Southern Africa

Rhodesia National Bibliography, 1974. National Archives of Rhodesia, Salisbury, gratis; annual; lists deposits of titles pbld. in Rhodesia; lists Rhodesian pblrs. and their addresses; index; contains a 'Literature' section; also lists 'Publications of the National Archives of Rhodesia', including those of former National Archives of Rhodesia & Nyasaland.

The National Bibliography of Botswana, VI, 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; this year, lists serials appearing less than 6 times annually; serials list also indicates if title has ceased pbln; index of authors, titles, series; list of pblrs. and their addresses.

'A Bibliography of African Dis sertations ...' (see AFRICA: GENERAL, under RESEARCHA IDS); mentions completed studies : p. 90, A.P. Kriel , Shona Ideals as Keflected in Lore and Literature (1969); p. 91, E.S. Moloto , The Growth and Tendencies of Tswana Poetry (1971); pp. 97-8, S.R. Burkhom , A Reconciliation of Opposites: A Study of the Works of Doris Lessing (1970).

Catalogue of Banned Books, Periodicals and Kecords from Ist December I967 to 3Ist December I973, 42 pp. Board of Censors, 4th Floor, Delamere House, Stanley Ave., Salisbury, Rhodesia; cumulative; includes titles by Rhodesian authors Lessing, Mhlambo, Sithole, Todd, Vambe; also lists authors like Durrell, Kerouac, Sartre, Updike.

Current Rhodesian Periodicals, vi+31 pp. National Archives of Rhodesia (Bibliographical Series Number One), Salisbury, gratis; 'a full and complete listing of all current serials pbld. within the country'; contains, p. 19, 'Literature'; contains 'Ceased Periodicals' for 1974; C.R.P. will be updated annually in Rhodesia National Bibliography (see under BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY).

Mbire: Historical Research South of the Zambezi, 3, ed. D. N. Beach , ii+38 pp. C.A.H.A., P.O. Box MP I67, Mount Pleasant, Salisbury, Rhodesia; annual list of research projects, including literary, according to Alphabetic Research Worker listing.

Rhodesia Research Index I973, compiled jointly by Scientific Liaison Office and Reference Dept. of Library, U. of Rhodesia, iii+106 pp. Scientific Liaison Office, Dept. of the Prime Minister, Salisbury, gratis; annual register of current research in Rhodesia; each issue cumulative; 'Literature', pp. 82-3, lists on-going research on Doris Lessing, and on Rhodesian poetry.

Standard Shona Dictionary, M. Hannan , S. J., with Foreword by G.Fortune, xxii+996 pp. R.L.B., Salisbury, Rh $4.50; includes many proverbs and idioms; text Shona-English.

University of Rhodesia Publications I974, 10 pp. U. of Rhodesia Library, Salisbury, gratis; annual; cumulative list of inaugural lectures, occasional papers, periodicals, catalogues, pbld. by University.

Doris Lessing: A Checklist of Primary and Secondary Sources, S.R. Burkom , ix+88 pp. Whitston Pblg., Troy, N.Y., 1973.

Berlyn, Phillippa and Olive Robertson. Two Voices, with Foreword by N.E.Brettell, illustrated by J.Reid-Rowland, vii+112 pp. Two Tone Pblns., P.O. Box MP 79, Mount Pleasant, Salisbury, pa., Rh $2.00; mimeographed.

Fairbridge, Kingsley. Kingsley Fairbridge: His Life and Verse, Part II, [Veld Verses] (see Non-fiction ; contains 41 poems selected from Veld Verses. Gouldsbury , Cullen. Rhodesian Rhymes , l.p. record. Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, 1969 , Rh $3.40; 20 poems, read to background of African mbira music.

Pearce, Daniel. The Door, 89 pp. A.R.T.S., P.O. Box 270I, Salisbury , Rh $I.00; mimeographed; 2 acts; winner, C.A.B.S. 'Play of the Year' 1974 Award.

Richardson, Carl. The Catalyst, 88 pp. A.R.T.S., Salisbury, Rh $I.00; mimeographed; 2 acts; 3rd prize, C.A.B.S. 'Play of the Year' 1974 Award.

Rooney, Maurice. Blind Man's Buff, 68 pp. A.R.T.S., Salisbury, Rh $I.00 mimeographed; 3 acts; 2nd prize, C.A.B.S. 'Play of the Year' 1974 Award.

Brown, Vera. 'The Tie', Sunday Mail, 2I April, Supplement, p. 6.

Hamlyn, Noel Tempest. Shore of Solitude, 167 pp. P.I.E.S.A.N.G., P.O. Box UA 4I5, Union Ave., Salisbury, csd., Rh $5.60.

Lessing, Doris. Martha Quest, 271 pp. Panther, 1973, pa., £0.50; first pbld. 1952 ; Book I of the Children of Violence novels.

Mackenzie, Ann. 'Forgiving Spirit', Sunday Mail, I3 Jan., Supplement, p. 1; winner Open Section, National Short Story Competition.

Schreiner, Olive. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, 124 pp. A. Donker, Johannesburg , South Africa; first pbld. 1897.

African Voices (ed. H. Sergeant, Evans, I973); includes 7 Rhodesians: Wonder Banda, p. 15; Dennis Brutus, pp. 29-34; Paul Chidyausiku , p. 36; Eric Mazani , pp. 66-7; Edgar Musarira , p. 72; Henry Pote , pp. 109-110; N.S. Sigogo , p. 122.

Rhodesian Poetry, No. I2 (1974-75), ed. C. Style , with Foreword by Stephen Gray, 36 pp. Poetry Society of Rhodesia, Salisbury, pa., Rh $0.95; latest in 2-yearly series; 25th Anniversary Issue (1950-1975); 24 Rhodesian poets of all races.

Teerera I974, ed. N. Buttress , 30 pp. Highfield Secondary School , Salisbury, pa., Rh $0.50; annual school magazine; contains poems, stories, essays, mainly in English, by young black scholars.

Fairbridge, Kingsley. Kingsley Fairbridge: His Life and Verse, [386] pp. Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, csd., Rh $9.85; 'omnibus' type pbln: Part I, [The Autobiography of Kingsley Fairbridge], illust., with Preface, Epilogue, Appendix, xv+246 pp; first pbld. 1927; Part II, [Veld Verses], with Foreword by N.H. Brettell , vii+118 pp; first pbld. 1909 and 1928; Parts I and II of this edn. not available separately.

Fortune, G. 'Who was Mwari ?', Rhodesian History, IV, pp. 1-20 (History Dept., U. of Rhodesia, P.O. Box MP I67, Mount Pleasant, Salisbury, 1973); includes translations from Shona traditional religious praises, prayers.

Jackson, George Maxwell. The Land is Bright, 160 pp. National Arts Foundation, P.O. Box UA 463, Union Ave., Salisbury, pa., Rh $I.80; 'special report to the N.A.F. on the state of the arts in Rhodesia I973, with some proposals for their development'; appendix lists names and addresses all arts groups, including literary.

Joyce, Peter. Anatomy of a Rebel, 480 pp. Graham Pblg., Salisbury, Rh $9.75; biography of Ian Smith.

McCallum, Frances. 'An R.M.O.'s Daughter Remembers', S.A.S.S.A.R. , Dec. (South African Railways magazine).

Richards, Hylda. False Dawn , illust., 230 pp. Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, Rh $7.25; biography of Dan Judson.

Tanser, G.H. A Scantling of Time, illust., 276 pp. Kingstons (Pioneer Head Series), Salisbury, Rh $6.00; first pbld. 1965; story of Salisbury 1890-1900.

— A Sequence of Time, illust., 299 pp. Kingstons (Pioneer Head Series), Salisbury, Rh $7.50; story of Salisbury 1900-1914.

Machlin, E. Dialects for the Stage, Theatre Arts Books, New York; casette tape; includes poem, in Shona and English translation, by E. Musarira ; excerpt taped off Rhodesian Poets l.p. (1968 ).

Adapted Oral Folklore and Fictional Tribal Tales. Series by F. McCallum in SITIMA (see Journals): 'Dokotela's Revenge', Aug; 'Hlamvana and the Sad Princess', Sep; 'The Auger of Gatsha', Oct; 'The Power of Celekeshe', April; 'The Tale of Temana', Jan; 'The Tale of the Tortoise', March.

Behind the Back of the Mountain: Black Folktales from Southern Africa, V. Aardema. Dial, New York, 1973.

Lithoko: Sotho Praise Poems, ed. and translated by M. Damane and P. B. Sanders, xv+288 pp. Clarendon Press (Oxford Library of African Literature), Oxford £6.50.

'Riddles of the Bakgatla', A.K. Pilane and N. Mitchison , Botswana Notes and Records , VI, pp. 29-35 (see Journals); bi-lingual, seTswana/English.

Tales from the Basotho, Minnie Postma , translated from Afrikaans by S. McDermid, illust., with analytical notes, tale types, motif indexes, by J. M. Vlach, xxv+177 pp. U. of Texas Press (for American Folklore Society), Austin, US $8.50; translation into English of Litsomo.

The Imaginative Works of Paul Cbidyausiku, (see Criticism , INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS); includes translations into English from Chidyausiku's Shona writings.

'Tradition and Innovation in Shona Literature: Paul Chidyausiku's Nyadzi Dzinokunda Rufu', (see Criticism, INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS); includes, pp. 45-7, full text of Ch. 6 of the novel in Shona/English.

Tsumo-Shumo: Shona Proverbial Lore and Wisdom, M.A. Hamutyinei and A.B. Plangger , 500 pp. Mambo Press (Shona Heritage Series) , Gwelo; gives translations of I,595 Shona proverbs; bi-lingual, Shona/English. c

Why Animals Live With People, D.N. Kundeya , illustrated by Hassam Musa, 16 pp. R.L.B., Rh $0.06; folk tale.

Zimbabwe: Prose and Poetry, compiled by S.M.Mutswairo, 276 pp. Three Continents Press, Washington, D.C.; includes, pp. 1-6, 'Dawn of the Monomotapa Kingdom', essay by S.M. Mutswairo ; pp. 9-120, Feso, novel by S. M. Mutswairo, translated from Shona by author and D.E. Herdeck ; pp. 121-276, 'Poetry of Zimbabwe' , including, pp. 125-35, 'Preface' by S.M. Mutswairo ; pp. 136-9, 'Comments on Translating Zezuru Poetry' , by D.E. Herdeck ; and the following bi-lingual Shona/ English texts: pp. 140-219, love, nursery, and personal poems by S.M. Mutswairo ; pp. 220-27, 2 poems by L.C. Chidavaenzi ; pp. 228-33, poem by Dintweng Kousu, translated by G.Fortune; pp. 234-76, Soko Risina Musoro/The Tale Without a Head, epic by Herbert Chitepo, translated and ed. by H. Carter.

Chidyausiku, Paul. The Imaginative Works of Paul Chidyausiku, G.P.Kahari , iv+179 pp. Dept. of African Languages, U. of Rhodesia, Salisbury , Rh $2.50; mimeographed; on essays, novels, and a play, by leading Shona author.

— 'Tradition and Innovation in Shona Literature: Paul Chidyausiku's Nyadzi Dzinokunda Rufu (Shame is Worse than Death)', G.P. Kahari , NADA, XI, 1, pp. 38-52 (see Journals).

Chidzero, Bernard , 'Tradition and Innovation in Shona Literature: Bernard Chidzero's Zvengamutswairo' , G.P. Kahari , Revue des Langues Vivantes/Tijdschrift Voor Levende Talen (Brussels), XXXVII, 1 (1971), pp. 75-80.

Cripps, Arthur Shearly. 'Kambandakoto: A Study of A. S. Cripps, I869-I952', D.E.Finn , Rhodesiana, 7 (first pbld. 1962 ), pp. 34-43 (see Journals).

Lessing, Doris. Doris Lessing: Critical Studies, ed. A. Pratt and L. S. Dembo , 188 pp. U. of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin; csd., US $I2.50; pa., US $3.95; collection of essays that formed Autumn I973 issue of Contemporary Literature: 'Introduction'; 'A Conversation with Doris Lessing (I966)', F.Howe; 'Art and Reality in The Golden Notebook', J.L.Carey; 'The Pietà as Icon in The Golden Notebook', E.J.Hinz and J. J. Teunissen; 'Alienation of the Woman Writer in The Golden Notebook', E. Morgan; 'The Grass is Singing: A Little Novel about the Emotions', M. W. Zak; 'Disorderly Company: From The Golden Notebook to The Four-Gated City', D.Barnouw; 'Feeling and Reason in Doris Lessing's Fiction', L.Sukenick; 'The Limits of Consciousness in the Novels of Doris Lessing', S. J. Kaplan; 'Structure and Theme in Briefing for a Descent into Hell', D.Bolling; 'Doris Lessing and the Sufi Way', N. S. Hardin; 'A Doris Lessing Checklist', A. N. Krouse.

— Contemporary Literature, XIV, 4 (1973) (U. of Wisconsin Press); special issue on Doris Lessing. See preceding item.

— Children of Violence and Rhodesia: Doris Lessing as Historical Observer, 28 pp. Central Africa Historical Assn., Salisbury, pa., US $3.50.

— 'A Visit with Doris Lessing', J.C. Oates , Southern Review, IX (1973), pp. 873-82 (Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge, Louisiana).

— 'Lessing's Heroines and Their Literary Models', D.A.Hove , Dissertation Abstracts International, XXXV, p. 404A.

— 'On The Golden Notebook', Doris Lessing , Partisan Review , XL (1973), pp. 14-30 (Rutgers U., New Brunswick, N.J.).

—' Realism and Failure in The Golden Notebook, D. Porter , Modern Languages Quarterly, XXXV, pp. 56-65.

— 'Sex and the New Woman in The Golden Notebook', M.V. Libby , Iowa Review, V, pp. 106-20.

— 'The Construction of The Golden Notebook', J. Hynes , Iowa Review, IV, 3 (1973), pp. 100-113.

— 'The Feminism of Doris Lessing', A.N. Krause , Dissertation Abstracts International, XXXIV ( 1973), p. 322A ( Wis., Madison).

— 'The Image of Woman in Lessing's The Golden Notebook', E.W. Brook , Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction, XV, 1 (1973), pp. 101-109 (Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia).

— 'The Pathology of Feminine Failure in the Fiction of Doris Lessing', A.B. Markow , Critique, XVI, 1, pp. 80-100.

— 'The Pursuit of Wholeness in the Work of Doris Lessing: Dualities, Multiplicities, and the Resolution of Patterns of the Imagination', P.A.Y.Halliday , Dissertation Abstracts International, XXXIV ( 1973), pp. 2626A-27A (Minn.).

— 'The Sufi Quest', D. Seligman , WLWE, XII (1973), pp. 190-206 (see COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL, Journals).

— 'The Underside of the Butterfly: Lessing's Debt to Woolf', N. Joyner , Journal of Narrative Technique, IV, pp. 204-11 (Eastern Michigan U., Ypsilanti, Mich.).

Makhalisa, Barbara and Joyce Simango. 'They Write with Morals in Mind', H. Silk , Rhodesia Herald (Salisbury), I3 Dec., p. 16; interviews with a Ndebele and a Shona woman novelist.

Mungoshi, Charles. 'Rhodesian Writer's Success Story', L.B.Rix , Mambo Review of Contemporary African Literature, I Nov., pp. 9-10 (see Journals).

Pearce, Daniel. 'When a Man Makes a Vow never to Marry', B.Whyte interviewing Pearce, Illustrated Life Rhodesia, VII, 18, pp. 24-8 (Graham Pblg., Salisbury ).

Samkange, Stanlake. Review of Origins of Rhodesia, S.I. Mudenge , African Affairs , LXX (1971) (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

— 'Zimbabwe: Stanlake Samkange', A.Nordmann-Seiler , Afrika heute (Bonn), Jan. & Feb., pp. 71-2.

Simango, Joyce. See Makhalisa item, above.

Stiff, Peter. 'There's a Grin on the Stiff Upper Lip', J. Allitt , Illustrated Life Rhodesia, VI, 22, pp. 20-22; interview.

An African Horizon: Ideals in Shona Lore and Literature, A. Kriel. Reviewed, G. Fortune , African Studies , XXXIII, 3, pp. 181-4 (U. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa).

'Language and Places', G.R. Brown , Two Tone, X, March, pp. 7-8 (see Journals).

'Metaphor and Symbolism in the Heroic Poetry of Southern Africa', D.P. Kunene , African Folklore, pp. 295-318.

Poetry Society of Rhodesia Newsletter (Salisbury); year's issues contain a Critical Series, C. Style , e.g. 'Discussion Rhodesian Poetry, Two Tone, Two Voices', Oct., pp. 1-2; 'Rhodesian Poetry and Its Reviewers', May & June, pp. 1-4; Review of The Land Is Bright, March & April, pp. 1-8.

'Rhodesian Literature', W. Krog , African Research and Documentation , IV, pp. 1-6 (see AFRICA: GENERAL, Journals).

'Rhodesian Slang and Rhodesian Poetry', V. Crawford , Two Tone, X, Sep., pp. 7-9.

'Rhodesian Slang's Poetic Possibilities', V.Crawford , Rhodesia Herald (Salisbury), 28 Sep., p. 9.

'Rhodesia's Search for a National Literature', L.B.Rix , Rhodesia Herald , 23 July, p. 13.

Shona Folktales, collected in Ngano, I (1973), Ngano II (1974) (Dept. of African Languages, U. of Rhodesia , Salisbury); folktales in Shona, critical texts in English.

'Shona Praise Poetry', G. Fortune and A. Hodza , Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, XXXVII, 1, pp. 65-75 (S.O.A.S., U. of London).

Sovremennye literatury Afriki ... See EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, GENERAL STUDIES.

The Land Is Bright, G.M. Jackson. Reviewed, 'The Arts', C.Stoneman , Rhodesia Herald, 27 March, p. 15.

'The Rhodesian Past', M. Southwood , Journal of Modern African Studies (London), XII, 1; discusses Rhodesiana reprints.

'The Rhodesian Reprint Library Series: Its Relevance to Botswana', J. Hermans , Botswana Notes and Records, VI, pp. 234-8 (see Journals).

'The Rise of the Shona Novel and Its Intermediate Status between Oracy and Literacy', G.P. Kahari , The Imaginative Works of Paul Chidyausiku , pp. 1-26 (see INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS).

'Three Rhodesian Poets', N.H. Brettell , Rhodesiana, 3 (first pbld. 1958), pp. 29-39 (see Journals); on Cripps, Fairbridge, Hastings.

'Towards an Aesthetic of Sesotho Prose', D.P. Kunene , The Dalhousie Review, LIII, 4 (1973), pp. 701-19 (see CANADA, Journals).

Botswana Notes and Records, VI. Botswana Society, P.O. Box 7I, Gaborone , Botswana. Annual sub., £I.50; annual.

Journal of Southern African Studies, 1, 1. O.U.P., Press Rd., Neasden, London, NWio oDD. Annual sub., £4.00; 'concerned with all Africa south of Katanga'; specializes in social science; book reviews; twice yearly.

Kutlwano, XIII, 1-12. Information Dept., Botswana Govt., P.O. Box 5I, Gaborone, Botswana. Annual sub., 60 cents; bi-lingual, seTswana/ English; monthly.

Mambo Review of Contemporary African Literature, ed. L. B. Rix. Mambo Press, P.O. Box 779, Gwelo, Rhodesia.

NADA, XI, i. Private Bag 7702, Causeway, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh $I.00; overseas, Rh $2.00; annual.

—II, 6-10 (1928-1932). Reprint in one vol. Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo; csd., Rh $53.55; unbound set, Rh $38.55.

Rhodesiana , 30 & 31. Rhodesiana Society, P.O. Box 8268, Causeway, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Annual sub., US $5.00; twice annually.

—I-8 (1956- 1963). Reprint in one vol. Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, csd., Rh $50.30; unbound set, Rh $29.30; new Index, separately, Rh $0.90.

Shelfmark , 45-50. Bulletin of National Free Library of Rhodesia, P.O. Box 1773 , Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh $0.50; six issues annually.

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.

Teacher in New Africa, XI, 1-6. TINA, P.O. Box 35I3, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh $I.75; overseas, Rh $2.25; monthly; ceased pbln. with XI, 6, June.

The Rhodesian Librarian, VI, 1-4. Rhodesia Library Assn., P.O. Box 3I33, Causeway, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh $2.I0; quarterly.

The RTA Journal. P.O. Box 4II, Marandellas, Rhodesia. Official organ of Rhodesia Teachers' Assn; gratis to Rhodesian teachers; overseas, Rh $3.00 per annum; thrice yearly.

Two Tone, X, March, June, Sep., Dec. P.O. Box 3598, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Annual sub., Rh $I.25; quarterly.

Zambezia , III, 1 (1973). Librarian (Publications), U. of Rhodesia, P.O. Box MP 45, Mt. Pleasant, Salisbury , Rhodesia, Rh $2.00; annual.