Africa: Southern

Rhodesia National Bibliography, 1978 [iv] + 50 D. Darey National Archives of Rhodesia (Salisbury) gratis; annual; lists deposits of titles pbld in Rhodesia; lists Rhodesian pblrs and their addresses; index to new periodicals; ceased periodicals listed and successor titles; contains pp 23-4 'Literature': 'English Literature' section; also lists pp 49-50 'Publications of the National Archives of Rhodesia' including those of the former National Archives of Rhodesia & Nyasaland.

The National Bibliography of Botswana X 1-3, C.B. Matsheka Botswana National Library Service (Gaborone) P1.00 per issue; processed; thrice yearly ; 3rd issue cumulative for year; lists all new titles pbld in Botswana; 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.

Chimsoro, Samuel Smoke and Flames: Poems with Preface by Dr. R. Graham [v]+53 Mambo Press (Gwelo) pa Rh$0.85; (Mambo Writers Series. English Section, 3).

Finn, H. (joint author) A Rhodesian Twelve Months of Flowers with Introductions by L. Bolze, Sir Athol Evans and P. Wood [ix] + 55 Books of Rhodesia (Bulawayo) Rh$26.50; 12 oil paintings by J. Sinclair, each with accompanying verse by H. Finn.

Kadhani, Murderi Quarantine Rhythms with Introduction by P. Levi 53 Palladio Press ( Aberdeen ) 1976 £1.45.

Kondor, Lisa Lisa: a Collection of Verse Vol I [i] + 30 Hobbits Hideaway (Salisbury) pa Rh$1.50.

Vermeulen, Cheryl Reflections illust J.G. Vermeulen et al [63] C.D. Vermeulen (Gwelo) Rh$2.35.

Williamson, Nick Maze 20 Gazebo (Salisbury) pa Rh$0.65; (Gazebo Pocket Poets 2).

Armstrong, Peter The Iron Trek 207 Welston Press (Salisbury) Rh$6.95.

Burton, Lloyd The Yellow Mountain iv + 293 Regal Pblrs ( Salisbury) Rh$7.50.

Carney, Daniel The Wild Geese 304 Corgi pa £0.85; Bantam (Des Plaines, Ill. ) pa $1.95; first pbld 1977.

Davis, John Gordon Leviathan 347 Pan pa £0.90; first pbld 1976.

-Typhoon 304 Michael Joseph £4.95.

Dibb, C.E. Spotted Soldiers 160 Hale £3.95; 160 Leo Pblns (Salisbury) Rh$4.50.

-The Bite 92 Hale £3.50.

Dlamini, Mte. J. 'The Journey to the Lusekwane' Swaziland National Centre Yearbook for 1975 (1976) 19-21 (Swaziland National Centre, Lobamba).

-See 2nd Salelwako item below.

Early , Robert A Time of Madness 269 A. Wingate £4.25; first pbld 1977.

Gutu, Laetitia Shumba and the He-Goat... and Other Stories 30 Mambo Press with RLB (Gwelo) pa Rh$0.45; children's stories.

Hartmann, Michael Leap for the Sun 240 Pan pa £0.75; 245 St. Martin's Press (New York); 1976 $7.95; first pbld 1976.

Shadow of the Leopard 256 Heinemann £4.90.

Holland, Roy 'The Hallelujah Woman' Opus 2nd Series 3 3-18.

Lessing, Doris A Proper Marriage 416 Hart-Davis £5.00; first pbld 1954 ; Book II of Children of Violence.

--Collected Stories. Vol I: To Room Nineteen 336 Cape £5.50; Vol II: The Temptation of Jack Orkney 272 Cape £5.50.

-Martha Quest 296 Hart-Davis £5.00; first pbld 1952; Book I of Children of Violence.

MacArthur,Wilson Escape to Sunshine 160 Hale £3.75; romance.

-My Highland Love 160 Hale £3.40; romance.

Marechera, Dambudzo The House of Hunger 154 HEB (AWS) pa £1.25, short stories.

Meiring, Jane 'How the Hare got his split lip' Rhodesian Knowledge 8 28-9; children's folktale.

'Ruvimbo and the Chidoma' illust I. Weiersbye Rhodesian Knowledge 5 28-30; children's story.

'The Magic Calabash' illust I. Weiersbye Rhodesian Knowledge 6 26-8; first pbld 1970; children's story.

Midgle, Olga 'The Feather' Kutlwano XVII 9 14-15, 17.

Mungoshi, Charles L. Waiting for the Rain [v] + 180 Humanities Press ( New Jersey 1975 pa $3.25; first pbld 1975; pa text edn.

Mutswairo, Solomon M. Mapondera: Soldier of Zimbabwe illust ix + 133 Three Continents Press (Washington, D.C.) csd $15.00 pa $9.00

Niesewand, Peter The Underground Connection 224 Secker & Warburg £4.50.

Pasipamire, C.D. 'The Constable's Revenge' Kristo III 4 (1977) 10.

Plaatje, Sol T. Mhudi (see Appendix II: Fiction) South African novel historically relevant to Botswana, Zimbabwe.

Rayner, William The Day of Chaminuka 224 Collins 1976 £3.50; Athenium (New Jersey) 1977 $7.95.

Salelwako, Jeremiah, J. [and Anon] 'Fudu, the Tortoise and Qhamu, the Monitor' Swaziland National Centre Yearbook for 1975 (1976) 55-6; folktale narrated by J.J. Salelwako & recorded anonymously.

Salelwako, J.J. and Mte. J. Dlamini 'Children Should be Slow' Swaziland National Museum Yearbook for 1976 (1977) 61; moral story for children narrated by Salelwako & recorded by Dlamini.

Samkange, Stanlake The Mourned One 150 Humanities Press (New Jersey) 1975 pa $3.00; first pbld 1975; pa text edn.

-The Year of the Uprising 160 HEB (AWS) pa £0.95; 160 Humanities Press (New Jersey) pa text edn. $2.25.

Schreiner, Olive Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland 124 Donker (Johannesburg ) 1977 £3.50; Richard West (Philadelphia) $20.00; facsimile reprint 1897 edn; first pbld 1897.

Shirley, Cecil J. Little Veld Fold with Foreword by W.D. Gale and new Introduction by R.S. Roberts illust 128 Books of Rhodesia (Bulawayo) Rh$2.25; first pbld 1943; facsimile reproduction in smaller format with colour; tales of Rhodesian wild animals & birds.

Sithole, Ndabaningi The Polygamist 192 Sphere pa £0.85; first pbld 1972.

Stiff, Peter The Rain Goddess 256 New English Library 1976 £4.25; 288 New English Library 1977 pa £0.90; first pbld 1973.

Wutawunashe, Jonathan 'Chidembo's Story' Opus 2nd Series 3 44-6.

Young, Honor 'Firefly Vlei' Rhodesian Knowledge 7 30-2; children's story.

Lessing, Doris Doris Lessing's Africa M. Thorpe 118 Evans csd £3.95 pa £2.75.

-Doris Lessing Newsletter Winter 1977-Fall 1978, Dee Seligman, 35 Prospect St, Sherbom, Mass 01770. Annual sub $5.00; bi-annual colln of Lessingana including criticism, bibliography, checklists.

-The City and the Veld: the fiction of Doris Lessing M.A. Singleton 243 Bucknell UP (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) 1976 $10.50, 1977 $12.50; 243 Associated U Presses, 1977 £6.50.