Africa: Southern

Recent Zimbabwean Literature ed A. Niven comp O. Style with Index by M. Jarvis viii+32 Africa Centre (38 King Street, London WC2E 8JT) pa £1.50 (UK) £2.00 (Europe) £3.00 (outside Europe: (airmail)); annotated catalogue for first-ever UK exhibition of recent Zimbabwean literature; held in Africa Centre, April/May, presented in conjunction with NAFZ and NGZ; comprehensive listing of works in English, Shona, Ndebele: viz 'Drama', 'Fiction', 'Poetry', 'Children's Literature'; 'Related Studies' incl criticism (but not items appearing in journals), lang, folklore and folklife; 'Reference Sources' cites biblios, dictionaries, and other non-serial research aids; incl 'Select List of Serial Research Aids'; Index; list of publishers, distributors, and their addresses; loose Catalogue: Supplementary Checklist (see next item); also see accompanying catalogue Zimbabwe Art (RESEARCH AIDS).

Note: Recent Zimbabwean Literature exhibition acknowledges financial support of NAFZ, The Commonwealth Foundation, Longman Africa and Caribbean Division, and The Visiting Arts Unit of Great Britain; also NGZ, British Airways, and all who are thanked in the catalogues.

— Catalogue: Supplementary Cbecklist comp and ed O. Style (ii) + 11 (leaves); see item above.

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1978: Vol LIII xlii+778 M. Smith Modern Humanities Research Assn £34.00; annual; "record of current scholarship and criticism dealing with Eng Lang and Eng Lit"; no "new creative writing" listed; reports include Southern Africa; valuable, particularly for author checklists (q.v.).

International African Bibliography: Current Books, Articles, and Papers in African Studies XI 1-4 (see Africa: General); content arr "geographically by region and country"; "subject tracing"; valuable for "Zimbabwe", "Southern Africa", "Botswana", "Lesotho", "Swaziland".

MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures, 1980 Modern Language Assn of America (New York) $150.00; annual; 2 vols: II incl 'African Literatures'; alphabetical arr of countries and of authors; subject tracing; valuable data source for Sn Africa area sections; (not yet seen: will report in JCL biblio for 1982).

National Institute for Research in Development and African Studies: Documentation Unit Accessions List XXIII-XXVI, UBS (P/Bag 002, Gaborone); (also available from Botswana Book Centre, Box 91, Gaborone); quarterly.

Shelfmark 86-91 (see Journals); each issue contains: 'List of Additions' of local and non-local publications to The National Free Library of Zimbabwe ; accessions lists identify titles published in Zimbabwe; comprehensive holdings incl good 'Literature' section; also articles, brief book notices, 'Points From Current Periodicals' on wide range of subjects, local and non-local.

The National Bibliography of Botswana XIII 1-3 R.J. Kerrison Botswana National Library Service (Gaborone) P1.00 per issue; processed; 3rd issue cumulative for year; lists all new titles published in Botswana; lists serials appearing less than 6 times annually; indicates ceased serials; index of authors, titles, series; lists publishers and their addresses.

Zimbabwe National Bibliography, 1981 National Archives of Zimbabwe (Harare) gratis; annual; lists deposits of titles published in Zimbabwe; lists local publishers and their addresses; index to new periodicals; ceased periodicals listed and successor titles; contains 'Literature' section.

Lessing, Doris Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1978 (see BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY) contains pp614-15 'Doris Lessing'; lists unpublished theses, criticism, substantial reviews, checklists, published during report year; (theses are substantial ones only i.e. "forming the major requirement for a higher degree").

—— Doris Lessing: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism D. Seligman xv+139 Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.; & London, UK) $25.00; "the definitive bibliographical resource on Doris Lessing " - (R. Rubenstein) ; important and much-needed reference as no similar "complete" biblio available since 1973 (viz. Doris Lessing: A Checklist of Primary and Secondary Sources S. Burkom and M. Williams).

— Doris Lessing Newsletter III 2 (1979) (see Criticism) contains p 5 'Lessing on Tape' D[ee] S[eligman]; p/5 'Published Interviews with Lessing' D[ee] S[eligman]; and p 5 'Published Interviews with Lessing' D[ee] S[eligman].

— MLA International Bibliography ... 1980 Vol I (see BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY) contains 'Lessing'; lists dissertation abstracts, criticism, reviews, checklists, published during report year.

A Basic English-Shona Dictionary D. Dale illust xii+212 Mambo Press with LB ( Gwelo) pa Z$3.00; first published 1975; "collection of everyday words to help the European beginner" - (ZNB); useful adjunct to literature in English which includes Shonaisms without glossary.

Arts Zimbabwe: II 1981/82 (see journals) contains loose 'Special Supplement' viz. Index of Arts and Cultural Organizations in Zimbabwe 1982 NAFZ [4]; comprehensive, including Literature, and Theatre; directory of associations of all ethnic groups is timely.

Books in Print LB (Salisbury and Bulawayo) gratis; (r.e.); first published 1976; updated descriptive catalogue of LB publications including Shona, Ndebele, English; indices to titles and authors; titles alphabetical within subject; (note: item not seen).

Books of Rhodesia: Rhodesiana Reprint Library: Catalogue of the First (Gold) Series, Vols 1-36 [36] Books of Rhodesia (i.e. Books of Zimbabwe) (Bulawayo) [19??]; "available on application"; including Baines, Fairbridge, Gouldsbury, Selous, inter al; see also Books of Zimbabwe ... item below.

Books of Zimbabwe: Rhodesiana Reprint Library: Catalogue of the Silver Series, Vols 1-24 28 Books of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) gratis; including résumé each title with biographies of authors; also see Books of Rhodesia ... item above.

Botswana Notes and Records XI (1979) 'Section III: Supplement to Vol X' (see Journals) contains pp 141 et seq 'Index to the First Ten Volumes of Botswana Notes and Records' L. Hinchey; (cf JCL XV 2 19).

Directory of Zimbabwean Libraries, [ 1981 ] comp B.L.B. Mushonga ed R.G.S. Douglas iv + 25 National Archives (Salisbury) pa Z$1.50 [?] (ZNB cites price as Z$1.50 but promotional leaflet cites Z$7.50); (2nd edn); first published 1975 as Directory of Rhodesian Libraries (cf JCL XI 3 (1977) 17); "an indispensable reference work"; 240 organizations arranged by type of library; information covers broad spectrum including "subject fields", "catalogue and classification systems", "cooperative and special services"; fully indexed.

Heritage I. (see Journals) contains pp 48-50 'Periodicals and Articles of Interest' P.A. Francis; including African Affairs, Arts Rhodesia, Mohlomi, Zambezia, inter al.

Literature and Society in Southern Africa: [ Conference Papers, 1981] Centre for Southern African Studies, University of York (Heslington); [fol.]; (item not yet seen).

Makers of History: Who's Who 1981-82: Nationalist Leaders in Zimbabwe D. Mitchell illustrated xv+176 D. Mitchell (Salisbury); updates previous biographical directories (see item African Nationalist Leaders in Zimbabwe Who's Who, 1980 ... JCL XVI 2 18).

PADIS Inter-Governmental Meeting of African Computer, Documentation and Information Scientists, Salisbury 1981: [Documents] ECA (see UN: ECOSOC) (Addis Ababa); PADIS (Pan-Atrican Documentation and Information System) hosted by Zimbabwe 19-23 Oct; (see also Non-Fiction, Lebotsa item).

Standard Shona Dictionary M. Hannan 1014 College Press with LB (Salisbury) Z$8.50; (2nd edn with addendum); first published 1959; invaluable ; content also includes proverbs and idioms; text Shona-English.

The Zimbabwe Librarian XIII 1 & 2 contains pp 7-19 'Zimbabwean Bibliography: Recent Contributions' R.G.S. Douglas; 6th in series initiated by C. Coggin in 1970; Douglas continues from C. Coggin's Oct 1977 Survey.

Who's Who in Librarianship and Information Work in Zimbabwe B.L.B. Mushonga 23 (leaves) National Archives, Govt Library Service (Salisbury) pa Z$2.00; mimeographed; "The first reference source of its kind for Zimbabwe"; biographies of 160 persons including "many new professionals".

Zimbabwe Art C. Till illust [ 24 ] National Gallery of Zimbabwe [NGZ] and NAFZ (Salisbury) pa £0.50 (postage extra); catalogue of artwork included in exhibition cf Recent Zimbabwean Literature (see GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES); contains pp [5-11] 'Contemporary Art' C. Till; lists Zimbabwean art and cultural artefacts chosen to enhance appreciation of the literature.

Zimbabwe Research Index: Register of Current Research in Zimbabwe 1980 Scientific Liaison Office, Cabinet Office ( Salisbury) gratis; cumulative; contains 'Languages, Linguistics, Literature'; (note item not seen at time of this bibliography compilation).

Banana, Canaan Sodino The Gospel According to the Ghetto illust xv+156 Mambo Press (Gwelo) pa Z$2.50; rev edn; pp1-29 first published 1974 ; pp i-xv and pp 30 et seq is new matter (see also Non-Fiction); pp i-xv is foreword by Cde. Dzingai Mutumbuka: the early poems of 1974 reveal "Christian conscience outraged by repression ..." — (O. Wermter, SJ); newer poetry celebrates the victory of independent Zimbabwe; Note: this rev edn wrongly attributed to 1980 (see JCL XVI 2 19); the error is regretted.

Berlyn, Phillippa. See Crawford item below.

Brettell, N.H. Side-gate and Stile ... (see Non-Fiction) contains poems by the author.

Chingono, Julius Mireza Yerudo (Flags of Love) 21 Gazebo (Salisbury ) ([1981] repr © 1980) pa; first published 1980; dual Eng/Shona text; cover title given only as Flags of Love; (see also JCL XVI 2 19).

— See Molony item below.

Crawford, Vernon and Phillippa Berlyn Two Tone XVII March: Memorial Edition (see Special Issues); contains pp2-13 'Vernon Crawford' (collection of 13 poems ed and with [Obituary] by D.H.M. Wright); and pp 14-24 'Phillippa Berlyn' (collection of 13 poems ed and with [Obituary] by D.H.M. Wright).

Durrant, Warren Poems of Love and Loneliness Stockwell ( Ilfracombe, Devon) £2.60.

Eppel, John. See Molony item below.

Farmer, Harold 'Two Poems' The Sewanee Review LXXXVII 1 (1979) 50-2 (see Special Issues).

— ['Two Poems'] Ariel XII 3 34, 102 (see Special Issues).

Kanoti, Wilby ['Poems'] Moto XVIII (see Journals); contributed poems in English to various issues during year.

Lotter, Chas. See Molony item below.

Molony, Rowland , Julius Chingono , Chas Lotter , John Eppel and Colin Style 'Poems From Zimbabwe' The Bloody Horse 3 52-8 (see Special Issues); 10 poems; "Zimbabwean writing is a much sought after novelty ..." — (RZL).

Mungoshi, Charles and Colin Style Mopant Poets: Double Volume, 5 & 6 Gen Ed H. Finn Poetry Society of Zimbabwe ( Salisbury) pa Z$2.60; Vol5: Mungoshi, Charles The Milkman Doesn't Only Deliver Milk ed H. Finn sel with Introduction by N. Alexander [vi] + 26; Vol 6: Style, Colin Musical Saw ed sel and Preface by D.E. Borrell [iv] + 27; parts not available separately.

Newcombe, Thomas Hedley The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory 54 leaves [the Author ( Bulawayo)]; religious verse.

Nthodi, Motshile wa From the Calabash: Poems and Woodcuts 67 Ravan Press (Johannesburg ) 1978; distributed by TWP (Birmingham, UK) £3.95; celebration of "life cycle in an Ndebele village" drawn from "roots of the artist's African experience".

Smith, Quentin M. Triumpb : Poems and Meditations illust [ iv ] + 44 the Author ( Salisbury).

Style, Colin Musical Saw ... See Mungoshi, Charles item above.

— See Molony item above.

— 'Three Poems by Colin Style' Ariel XII 3 75-80.

— 'Two Poems' The Sewanee Review LXXXVII 1 (1979) 53-4. Wilson, Merna The Country of the Mind illustrated by Jeanette Carr 40 Kailani Books (Salisbury ) pa Z$3.00.

Chipunza, Arthur Svikiro (My Spirit Sings) [iv] + 52 Longman Zimbabwe (Salisbury) pa Z$1.30; 2 acts; Glossary; "Traditional play in English with some Shona verse" - (ZNB); theme of tribal drama and murder; performed in 1978 (see JCL XIV 2 16).

Yiend, George The Cup That Cheers [vi] + 69 NTO (Salisbury) pa Z$5.00; mimeographed; 2 acts; comedy; winner CABS 'Play of the Year' 1981 award.

[Anon] 'The Long Hidden Treasure' Moto XVIII 209 (see Journals); (Moto Short Story).

Armstrong, Peter The Last Movie [iv] + 300 Welston Press (Salisbury) Z$3.95.

Boyd-Harvey, Julia and Marjorie Bereza Tutti and the Magic Bird illust 136 ZPH (Salisbury ) Z$3.25; first published Ravan Press ( Johannesburg) 1980; (Ravan distributed by TWP ( Birmingham, UK) £2.60); chosen as "most popular book" (from a selection of titles published elsewhere in Africa rather than imported) by panel ot Zimbabwean children; tale of life in South Africa ca 300 AD; vivid experience of the past evokes awareness of rich heritage available in contemporary Africa; Tutti's journey back in time provides significant e.g. of search "to provide literature more relevant for Zimbabwean children".

Carney, Daniel Under a Raging Sky 288 Corgi pa £1.50; 322 St. Martin's Press (New York) $10.95; first published 1980.

Chase, Clever 'Arlington's First Love' Moto XVIII 235; (Moto Short Story).

Couper, Elspeth Gold and the Rainbow 192 Hale £5.50; romance. — House of Mists 160 Hale £5.75; romance.

— Lonely Sky 160 Hale £5.25; romance.

Davis, John Gordon Fear No Evil 320 Macmillan (USA) $12.95.

Hartmann, Michael Leap for the Sun 510 Magna Print £5.75; first published 1976; Large Print edn; (of interest as rare for Southern African authors to appear in Large Print edns ...).

Head, Bessie Serowe: Village of the Rain-wind (see Appendix II Fiction); victim of South African barbarity, this exiled author's life has been spent in Botswana tor many years; Serowe is "an exceptional" tribute to her adoptive village community which helped heal the "shattered little bits" of her RSA experiences.

— 'A Bewitched Crossroad' The Bloody Horse 35-11 (see Special Issues); from work in progress, described by Head as "my major obsession, the Khama novel".

Kalizi, Simon E. 'Lust That Destroyed a Home' Moto XVIII 257; (Moto Short Story).

Lessing, Doris African Stories Touchstone Books ( Simon and Schuster, New York) pa $9.95; item not seen and no edn details; (? first published UK 1964: Joseph edn ...).

— Briefing for a Descent into Hell 308 Random pa $2.95; (a Vintage Trade Book ); first published 1971.

- Memoirs of a Survivor 224 Bantam (Des Plaines, Ill.) pa text edn $3.50; first published 1974; (recently filmed for cinema: it "is impregnated with a menopausal lugubriousness" ... and symbolism takes "a long time a-hatching" — (A. Walker, The Standard, 24 Sept 1981 22)).

— Shikasta 448 Panther pa £1.95; (n.e.); 384 Random (New York) pa $4.95; (a Vintage Trade Book); first published 1979 ; Book I of Canopus in Argos: Archives.

— The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five: (As Narrated by the Chroniclers of Zone Three) 304 Panther pa £1.95; (n.e.); 256 Random (New York ) pa $4.95; (a Vintage Trade Book); first published 1980; Book II of Canopus in Argos: Archives.

— The Sirian Experiments: the Report by Ambien II, of the Five 304 Cape £6.95; (first published UK 1981 © 1980); 304 Knopf $11.95; first published USA 1980 [?] (USA catalogue entry for 1982 reproduction of 1980 edn of title states: The Sirian Erperiments ... 400 Random (Vintage Trade Books); "write [to publisher] for information" (sic)); Book III of Canopus in Argos: Archives.

Lukhele, S. Tell Me No More 101 Macmillan Boleswa (Mbabane) pa £0.80. Mabuya, Didymus 'Was There Magic in Manga's Basket of Mangoes ?' Moto XVIII 109; (Moto Short Story).

MacArthur, Wilson Touch a Tender Spot 192 Hale £5.50; romance. Mahanya, Morgan 'Chamurorwa Was Nothing but a Fox Entrusted with Sheep' Moto XVIII 344; (Moto Short Story).

Mpofu, Likwa C.W. 'Lovers' Bitter Tears' Moto XVIII 59; (Moto Short Story).

Mpofu, L[ikwa?] C.W. 'Tale of the Naughty Boy' Moto XVIII 257; (Moto Short Story).

Mungoshi, Charles L. The Coming of the Dry Season [iii] + 62 ZPH (Harare) pa Z$2.50; first published 1972; (ZPH. Writers Series, 2); short stories bringing Zimbabwe "into the mainstream of modern African literature written in English ..." — (L.B. Rix); original banned in Rhodesia: now on "recommended reading lists for Form I and II".

— Waiting for the Rain [v] + 180 ZPH (Salisbury) Z$3.45; first published 1975; (ZPH. Writers Series, 1); winner, 1976 PEN Rhodesia Award and now recommended for O and A level as well as being UZ "setbook"; (for comm of novel, see JCL XI 3 (1977) 13; also JCL XII 3 (1978) 26).

Niesewand, Peter A Member of the Club 186 Pan pa £1.25; (n.e.); first published 1979.

— The Word of a Gentleman 320 Secker and Warburg £6.95.

Okolo, Emmanuel The Blood of Zimbabwe 169 Fourth Dimension (Enugu, Nigeria) 1979 pa 2.25; Zimbabwean setting for war thriller.

Rayner, Richard The Valley of Tantalika illust E. Alexander [xvi] + 165 Books of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) 1980 csd Z$11.40 pa Z$4.95; "fantasy" cum folktale of animals displaced by Lake Kariba; runner-up in PEN Literary Award.

Robertson-Hotz, Lynn and Paul 'The Tete Trek' The Bloody Horse 3 32-8 (see Appendix II Journals); factual narrative in idiomatic kitsch; story of group of ZAPU guerillas' journey; item illustrates how good non-fiction material can be turned into very bad fiction and published simply because of current interest.

Rukini, Charles 'Who Started the War?'; short story; (noted in 'Sharing Zimbabwe's Creative Talents' (see Criticism GENERAL STUDIES); no further publication details available).

A Century of South African Poetry (see Appendix II Anthologies); Zimbabweans represented: pp 88-90 A.S. Cripps; p 91 [H.] Cullen Gouldsbury; pp 92-4 Kingsley Fairbridge; p 96 Thomas Craig; p 141 L.M. Hastings; pp 187-9 N.H. Brettell; p 317 Colin Style; p 318 Paul Chidyausiku; p 319 Charles Mungoshi; pp 320-1 D.E. Borrell; pp 322-3 Musa B. Zimunya; p 324 Chirwa P. Chipeya; also including poets with strong Southern African ties e.g. (inter al): pp 205-18 Douglas Livingstone, and p 296 Glanville le Sueur (both lived several years in then Rhodesia); p 330 Mandlenkosi Langa, and pp 339-46 Mongane Wally Serote (exiles in Botswana); p 329 Bicca Maseko (Swaziland); pp 334-8 Njabulo S. Ndebele (University of Lesotho).

And Now the Poets Speak: Poems Inspired by the Struggle for Zimbabwe ed M. Kadhani and M. Zimunya xvi + 178 Mambo Press ( Gwelo) pa Z$3.20; first-ever published collection of war poetry in English by black Zimbabweans.

Leaf and Bone: African Praise-Poems, An Anthology, with Commentary ed and comm J. Gleason xxxiii + 220 Viking (New York) 1980 $14.95; "first assemblage sub-Saharan in extent" - (G. Fortune); emphasis on continental likenesses rather than ethnic disparities (e.g. a Sotho praise is juxtapositioned with a Yoruba one, etc.).

Moto XVIII 15 (see Journals) contains p 4 'Poems to Celebrate Zimbabwe's First Anniversary '; including poems from And Now The Poets Speak (see item above) by Godfrey Dzvairo, Charles Mungoshi, Musaemura Zimunya, Mudereri Kadhani, Livias Moyo, Elisha Chakanyuka.

Chaka Thomas Mofolo translated from the original Sesotho into English by Daniel P. Kunene 160 HEB (AWS) pa £1.95; a most outstanding 1981 contribution to supersede Dutton's "somewhat quaint" translation of Mofolo's classic.

'Mother! Sing Loudly for Me: The Annotated Dialogue of a Basarwa Healer' translated into English by P. Wiessner and F. Larson Botswana Notes and Records XI (1979) 25-32 (see Journals); folk medicine is literature.

Research in African Literatures XII 2 (University of Texas, Austin) contains pp203-13 'African Folktales in America: XI. Taught an Incriminating Song (Saying)' W. Bascom; versions 7 and 8 (p 206) from Zimbabwe (from Fables of the Veld F. Posselt OUP 1929).

— XII 3 contains pp 338-49 'Moon Splits Hare's Lip (Nose): An African Myth in the United States' W. Bascom; items "4" - "10" (pp 341-2) from "Bushman" of Botswana; also including "Bushman" versions from RSA and Namibia recorded 19th and early 20th century by Bleek inter al; relevant literature heritage of "Southern African cone".

Why the Cock Crows by Tendai Makura illustrated by Varaidzo Manzwei Makura 15 ZPH with Zimbabwe Children's Literature Foundation (Salisbury) Z$0.49; (Village Tales, 1); also separately published in Shona as Masharirwe akaitwa jongwe.

'A Black Future for the Theatre?' R. Holland Arts Zimbabwe: II 1981/82 18-26 (see Journals); interview with producer Adrian Stanley; defensive of white contribution towards, and seems to underestimate potential of, black theatre in Zimbabwe.

And Now the Poets Speak ... (see Anthologies); reviewed, W. Davies Africa Now V August 78; C. Style 'African Book of the Day' 10 September BBC African/English Service.

'Children's Literature in Colloquial Languages' Lesotho Books and Libraries II (see Journals); text of conference paper given at SCECSAL IV, 1980; another e.g. of growing concern with children's literature in Southern Africa.

'Craft from Zimbabwe' West Africa 11 May 1016-17 (London); on exhibition of Recent Zimbabwean Literature held at Africa Centre (see GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES).

'Editorials' Two Tone (see Journals); on content of issue; D.H.M.W [right] March 2-4, 14-16 (see STUDIES OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS; also see Special Issues).

'Emerging Definitions of African Literature' S. Barkan ALA Annual Conference (Claremont, California); (unpublished conference papers available at 12 cents per page, plus postage ($0.50 USA $1.00 elsewhere) per order; write ALA for details); general but valuable in redefining parameters in Southern Africa.

Mind in the Heart of Darkness: Value and Self-Identity Among the Tswana of Southern Africa (see Alverson, H. item JCL XV 223 (Non-Fiction)) reviewed, B.G. Blount Research in African Literatures XII 3 407-9; notes "richness of metaphor for expressing human experience, noting that Tswana self-praises are expressions of self-identity".

'Mother! Sing Loudly for Me: The Annotated Dialogue of a Basarwa Healer' (see Translations); annotations illuminate the aesthetic and functional in oral folk medicine.

Ndakatongwa ne Nyika Mbiri Nedzimwe Nyaya Fupi (Men Torn Between Two Cultures) O.M. Kabweza with Introduction by F.M. Mukute Comm by J. Haasbroek illustrated L. Ncube 94 Mambo Press (Gwelo) 1979 pa; first published 1976; anthology of Shona short fiction with Comm in English; valuable for insights into cultural issues of independent Zimbabwe.

' Ninety Years of Theatre' T. Weare Arts Zimbabwe: II 1981/82 63-9; hist overview 1890- 1980; this e.g. of white parochialism is representative of ethos of UDI period.

' Observing and Recording Village Music of the Kwenmeng' E.N. Wood Botswana Notes and Records XII ( 1980) 101-18; another scholarly piece of ethnomusicology from this well-known authority.

' On the Horns of Dilemma: Defining the South(ern) African Writer' L.S. Beard ALA Annual Conference (Claremont, California); paper for panel on 'Emerging Definitions of African Literature' (also see Barkan item above); (unpublished papers available at 12 cents per page, plus postage ($0.50 USA $1.00 elsewhere) extra per order; write ALA for details). 'Oral Literature in Zimbabwe: An Analytico-Interpretive Approach' S.M. Mutswairo Dissertation Abstracts International XXXX (1979) 6259-60A; recommended.

'Sharing Zimbabwe's Creative Talents' Moto XVIII 34 10; extracts from new journal ZAWA (q.v.); includes raison d'être of the Association and need for creative outlets both written and live; comments mainly from C. Mungoshi and C. Rukini.

' Southeastern Bantu Eulogy and Early Indo-European Poetry' J. Opland Research in African Literatures XI 3 (1980) 295-307; on Zulu and Xhosa clan praises; elucidates, by extension to related Matabele, praise genre among Nguni language groups in Southern Africa.

' The Critics and Zimbabwean Poetry: a Viewpoint' C. Style Arts Zimbabwe: II 1981/82 15-17; some good points made but article overall more relevant to 1978 than Zimbabwe 1981.

Tasks and Masks. Themes and Styles of African Literature L. Nkosi 216 Longman ( Essex) csd £12.00 pa £4.50; (Longman Studies in African Literature); "Investigating the novel, poetry and drama from all parts of sub-Saharan Africa ..." locating its growth "within its proper social, historical and ideological context"; relevant backdrop to crucial shift in Southern Africa.

'The Struggle for Definition: How to Name the Unnameable in Southern African Literature ' L.S. Beard (University of Notre Dame) ACLALS [Fifth Triennial] Conference, 3-8 January 1980 (University of South Pacific, Suva): paper for "panels focussed on African Literature and Language questions".

' Women as Composers and Performers of Zulu Praise Poetry: Some Praise Poems ' E. Gunner Southern African Research in Progress III (1979) 1-17 (see JCL XV 2 (1980) RESEARCH AIDS); roots of Ndebele traditions ; including poems of married women, royalty, mothers for infants and young children, divination.

' Written Shona Poetry G. Fortune Arts Zimbabwe: II 1981/82 39-45; "origin and development" with "appreciation of its literary merits" and "reference to traditional oral" forms which "accompany and sustain it"; illustrated by 3 Shona poets: M.A. Hamutyinei, J.C. Kumibirai, I.M. Zvarevashe; extracts from Shona poems including English translation.

' Zimbabwe's Writers: Past and Present' C. Style Africa Now May 86-7: overview including special mention of Lessing, C. Mungoshi, Marechera inter alia.

Berlyn, Phillippa '[Obituary]' D.H.M. W[right] Two Tone XVII March: Memorial Edition 14-16 (see Special Issues).

Crawford, Vernon '[Obituary]' D.H.M. W[right] Two Tone XVII March: Memorial Edition 2-4.

Head, Bessie 'Where Rain is Paramount' Africa Now: Souvenir Issue VII Oct 101-2 (London); review of Serowe: Village of the Rain-wind. Also see Appendix II; Head long affiliated to her adoptive country and the Tswana peoples; she writes of Botswana "from the inside".

Lessing, Doris A Novel Within a Novel: A Study of Doris Lessing's 'The Golden Notebook' I.R. Ribbens 183 U of Potchefstroom (Potchefstroom, South Africa) 1978; M.A. thesis.

— Doris Lessing: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism (see BIBL INDIV AUTHORS).

— Doris Lessing Newsletter III 1-2 (1979) (see JCL XV 2 27); Dee Seligman, 35 Prospect St, Sherborn, Mass 01770. Annual sub $5.00; collection of Lessingana including: 'Adolescent Awakenings in the Fiction of Doris Lessing' T. Hayes 1 9-10; 'Doris Lessing's Reasoner Letters' C. Sprague 1 6-8; 'Lessing on Tape' D [ ee ] S [ eligman ] comp 2 5; 'Lessing's Stories: A Review' V. Tiger 2 13-14; 'Published Interviews with Lessing' D [ ee ] S [ eligman ] comp 2 5; 'The Summer Before the Dark and Memoirs of a Survivor: Lessing's New Female Bondings' L. Hoffeld and R. Nator 2 11-12; "What Still Needs to be 'Done' on Lessing?" A Response to Paul Schlueter on Lessing Scholarship' G. Whitlock 1 8, 11 [ reply to item in Doris Lessing Newsletter II (1978) cf JCL XV 2 27].

— Doris Lessing Newsletter IV 1-2 (1980) (see JCL XVI 225); item still not to hand.

— Doris Lessing Newsletter V 1-2; item not yet to hand.

— 'An Examination of the Theme of Enclosure, with Emphasis on Marriage, in Selected Works by Doris Lessing' S. Budhos Dissertation Abstracts International XXXXI ( 1980) 2118A.

— 'Changing Frames: Doris Lessing's Memoirs of a Survivor' B. Draine Studies in the Novel XI (1979) 51-62 (North Texas State University, Denton).

— ' Doris Lessing: "The Great Tradition" or the Female Tradition?' See 'Teaching Doris Lessing' item below.

— 'Doris Lessing: The Practice of Realism in the Novel' P.C. Kuriloff Dissertation Abstracts International XXXX (1979) 5439A.

— 'Feminisn, in the English Novel: George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Doris Lessing' B.L. Lindau Dissertation Abstracts International XXXX (1979) 1483A.

— 'Form and Space in the Fiction of Doris Lessing' M. Reid Dissertation Abstracts International XXXX (1979) 5065A.

— 'From Tradition Beyond Androgyny: Character Models in Kesey, Barth, and Lessing' L.A. Yourke Dissertation Abstracts International XXXX (1979) 3294A.

— 'Lessing's Africa: Geographical and Metaphorical Africa in the Novels and Stories of Doris Lessing' L.S. Beard Dissertation Abstracts International XXXIX (1979) 6770A-71A.

— Ljatoto predi mraka (The Summer Before the Dark) (Narodna kultura (Sophia) 1978); including pp7-12 'Ti-tova sa drugite i drugite - tova si ti' ('You — that is actually the others; the others - that is you') Z. Božilova.

— 'Martha's "Quest" in Lessing's Children of Violence' E.I. Rosen Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies III 2 (1978) 54-9.

— 'Moral and Ego Development Stages in the Characters of Doris Lessing, Margaret Drabble, and John Fowles: An Analytical Evaluation Based on Theories of Erik Erikson, Jane Loevinger, and Lawrence Kohlberg' S.T. Hightower Dissertation Abstracts International XXXIX (1979) 7340A-41A.

— ' "People are like other people": Doris Lessing' D. Barnouw Merkur XXXIII (1979) 599-605 (Stuttgart ).

— 'Post-Party Politics: Doris Lessing's Novels of the Seventies' C. J. Bullock and K.L. Stewart Massachusetts Review: A Quarterly of Literature, the Arts and Public Affairs XX (1979) 245-57 (University of Mass, Amherst).

— 'Reading Doris Lessing' J. Stitzel College English XXXX (1979) 498-504 (National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Ill.).

— 'Repetition and Evolution: An Examination of Themes and Structures in the Novels of Doris Lessing' S.K.S. Sims Dissertation Abstracts International XXXIX (1979) 4249A-50a.

— 'Structure and Ideology in the Novels of Doris Lessing' A. Swingewood Sociological Review Monographs XXVI (1978) 38-54 (University of Keele).

— ' Teaching Doris Lessing' and 'Doris Lessing: "The Great Tradition" or the Female Tradition?'; 2 panels of papers presented at 1981 MLA Convention ( New York City) and sponsored by The Doris Lessing Society (N.T. Bazin, DLS Treasurer, English Department, Old Dominion University , Norfolk, Virginia 23508); for details, contact MLA or DLS.

— ' "That's Not Funny": Attitudes Towards Humor in Doris Lessing's A Proper Marriage and A Ripple From the Storm' J.G. Stitzel The Bulletin of the West Virginia Association of College English Teachers V 1 and 2 (1979) 40-6 (Huntington, W. Va.).

— 'The Exiled Self: Women Writers and Political Fiction' V.S. Middleton Dissertation Abstracts International XXXXI (1980) 263A; including Lessing.

— 'The Feminist Apologues of Lessing, Piercy, and Russ' R.B. DuPlessis Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies IV 1 (1979) 1-8.

— 'The Free Woman and the Traditional Woman in Novels by Doris Lessing: Analysis and Poetry' J. Bonomo Dissertation Abstracts International XXXXI (1980) 1604-05A.

— 'The Limits of Imagination in Doris Lessing's The Grass is Singing ' H. Malinowitz Massachusetts Studies in English VI 1 and 2 (1977) 103-10 (University of Mass, Amherst).

— ' The Theme of Light in Too Late the Phalarope and The Grass is Singing' Anna Rutherford ACLALS Fifth Triennial Conference, 3-8 January 1980 (University of South Pacific, Suva, Fiji); paper.

— 'Transcendence Through Disorder: A Study of the Fiction of Doris Lessing ' E.C. Manion Dissertation Abstracts International XXXXI (1980) 1065A; (order from McGill University).

— 'Twenty "New" Poems by Doris Lessing' R. Graham WLWE XVIII (1979) 90-8.

— When The Drumbeat Changes (ed C. Parker and S. Arnold 296 Three Continents Press ( Washington) csd $18.00 pa $12.00; 15 essays sel from procs 1978 ALA Meeting, 5-8 April, Appalachian State University , Boone, NC); contains 'Doris Lessing: African Writer' L.S. Beard.

— Women Writers and the Literary Tradition: Finding the Woman in My Head (ed J. Cook and K. Iseman 69 Salisbury College of Advanced Education (Adelaide) 1978; (SCAE Occasional Papers, 17)); including pp 51-5 ' "All of myself in one book": the End of The Golden Notebook' J. Cook; pp 45—50 'Order and Chaos in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook' L. Moran.

Marechera, Dambudzo 'Portraits of African Writers: Dambudzo Marechera' Moto XVIII 69 (see Journals); on The House of Hunger; repr from Al Imfeld's series of pamphlets in German with English translations by Jan Klingemann; (c.f. ' "Horizons '79", 1st Festival of World Culture, Berlin June/July 1979' and "devoted entirely to African Culture").

Nyagumbo, Maurice Review of With the People L.B. Africa Now III June 78; including details of controversial decision to award two 'Martin Luther King Memorial Prizes for 1980'; L.B. states: Gus John believed this "was the first work to show the human side of the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe and what it meant to the ordinary people in terms of sacrifice and commitment".

Arnold, Marion I. Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture illust xxvi + 230 Books of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) Z$30.00; original submitted to University of South Africa ( Pretoria) 1980 as M.A. dissertation entitled Some Aspects of Iconography in Selected Shona Sculptures; is "A long overdue authoritative monograph ... and is recommended" — (NGZ (Insight 2)).

Banana, Canaan Sodino The Gospel According to the Ghetto (see Poetry); including essays, speeches, sermons, denouncing oppression, defending violent revolution, and passionately pleading for socialism as "the only possible form of a just society" in Zimbabwe —(O. Wermter, SJ); interwoven with Gospel for God "is the first revolutionary".

Bhebe, Ngwabi Christianity and Traditional Religion in Western Zimbabwe, 1859-1923 304 Longman (Essex) 1979 £7.95; insightful study of Ndebele society and religion before and after acceptance of Christianity; recommended; backdrop to themes permeating literature.

Brettell, N.H. Side-gate and Stile: An Essay in Autobiography illust by the Author xxii + 238 Books of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) Z$18.00 (Zimbabwe) Z$18.60 (elsewhere); (Men of Our Time, 6); autobiography, poetry, water-colour paintings, by one of Zimbabwe's finest poets.

Bucher, Hubert Spirits and Power: An Analysis of Shona Cosmology 232 OUP (South Africa) £8.75.

Callinicos, Alex Southern Africa After Zimbabwe 192 Pluto Press; distributed by Dent pa £2.95.

Davis, Ian. See Smith, David item below.

Dean, P.M. 'Dimensions of Illiteracy in Zimbabwe' Shelfmark 88 i-viii (see Journals); address to Zimbabwe Library Association (ZLA) by Director of Adult Literature Organization of Zimbabwe.

Dibb, C. Emily Ivory, Apes and Peacocks illustrated by Hannes Meintjes [ xi ] + 273 Books of Zimbabwe ( Bulawayo) csd Z$17.10 limp Z$9.00 pa Z$6.50; wildlife recollections from a younger author usually identified with fiction (see JCL XIV 2 (1979) 14, 19).

Dongo, Stanislous 'Lecturer Urges the Teaching of Vernaculars to All' Moto XVIII 53 (see Journals); interview with J.C. Kumbirai (Shona poet, novelist, and lecturer UZ); on need for reciprocation in multicultural society.

Gann, Lewis H. and Thomas H. Henriksen The Struggle for Zimbabwe: The Battle in the Bush 154 Praeger (Holt-Saunders , East Sussex) £17.25 (UK only) (for prices elsewhere contact publisher); emphasis on military struggle per se rather than pol & admin; based on interviews, personal observations, docs; background for insights into literature all racial groups.

Gelfand, Michael Ukama: Reflections on Shona and Western Cultures in Zimbabwe illust [ix] + 33 Mambo Press (Gwelo ) Z$6.95; valuable background.

Henriksen, Thomas H. See Gann item above.

Hills, Denis Cecil The Last Days of White Rhodesia 196 Chatto £8.50; historico-political.

Hirmer, Oswald Marx-Money-Christ: An Illustrated Introduction into Capitalism, Marxism and African Socialism Examined in the Light of the Gospel illust [viii] + 139 Mambo Press (Gwelo) pa Z$2.60; (Christianity and Socialism, 1); background (cf "a powerful seminal force" penetrating "paths of creative writing" - (JCL XV 2 12-13)).

Hudson, Miles Triumph or Tragedy?: Rhodesia to Zimbabwe illust 256 Hamilton [1981 ] £9.95; historical background to view wide variety different responses to independence.

Johnson, Phyllis. See Martin, David item below.

Jokonya, T.J.B. 'Effects of the War on the Rural Population of Zimbabwe' Journal of Southern African Affairs V 2 133-48 (see Journals).

Kuper, Hilda Sobhuza II: Ngwenyama and King of Swaziland 363 Duckworth £7.95; (n.e.); first published 1978.

Lebotsa, Mrs. Mampaila M. 'Report on the Conference of Pan-African Documentation and Information System (PADIS) Held in Salisbury, 19-23 Oct '81' Lesotho Books and Libraries II 29-36 (see Journals).

Linden, Ian The Catholic Church and the Struggle for Zimbabwe 352 Longman ( Essex) 1980 csd £7.95 pa £3.95; hist and rôle, especially 1959-1979; documents many crucial areas; also including "propaganda battle".

Luard, Nicholas The Last Wilderness: A Journey Across the Great Kalahari Desert illust 272 Elm Tree £8.95; journey "in search of the legendary black leopard".

Martin, David and Phyllis Johnson The Struggle for Zimbabwe: The Chimurenga War with Foreword by Robert Mugabe illust 400 Faber £10.95; ZPH (Harare) Z$5.25; historico-political analysis including interviews, docs; authoritative "story of a vivid drama of conflict" - (R. Mugabe); valuable war-lit background.

Mitchison, Naomi Mucking Around: Five Continents Over Fifty Years illust 224 Gollancz £7.50; biographical; author long affiliated to Botswana.

Mkanganwi, K.G. Zimbabwe: Sociolinguistically Speaking 18 [leaves] UZ Centre for Applied Social Sciences (Salisbury) [1980]; (Issues in Development. Reprint, 15); mimeographed.

Moto Reporter 'Guard Against Dangers of New Black Elite: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o on Liberation Culture' Moto XVIII 355; synopsis, with some text, of address to Conference on Education, UZ, Sept; on interrelation

ship of education and culture; need for "a complete negation of the imperialist culture, and its value systems".

Moyana, Toby Tafirenyika Education, Liberation and the Creative Act U Microfilms (Ann Arbor, Michigan) 1978; earlier item of interest; author taught in Rhodesia, encouraging pupils like Musa B. Zimunya to fulfil their creative talents.

Mungazi, Dickson A. The Cross Between Rhodesia and Zimbabwe: Racial Conflict in Rhodesia, 1962-1979 Vintage (New York); central to much literature.

Ngoma, Ssalongo 'Quiet Warrior of Peace Laid to Rest' Moto XVIII 436; obituary to Edgar Motuba, "one of Southern Africa's greatest defenders of human rights", respected journalist, and, for past 10 years, ed of Lesotho's Leselinyana (Little Light).

Palling, Bruce 'Rhodesia's Propaganda War' Index on Censorship 1979 1 ( London ; New York); of research interest as well as background to literature of UDI period.

Raeburn, Michael Black Fire: Accounts of the Guerilla War in Zimbabwe x + 182 Mambo Press (Gwelo) pa Z$2.90; (first Zimbabwe edn); first published UK 1978; dramatised accounts of "guerillas' life in the bush" bring alive this biographical genre of political history; backdrop for much writing, like And Now the Poets Speak ... (see Anthologies).

Randles, W.G.L. The Empire of Monomotapa from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century translated from the French by R.S. Roberts illust xii + 152 Mambo Press (Gwelo) pa Z$9.00; (Zambeziana, 7); first published in French 1975; "another work bridging the past and present of Zimbabwe's majority culture" - (RZL).

Rodney, Walter How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 316 ZPH (Harare) pa Z$3.95; first published 1972; title "deserves to be officially popularised as an essential reader in our schools and colleges" - (Min of Education and Culture); strong potential to influence new directions in literature.

Rusike, E.T. Political Communication and Development: the Role of the Mass Media [iii] + 45 [leaves] UZ, Centre for Applied Social Sciences (Salisbury) 1980 ; (Issues in Development. Reprint, 8); mimeographed.

Schapera, Isaac 'Notes on the Early History of the Kwena (BskwenabagaSechele)' Botswana Notes and Records XII ( 1980) 83-8; knowledgeable and scholarly.

Silberbauer, George B. Hunter and Habitat in the Central Kalahari Desert illust 330 CUP csd £22.50 pa £7.50.

Simpson, Colin. See Smith, David item below.

Smith, David and Colin Simpson , with Ian Davis Mugabe illust viii + 222 Sphere pa £1.50; illust 222 + [16] Pioneer Head ( Salisbury) pa Z$3.50; "in-depth profile" of first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

Style, Colin 'Post-Mortem on the [ White ] Rhodesian' Financial Times Syndication Sept ("Specially commissioned by The FT Syndication Department" as 'Special Feature: Personal Opinion 9'); "describes the characteristics of a vanishing human species"; useful for understanding white writing.

Till, C. Zimbabwe Art (see RESEARCH AIDS) contains pp [5-11] 'Contemporary Art '.

Tuele, L.M. (interviewer) Zimbabwe Women in Chimurenga illust 64 Black Women's Centre (London) pa £1.00; interviews with black women civilians and militants; complements Zimbabwe Women's Bureau item (see below).

Weiss, Ruth 'Black Editors in Zimbabwe' Index on Censorship 1981 3 ( London ; New York).

Wigglesworth, Tom Perhaps Tomorrow 206 Galaxie Press (Salisbury) 1980 Z$8.90; autobiographical; white farmer's experiences as ZANLA P.O.W.; helps correct distorted Rhodesian views; (for eg all guerillas must be "terrorists").

Wilson, Vivian J. Lions , Leopards and Lynxes: Twenty Years With Wild Cats illust P. Wilson xx + 227 Books of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) Z$20.25; another in the successful wildlife literature.

Windrich, Elaine The Mass Media in the Struggle for Zimbabwe: Censorship and Propaganda Under Rhodesian Front Rule 112 Mambo Press (Gwelo) pa Z$3.40; (Mambo Occasional Papers. Socio-Economic Series, 15); valuable exposé.

Zimbabwe Women's Bureau Black Women in Zimbabwe illust 47 Zimbabwe Women's Bureau (Salisbury) [1980]; distributed by TWP (Birmingham, UK) pa £0.60; interviews.

ANTS: A New Magazine for the Children of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Publishing House (ZPH), P.O. Box BW 350, Borrowdale, Harare, Zimbabwe. Annual sub Z$1.50; new bi-monthly launched ca October; "written by and for children"; "educational as well as fun" viz each issue is on chosen theme (eg "trees", "rain", "sound") and including "stories, puzzles, cartoons" inter al; started by 8 Zimbabwe children, implications are NB for Zimbabwe as much as for researchers.

Arts Zimbabwe: II 1981/82, National Arts Foundation of Zimbabwe, P.O.Box UA 463, Union Ave., Harare, Zimbabwe. Annual; irregular to date; successor to Arts Rhodesia I: 1978 (see JCL XIII 2 17); contains loose 'Special Supplement': Arts Zimbabwe: Index of Arts and Cultural Organizations ... (see RESEARCH AIDS).

Botswana Library Association Journal I 1- [ 3? ] (1979); II 1- [ 3? ] (1980); III 1-[3?], P.O. Box 10124, Gaborone, Botswana. Annual sub rate not known; only I 1 (April 1979) to hand; states frequency as thrice yearly; content this issue mainly on BLA; also brief news items like notices of conferences et al.

Botswana Notes and Records XI ( 1979); XII (1980); XIII, Botswana Soc, P.O. Box 71, Gaborone, Botswana. Annual sub P6.50 (Africa) P7.50/$10.00 (elsewhere); X (1979) wrongly bound (see JCL XV 2 36); omitted part (viz. 'Section II: Research Notes') is contained in XI (1979) pp 137 et seq as 'Section III: Supplement to Volume X' and is not "separately bound" as originally planned; content of XI's 'Section III: ...' already reported in JCL XV 2 19 q. v.; (also see RESEARCH AIDS); BNR XIII not yet to hand.

Heritage 1: 1981, History Society of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box 8268, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe. Annual sub Z$5.00 individuals/institutions; reported that it is "intended to be an annual"; (Heritage 2 appears 1982); articles, reviews; (general historical background all ethnic groups); succeeds Rhodesiana (see JCL XV 237).

Insight 81 1-2, Bulletin of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box 8155, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe. Broadsheet-type publication; all aspects local/international art with special emphasis on Africa (like series on 'Masks of the [NGZ] Permanent Collection' (pan-African); 'Focus on Local Artists', et al); also notes NGZ activities including cinema, lectures, and arts in general (like literature, music, drama); hosts live performances.

Journal of Southern African Affairs V 2 (1980 © 1981); (V 3 and 4 (1980); VI 1-4: missing ... n.y.p.?), Suite 312, 2021 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Annual sub $15.00 individuals $20.00 institutions ; irregular in 1980-81 (see JCL XVI 229 for details); only V 2 to hand.

Journal of Southern African Studies VII 2; VIII 1, OUP, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP. Annual subscription £14.00 (UK) £16.00/$38.00 (elsewhere); Note: changed address.

Kutlwano XIX 1-12, Information Department, Botswana Government, P.O. Box 51, Gaborone, Botswana. Annual subscription 60 thebes; issues published but some missing; broad spectrum interest; including regular items of creative writing like poetry, plays, short stories; Note: some creative writing published in the Setswana only, notably drama by Cedric Thobega (e.g. 'Tueloya Boleo ' XIX 5 25-7); Kutlwano (Mutual Understanding) usually bilingual Setswana/English; (possible reason is Thobega is Setswana author ...)

Lesotho Books and Libraries II 1981; Newsletter/Journal from the Lesotho Library Association , Private Bag A26, Maseru 100, Lesotho. Annual membership M5 individuals M15 institutions; records various meetings of library orientation; reports Procs of SCECSAL IV (Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Librarians, Maseru, 8-13 Dec 1980); including 'Children's Literature in Colloquial Languages', book promotion, book selling, strategy for a Deposit Law.

Lesotho Notes and Records (see JCL XVI 2 29-30); [ ceased publication? ]

Marang: Journal of the Writers' Workshop, C/o The Bursar, University College of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana. 75 thebe per issue; irregular; current issue (?) III: 1980-81 (reported in JCL XVI 2).

Mohlomi: Journal of Southern African Historical Studies, Department of History, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho. Last issue seen was II ( 1978) (reported in JCL XVI 2); UK University Library reports nil further received; no publication details.

Moto: The National Paper for Black Zimbabwe XVII 48 (3 Jan 1981); XVIII 2 (10 January 1981)-47 ('Christmas 1981'), Mambo Press, P.O. Box 779, Gweru, Zimbabwe. Annual sub Z$5.40 (address to: MOTO Circulation Manager); ceased publication with XVIII 47; (NB : is replaced by MOTO magazine I 1 (May 1982), Mambo Press, P.O. Box 779, Gweru (for "MOTO magazine (Subscriptions)") and P.O. Box UA 320, Harare, Zimbabwe (editorial). Annual subscription Z$6.00 (Zimbabwe) Z$7.20 (SADCC countries) Z$8.52 (Europe and elsewhere); (subs quoted at surface rates; airmail extra); monthly; advance notice cited for practical use).

NADA, Private Bag 7702, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe. Ceased publication with XII 2 (1980) (see JCL XVI 2 30); (this last issue published 1981; not yet seen); back copies held by National History Society; (write National Archives of Zimbabwe (Private Bag 7729, Causeway, Harare) for information).

Opus 2nd Series, Department of English, University of Zimbabwe , P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Ceased publication with Opus 2nd Series 4 (1979) (see JCL XV 237); new, similar serial, Reflections, commences 1982; for details and for back issues Opus, write C/o Publications Officer, Publications Department, University of Zimbabwe Library , P.O. Box MP 45, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Pelculef: Pelandaba Cultural Effort: Newsletter, P.O. Box 1356, Gaborone, Botswana, or from Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa, BCM, 166 North Gower Street, London NW1 2ND. Nil seen since report in JCL XVI 230 (q.v.)

PULA: Botswana Journal of African Studies II 2, June 1981, Department of Sociology, University College of Botswana and Swaziland , Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana. Annual subscription P4.00 (Southern and Central Africa) P4.65 (elsewhere); (II 1, June 1980, and II 2, June 1981 not yet seen; will be reported as soon as available).

Shelfmark: Bulletin of the National Free Library of Zimbabwe 86-91, National Free Library of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box 1773, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Annual subscription Z$1.00; articles including activities of library's "postal section" (for "subscriber-interest"); summary of procs of 21st AGM and Conference of ZLA; planning and documentation resources available; training library assistants; The Alliance Française Collection (one of 3 special collections held in trust by the library); (see also BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY).

Sting: the magazine for thinking people, Sting Magazine, P.O. Box 330, Harare, Zimbabwe. Ceased publication after 2 issues i.e. final issue was January/February 1980 issue (see JCL XVI 231).

The Zimbabwe Librarian XII 3 and 4 (1980); XIII 1 and 2, 3 and 4, Zimbabwe Library Association, P.O. Box 3133, Harare , Zimbabwe. Annual subscription Z$3.00; XII 3 and 4 (1980) including 'Readers Need Books: Conference Report' (see JCL XVI 2 28 ZLA item at bottom of page), and 'Book Prices in Zimbabwe' ; XIII including survey of Zimbabwean biblios (see RESEARCH AIDS); reports of meetings et al; also 'The Alison Report' (on redesigning library services for the new Zimbabwe); regular features on librarianship; some reviews.

Two Tone: A Quarterly of Zimbabwean Poetry XVII March June September December, P.O. Box MP 79, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Annual subscription Z$2.00 (Zimbabwe) R3.50 (South Africa) Z$4.00 (elsewhere: surface) Z$8.00 (elsewhere: airmail); XVII March is special 'Memorial Edn: Vernon Crawford, Phillippa Berlyn'; (NB this Special Issue (q.v.) bears incorrect vol (viz "VOL. XIX: 1981") on Title-page).

Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe, Publications Officer, Publications Department, University of Zimbabwe Library , P.O. Box MP 45, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Current price (?) per issue Z$2.50 (Zimbabwe) US$6.50 (elsewhere); (back issues each Z$3.50 (Zimbabwe) US$8.50 (elsewhere)); no issues published since VIII 1 (1980); issue scheduled for 1981 held over, probably to latter part 1982.

ZA WA 1 [ca August/September 1981]: [The Journal of Zimbabwe Artists and Writers Association], ZAWA, P.O. Box 4701, Harare, Zimbabwe. Price of issue unknown; "future issues ... will depend on the public response"; "independent, non-government" and a-political; seeks "solidarity with all artists and writers in the Southern cone of Africa"; "first issue is ... tentative attempt to rectify some of the cultural imbalances stemming from the subjugation of Zimbabwe's recent past"; "outlet to motivate the development" of creative (arts and writing) "talents and skills"; copy not yet to hand; (Note: the abbreviation ZAWA is used for the Association, and ZA WA for its journal: these are the current Zimbabwean-chosen acronyms; in some Zimbabwean publications, especially the media, just ZAWA is used to denote both.... )

Zimbabwean History, Department of History, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare , Zimbabwe. Annual subscription in 1979 was US$8.00 individuals US$10.00 institutions; Rhodesian History IX (1978 © 1979) (see JCL XV 237) is latest issue published; successor, Zimbabwean History X (due 1980) delayed by "printing problems but hopefully will be out by the end of August 1982"; "Vol XI (1981) is with the printer and should follow on soon after"; for additional details, contact Mrs. Roberts, UZ, address as above; it is thought that "the distribution problems are now over".

Ariel: A Review of International English Literature XII 3 (University of Calgary, Alberta) is 'An African Number' including 5 poems from 2 Zimbabweans (see Poetry).

Sewanee Review LXXXVII 1 (1979) (see JCL XV 2: Commonwealth: General Journals) contains pp55-4 4 poems by 2 Zimbabweans (see Poetry).

The Bloody Horse 3 January/February 1981 (see Appendix II: South Africa Journals) contains pp52-8 'Poems from Zimbabwe' (see Poetry); also a piece of short fiction (item by Robertson-Hotz); Bessie Head extracts from novel in progress also relevant: Zimbabwe of 1800s, inter al, included in story of the Bamangwato history.

Two Tone: A Quarterly of Zimbabwean Poetry XVII March is special 'Memorial Edn: Vernon Crawford, Phillippa Berlyn' (see Journals; also see Poetry).