Rhodesia National Bibliography, 1973, iii+28 pp. National Archives of Rhodesia, Salisbury, gratis; annual; lists deposits of titles pbld. in Rhodesia; periodicals not listed unless first issue of a new serial; index; list of Rhodesian pblrs. and their addresses; contains, p. I3, a 'Literature' section; also lists, pp. 27-8, 'Publications of the National Archives of Rhodesia', including those of former National Archives of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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The National Bibliography of Botswana, V, 1-3, ed. B. Mogae, 25 pp. Botswana National Library Service , Gaborone , RI.00 per issue; processed; thrice yearly; 3rd issue cumulative for year; lists all new titles pbld. in Botswana ; serials list indicates if title has ceased pbln; index of authors, titles, series; list of pblxs. and their addresses.
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Catalogue of Banned Books, Periodicals and Records from Ist December, I967 to 3Ist December, I972, 34 pp. Board of Censors, 4th Floor, Delamere House, Stanley Ave., Salisbury, Rhodesia; includes titles by Rhodesian authors Lessing, Mhlambo, Sithole, Todd, Vambe; also lists authors like Durrell, Kerouac, Sartre, Updike.
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Encyclopaedia Rhodesia, gen. ed. M. Akers , illust., maps, 445 pp. College Press, Salisbury, Rhodesia; library edn., Rh$I2.50; pa., Rh$9.00; general reference; includes information on African custom, folklore, legend, beliefs; brief biographies of Rhodesian authors: A.S. Cripps, p. 98; Kingsley Fairbridge, p. 127; H. Cullen Gouldsbury, p. 152; Ethel Tawse Jollie, p. 194; C.W. Mercer (Dornford Yates), pp. 235-6; Gertrude Page, p. 275; Cynthia Stockley, p. 343.
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Guide to the Historical Manuscripts in the National Archives of Rhodesia, T.W. Baxter and E.E. Burke, xxxiv+527 pp. National Archives of Rhodesia, Salisbury , 1970, Rh$8.00; lists A.S. Cripps, pp. 133-5; Kingsley Fairbridge, pp. 159-60; C.W. Mercer, p. 293.
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Mbire: Historical Research South of the Zambesi, 2, ed. D. N. Beach, iii+29 pp. Central African Historical Assocn., P.O. Box MP I67, Mt. Pleasant, Salisbury, Rhodesia; annual list of research projects, including literary, according to Alphabetic Research Worker listing.
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Rhodesia Research Index I972, compiled jointly by Scientific Liaison Office and Reference Dept. of Library, U. of Rhodesia, vi+117 pp. Scientific Liaison Office, Dept. of Prime Minister, Salisbury, gratis; annual register of current research in Rhodesia; each issue cumulative; 'Literature', pp. 93-4, includes pbld. titles on Rudyard Kipling, Shona traditional poetry, and translations into English from African literature.
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University of Bhodesia Publications, 1973, 10 pp. U. of Rhodesia Library,Salisbury, gratis; annual; cumulative list of inaugural lectures, occasional papers, periodicals, catalogues, pbld. by University.
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Letters and Manuscripts from Southern Africa ... (see APPENDIX 2: SOUTH AFRICA, under Bibliographies, RESEARCH AIDS); Contains, p. 20. 'Doris Lessing', a very brief list.
10.
Speid, W.W.Musings at Eigbty, 86 pp. Kingstons, Salisbury [for the author], pa., Rh$I.00.
11.
Pearce, Daniel.The Vineyard and the Fire: A Biblical Anachronism, 97 pp. A.R.T.S. (Assocn. of Rhodesian Theatrical Societies, P.O. Box 270I, Salisbury), Rh$I.00; mimeographed; one-act play; won 2nd prize in CABS 'Play of the Year' 1973 Award.
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Smith, Dennis.Visions Before Midnight, 55+45 pp. A.R.T.S., Salisbury, pa., Rh$I.00; mimeographed; two-act play; won 3rd prize in CABS 'Play of the Year' 1973 Award.
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Yiend, George.What Do We Tell The Neighbours?, 24+24+25 pp. A.R.T.S., Salisbury, pa., Rh$I.00; mimeographed; play in 3 acts; winner CABS 'Play of the Year' 1973 Award.
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Garlick, Penelope.'The Fledgling and Others', Blackwood's Magazine, CCCXIII, No. 1891, pp. 412-19; short story.
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— 'The Project', Blackwood's Magazine, CCCX, No. 1874 (1971 ), pp. 501-510; short story.
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Lessing, Doris.Landlocked, 287 pp. Panther, pa., £0.60; first pbld. 1967; Book IV of the Children of Violence novels.
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— The Summer Before The Dark, 273 pp. Knopf, New York , US$6.95; and 224 pp. Cape, £I.95.
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Mitchison, Naomi.Sunrise Tomorrow: A Story of Botswana, 120 pp. Farrar, Straus & Giroux,New York, US$4.50.
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Neild, Molly.Feathers and Floods, 139 pp. M.O. Collins, Salisbury, 1969, Rh$I.40; children's story.
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— Feathers in the Mountains, 163 pp. M.O. Collins, Salisbury , 1971, Rh$I.40; sequel to Feathers and Floods.
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Robertson, Douglas D.Tales of the Rhodesian Bush, illustrated by Helena Tormey, 67 pp. Mambo Press, Gwelo, Rhodesia, pa., Rh$0.80; short stories and a poem.
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Sithole, Ndabaningi.The Polygamist, 178 pp. Hodder & Stoughton, pa., £0.90; first pbld. 1972.
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Stiff, Peter.The Rain Goddess, 256 pp. Jacaranda Press (Private Bag 6606, Kopje), Salisbury, Rh$4.80.
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Thompson, Ernest.Njiri's Tail and Other Stories, illustrated by Joan Blakeney, 48 pp. College Press & Rhodesia Lit. Bureau, Salisbury, Rh$0.45; original short stories 'inspired by the wealth of African legend'.
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Wilson, Merna.Explosion, 223 pp. Hale, 1965, £0.90.
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— Reap the Whirlwind, 192 pp. Hale, 1968, £0.90.
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— Turn the Tide Gently, 189 pp. Hale, 1967, £0.90.
28.
— 'Python Cave', The Children's Newspaper (Vision Pblns. , P.O. Box I532, Salisbury); serial, in March-July issues.
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Teerera I973, ed. N. Buttress, 37 pp. Highfield Secondary School,Salisbury, pa., Rh$0.50; annual school magazine; contains poems, stories, essays, mainly in English, by young black scholars.
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Young Voices, [ed. D. Wright], ii+39 pp. Matebeleland Heads of High Schools Assn., c/o Townsend School, Bulawayo; 'a selection of some of the best work produced by [white] high school children in the Matebeleland area in I973'; poems, stories, essays.
31.
Berlyn, Phillippa.'Never on Sunday', and other articles, in Rhodesia Herald andSunday Mail, 1973 issues; several items on African folklore, religion, custom.
32.
— 'The Poet and the Lepers', syndicated through Camera Press .
33.
Bond, Geoffrey.Remember Mazoe: The Reconstruction of an Incident, illustrated by J. E. Don Johnson, xii+164 pp. Pioneer Head (Kingstons), Salisbury; collectors edn., Rh$20.00; csd., Rh$4.75.
34.
Cary, Robert.Countess Billie: The Intriguing Story of Fanny Pearson and Edmonde, Vicomte de la Panouse, illust., 216 pp. Galaxie Press,Salisbury, Rh$5.00.
35.
Davis, John Gordon.Operation Rhino, xxv+233 pp. Doubleday, New York, 1972, US$6.95; and 190 pp. Corgi, pa., £0.40; factual account of conservation of White Rhino.
36.
Farini, G. Antonio.Through the Kalahari Desert: A Narrative of a Journey with Gun, Cawera, and Note-book to Lake N'Gami and Back, illust., xx+475 pp. Struik, Cape Town.
37.
Fitzpatrick, Sir James Percy.Through Mashonaland with Pick and Pen, ed., with Introduction by A. P. Cartwright, 136 pp. Donker, Johannesburg ; first pbld. 1892; account of journey into Mashonaland with Lord Randolph Churchill.
38.
Garlake, Peter S.Great Zimbabwe, illust., 224 pp. Stein & Day, New York; and Thames & Hudson, £4.75; thorough investigation concludes Zimbabwe was built and inhabited by people indigenous to South Central Africa between I00-I500 AD, viewpoint strongly opposed to that propagated by current Rhodesian régime.
39.
Israel, Alec.'The Greatest Story Teller', AllOur Yesterdays, I890-I970 ( Graham Pblg., Salisbury1970), pp. 78-9; on visit to Rhodesia in 1914 by H. Rider Haggard, and his surprise at similarities to the Matopos and Zimbabwe of his fictitious descriptions in She and King Solomon's Mines.
40.
Mohr, Eduard.To The Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, translated from German by N. D'Anvers , v+462 pp. Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, Rh$9.50; first pbld, 1876; considered 'a classic' of Victorian travel in Southern Africa.
41.
Niesewand, Peter.In Camera: Secret Justice in Rhodesia, 209 pp. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £2.50; account of detention in Rhodesia and proceedings of his 'in camera' trial; banned in Rhodesia.
42.
Ransford, Oliver and T.W. Baxter.Livingstone in Africa, Jackdaw Pblns ., £I.25.
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Selous, Frederick Courteney.Travel and Adventure in South East Africa, illust., map, xviii+503 pp. Pioneer Head (Kingstons), Salisbury , Rh$I5.00; first pbld. 1893.
44.
Shaw, Angus.'Porn: Rhodesia is Behind the Times', The Sunday Mail, 25 Nov., p. 2; discussion with A. Wright, Chairman, Censor Board of Rhodesia.
45.
Steere, Douglas V.God's Irregular; Arthur Shearly Cripps, 158 pp. S.P.C.K., £2.50; biography of Rhodesian missionary, philanthropist, poet. Weinrich, A. K. H. 'Spirit Beliefs Among the Karanga', NADA, X, 5, pp. 51-55 (see Journals); describes ancestral, avenging, and nature spirits; useful, as frequent allusions to spirit beliefs appears in Shona literature.
46.
Maraire, AbrahamDumisani. African Story Songs, told and sung by A. D. Maraire. Dept. of Ethnomusicology, U. of Washington; one of 4 l.p. records; folksongs in Shona, with English explanations interposed; other titles include Mbira Music of Rhodesia.
47.
Adapted Oral Folk-lore, a series by F. McCallum in issues of SITIMA (see Journals): 'A Change of Heart' (two stories), Sept. issue; 'Heart of the Leopard', Feb. issue; 'The Long Search for Happiness' , July issue; 'To Win a Bride', April issue.
48.
'African Allegory: Insects' Election', translated from Afrikaans by G. R. von Wielligh and adapted by F. McCallum, NADA, X, 5, pp. 19-21 (see Journals); also includes short glossary of insects' names in Shona and English.
49.
'Dikgoro: Wards of the baKgatla - baKga Kgafela', A.K. Pilane and N. Mitchison, Botswana Notes and Records, V, pp. 123-4 (see Journals); 5 praise names, and a Tribal praise; bilingual, seTswana/English.
50.
'Praises of the Kalanga Kings', S.M. Kumile, translated from Kalanga by R.K. Ncube, NADA, X, 5, pp. 22-3; 4 traditional praises; bilingual, Kalanga/English.
51.
Wash Your Hands, Mr Monkey, Denis M'Passou, illustrated by Celia Wakefield, 16 pp. M. O. Collins & Rhodesia Lit. Bureau, Salisbury, pa., Rh$0.45; adapted Nyau folktale.
52.
Chakaipa, Patrick.'Tradition and Innovation in Shona Literature: Chakaipa's Karikoga Gumiremiseve' , G. Kahari , Zambezia, II, 2, pp. 47-54 (see Journals); discussion of Chakaipa's first Shona novel.
53.
Chidzero, Bernard T. G.'Social Registers in Chidzero's Nzvengamutsvairo', G. Fortune, African Studies , XXXII, 2, pp. 99-112 (U. of Witwatersrand, South Africa); discussion of a Shona novel.
54.
Fairbridge, Kingsley.'The Sleepless Soul', P. Berlyn and C. Mears, All Our Yesterdays, I890-I970 ( Graham Pblg., Salisbury , 1970), pp. 34-5.
55.
Lessing, Doris.Doris Lessing, M. Thorpe, 37 pp. Longman, for British Council (Writers and Their Work Series), £0.25.
56.
— 'Martha's Utopian Quest: Doris Lessing's Children of Violence Quintet', M. Thorpe, Common Wealth (Aarhus, Denmark, ( 1972 ), pp. 101-113.
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— 'The Search for Self in the Novels of Doris Lessing', L.A. Marchino, Dissertation Abstracts International, XXXIII ( 1972), pp. 2384A-85A (N.M.).
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——L.A. Marchino, Studies in the Novel IV ( 1972), pp. 252-61.
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— 'Twentieth-century Realism: The "Grid" Structure of The Golden Notebook' , A.M. Mulkeen , Studies in the Novel, IV ( 1972), pp. 262-74. —
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'Female Roles and the Function of Art in The Golden Notebook', G. Mutti, Massachusetts Studies in English, III, pp. 78-83.
61.
— Section devoted to Lessing in WLWE, XII, pp. 148-89 (see COMMONWEALTH : GENERAL, Journals): 'Papers on Doris Lessing: An Introductory Comment', L. Marchino, pp. 148-9;
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'Quest for a New Vision', K. O'Fallon, pp. 180-89;
63.
'Silenced History: Children of Violence and The Golden Notebook', N. Porter, pp. 161-79;
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'The Contrary Structure of Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook', A. Pratt, pp. 150-60.
65.
— 'Doris Lessing's Two Antheaps', N.C. Graves, Notes on Contemporary Literature, II, 3, pp. 6-8.
66.
— The Novels of Doris Lessing, P. Schleuter, with Preface by H. T. Moore, 144 pp. South Illinois U. Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville; Feffer & Simons, London and Amsterdam.
67.
— 'Doris Lessing in the Sixties: The New Anatomy of Melancholy', F.R. Karl, Contemporary Literature, XIII, pp. 15-33.
68.
Ransford, Oliver.'His Hard Work Makes History Come Alive', The Rhodesia Herald , 2 August; interview with winner of 1973 PEN 'Book Centre of Rhodesia Literary Award' .
69.
Sithole, Ndabaningi.Review of Obed Mutezo: The Mudzimu Christian Nationalist, African Affairs, LXXII, 287, pp. 210-11 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).
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— 'The Polygamist by Ndabaningi Sithole' , E.A. Magel, Ba Shiru, IV, 2, pp. 89-90 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).
71.
Steere, D.V.Review of God's Irregular: Arthur Shirley Cripps, N.H. Brettell, Rhodesiana , 29, pp. 115-16 (see Journals).
72.
Vambe, Lawrence C.Review of An Ill-Fated People, R. Philcox, Presence Africaine , 82 (1972), pp. 149-50 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).
73.
'A Word in the Right Place', A.E. Voss, Two Tone, IX, June, pp. 3-4 (see Journals).
74.
'Anthologists: and others', N.H. Brettell, Two Tone, IX, Sept., pp. 3-5.
75.
'Appreciation and Some Questions for Botswana Notes and Kecords', S. Bagnall, Kutlwano, XII, 2, pp. 10-14 (see Journals).
76.
'First Theatre', G.H. Tanser, The Sunday Mail, 25 Feb.
77.
Heroic Poetry of the Basotho (D.P. Kunene). Reviewed, D. E. Bynum, Research in African Literatures, IV, 1, pp. 114-16 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).
78.
'From Oracy to Literacy in the Shona Advertising World', G.P. Kahari, African Market Seminar, 1971 (Advance Magazine, Box 3793, Salisbury), pp. 1-4; description and discussion of Shona traditional narrative form, and its potential in communicating commercial messages.
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'Present-day Praise Singers Have Much to Give Poetry', P. Berlyn, The Rhodesia Herald , 27 July, p. 33; includes Shona poets Chingono, Chivaura, Chamunorwa, Mandishona, Munjoma, Musarira, Mutswairo, Moyo, and Ndebele poet Masiye; examples of poems given in English translation.
80.
'Rhodesian Books', various reviewers, The Sunday Mail, 9 Dec., pp. 10-11; reviews of titles by Cary, Meikle, M'Passou, Neild, Sithole, Stiff, Tredgold, and of Encyclopaedia Rhodesia.
81.
The History of Rhodesian Entertainment, I890-I930, C.T.C. Taylor, illust., 186 pp. M. O. Collins, Salisbury, 1968, Rh$3.50; history of Rhodesian theatre; includes chapter on Gertrude Page; Appendix A lists all staged productions and casts.
82.
'View Point', L. Rix, Two Tone, IX, March, pp. 2-4; on Rhodesian poetry in general, with particular reference to N. H. Brettell.
83.
Botswana Notes and Records, V. Botswana Society, P.O. Box 7I, Gaborone, Botswana. Annual sub., £I.50; annual.
84.
Kutlwano, XII, 1-12. Information Dept., Botswana Government, P.O. Box 5I, Gaborone, Botswana. Annual sub., 60 cents; bi-lingual in seTswana and English; wide range of subjects like education, libraries, history, economics, agriculture; some reviews; monthly.
Shelfmark, 39-44. Bulletin of National Free Library of Rhodesia , P.O. Box I773, Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh$0.50; all aspects of library science; reviews; lists recent accessions; each issue contains 'Points from current periodicals'; mimeographed; 6 issues annually.
88.
SITIMA. Monthly tabloid gratis to black employees of Rhodesia Railways; interested persons should write to P.R.O., Rhodesia Railways, P.O. Box 596. Bulawayo, Rhodesia.
89.
Teacher in New Africa, X, 1-12. TINA, P.O. Box 35I3, Salisbury, Rhodesia, Rh$0.I5. Annual sub., Rh$I.75; overseas, Rh$2.25; monthly.
90.
The Rhodesian Librarian, V, 1-4. Rhodesia Library Assn., P.O. Box 3I33, Causeway, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh$2.I0, or US$3.00; quarterly.
91.
The RTA Journal. P.O. Box 4II, Marandellas, Rhodesia. Official Organ of Rhodesian Teachers' Assn., gratis to Rhodesian teachers; overseas, Rh$3.00 per annum; thrice yearly.
92.
Two Tone, IX, March, June, Sept., Dec. P.O. Box 3598, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh$I.25, or US$2.50; quarterly.
93.
Zambezia, II, 2 (1972). Librarian (Publications), U. of Rhodesia, P.O. Box MP45, Mt. Pleasant, Salisbury, Rhodesia, Rh$2.00; annual.
