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Read for some insights on Sithole's political thought and his tensions with Joshua Nkomo.

19.10.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully. It's a South African publisher who mostly focuses on distributing hard copies.

08.10.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to publication of this work next month!

03.10.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winston Field and the Decolonisation of β€˜British Central Africa’: Crossing Racial Divides with Kamuzu Banda and Beyond, 1957-64 This article explores the dynamic terrain of African decolonisation via the interracial diplomacy of a right-wing Southern Rhodesian politician, Winston Field. Initially a parliamentarian in the Fe...

My piece on the interactions between a Rhodesian Prime Minister, Winston Field, and African nationalists, including ZANU, Kamuzu Banda, Kaunda, and Julius Nyerere: doi.org/10.1080/0002... #decolonization

27.08.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Edson Sithole would have turned 90 today; Zimbabwe's second black advocate after Herbert Chitepo. My book project to recover more than two dozen of his writings & speeches and tell his biographical story will hopefully see publication this year.

06.06.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a fantastic time. Was a delight to be a part of it.

Now I just have to muster the patience to wait for publication!

26.04.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Arthur Kanodereka is one of many tragic cases who met an unknown fate in late 1970s Rhodesia.

12.01.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Suppose it shouldn't be surprising to see this think tank advertising a blatant 'push poll' on social media, but still, it's not what I'd expect their money to be spent on.

30.12.2024 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rejecting the New Normal

Rejecting the New Normal | @bmarmon.bsky.social | History Today

(On UDI, from 2020)

www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

11.11.2024 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A historian’s craft and the curious death of ZAPU’s Benjamin Madlela in Kitwe, 1965 – #Asakhe ...

A historian’s craft and the curious death of ZAPU’s Benjamin Madlela in Kitwe, 1965 | #Zimbabwe | @bmarmon.bsky.social

cite.org.zw/a-historians...

19.10.2023 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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