treatmennt of all aspects of the 1896–97 war, its aftermath, and influence on future development of African political activity and race relations.

Rotberg Robert . “From Moderate to Militant.” In: Africa Report, Washington, D.C., March 1962, pp. 3–8. Biographical article emphasizing growth and development of ZAPU head, Joshua Nkomo, into a nationalist leader.

Rubin Neville . “The Nationalists: A Critical Survey.” In: Student, Leiden, November-December 1967, pp. 10–13. Examines problems confronting Southern Rhodesian African Nationalists as a result of recurrent banning and detention and the acquiesence of Britain.

Sanger Clyde . Central African Emergency. London, Heinmann, 1960. 338 pp. $6.00. Account of confrontation between blacks and whites in Federation of Rhodesias and Nyasaland, culminating in the 1959 Emergency. Includes historical background to growth and development of African nationalism in Federation and failure of white liberalism embodied in the multiracial concept of “Partnership.”

Shamuyarira Nathan . Crisis in Rhodesia. New York, Transatlantic Arts, 1966. 240 pp. $8.25. Surveys development of militant African politics in the fifties and sixties with emphasis on conditions giving rise to African discontent and internal conflict that split nationalist movement.

Sithole Ndabaningi . African Nationalism. New edition. New York, Oxford University Press, 1968. 196 pp. $5.00. Personal account by detained leader of ZANU of development of African nationalism in Southern Rhodesia with stress on factors of colonialism, white supremacy and African reactions to these forces.

SOUTHERN RHODESIA CONFERENCE ON CLOSER ASSOCIATION IN CENTRAL AFRICA. Comparative Survey of Native Policy in Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland. London, March 1951. Salisbury, Southern Rhodesian Government Printer, 1951. 91 pp. Provides comparison of different approaches and assumptions concerning “Native Policy,” as it existed in Protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, under much closer British supervision, in contrast to policy developed in Southern Rhodesia which delayed development of local self-rule.

Stokes Eric and Brown Richard , eds. The Zambesian Past: Studies in Central African History. Manchester, Eng., Manchester University Press, 1966. 427 pp. $8.50. Collection of essays by specialists in area of South-Central Africa, covering Zambia, Malawi, and Southern Rhodesia. Of particular relevance is an essay by Terence Ranger entitled “Traditional Authorities and the Rise of Modern Politics in Southern Rhodesia, 1898–1930,” pp. 171–193, concerning Ndebele antecedents to modern Zimbabwe nationalism following 1896–97 uprisings through 1923 when Ndebele revivalism failed.