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Title: "Non-racialism" : Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
Creator: Ngcobo, S. B.
Date: 1973-12
Collection: Zambezia

Title: "Nsuae" - the Akan oath of office
Creator: Andoh, A. S. Y.
Date: 1966
Collection: Research Review

Title: "Politics and economics in ANC economic policy" : an alternative assessment
Creator: Fine, Ben
Date: 1994
Collection: Transformation : Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
Description: For Ben Fine, a key writer on current economic policy issues is Nici Nattrass, who seeks to bring ANC politics and business-friendly economics together. Fine argues that Nattrass' contributions, if adopted as policy, would hobble the efforts of the ANC, even from the standpoint of genuine social democracy.

Title: "Sensual ... but not too far from innocence" : a critical theory of sexism in advertising
Creator: Frenkel, Charlene
Date: 1980-03
Collection: Critical Arts

Title: "Shona (derivational) morphology : an observation in search of a theory"
Creator: Mkanganwi, K. G.
Date: 2002
Collection: Zambezia
Description: This article concerns a traditional analysis of Shona morphology, which is based on a (positional) classification of affix morphemes into prefixes and suffixes. It posits the hypothesis that the distinction supports the other traditional (but more controversial) distinction between inflectional and derivational affixes, a distinction which is seen by many scholars in the literature as not being a sharp one. What, however, seems to be the case for Shona, and possibly for Bantu as well, is that...
Show moreThis article concerns a traditional analysis of Shona morphology, which is based on a (positional) classification of affix morphemes into prefixes and suffixes. It posits the hypothesis that the distinction supports the other traditional (but more controversial) distinction between inflectional and derivational affixes, a distinction which is seen by many scholars in the literature as not being a sharp one. What, however, seems to be the case for Shona, and possibly for Bantu as well, is that the distinction is in fact quite sharp, and is based on the simple positional distinction between prefix and suffix. All Shona affixes fall into three classes, namely inflectional, derivational and clitical. The data seems to support the hypothesis.
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Title: "So far so good"? : an appraisal of Dr. Ng'ombe's 1998 prophecy of the fate of the BNF
Creator: Makgala, Christian John
Date: 2003
Collection: Pula : Botswana Journal of African Studies
Description: This essay challenges received wisdom that the problems facing the Botswana National Front (BNF) began in 1984 when a number of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members began defecting to the BNF, by tracing the BNF predicament to 1969. At the height of the BNF's growth in the mid 1990s there was optimism in some quarters that it was poised to take power from the BDP in the 1999 general elections. Amidst this optimism in 1998 a Zambian prophet, Doctor Francis Ng'ombe, predicted that...
Show moreThis essay challenges received wisdom that the problems facing the Botswana National Front (BNF) began in 1984 when a number of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members began defecting to the BNF, by tracing the BNF predicament to 1969. At the height of the BNF's growth in the mid 1990s there was optimism in some quarters that it was poised to take power from the BDP in the 1999 general elections. Amidst this optimism in 1998 a Zambian prophet, Doctor Francis Ng'ombe, predicted that no opposition party would attain power for the next 15 years. The prediction was heavily condemned by opposition activists. Interestingly, since 1998 the BNF has been plagued by factional fighting and splits. Though there is still about a decade to go, Ng'ombe's prediction seems not far off the mark. The paper also addresses the views of civil society on the BNF tragedy. It concludes by arguing that the movement of people from the opposition to the BDP being currently experienced could in the long run work against the BDP, putting it in a situation similar to the one that has paralysed the BNF.
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Title: "Some are more white than others" : racial Chauvinism as a factor in Rhodesian immigration policy, 1890 to 1963
Creator: Mlambo, A. S.
Date: 2000
Collection: Zambezia
Description: This article analyses the role of ethnic chauvinism in determining the patterns and trends of white immigration into Rhodesia from the country's occupation in 1890 to the Second World War. It argues that, while scholars have rightly emphasised white settler racism and discrimination against the African majority, and have tended to treat settler white society as a homogenous entity which shared a common identity, a closer examination of the racial dynamics within white colonial society reveals...
Show moreThis article analyses the role of ethnic chauvinism in determining the patterns and trends of white immigration into Rhodesia from the country's occupation in 1890 to the Second World War. It argues that, while scholars have rightly emphasised white settler racism and discrimination against the African majority, and have tended to treat settler white society as a homogenous entity which shared a common identity, a closer examination of the racial dynamics within white colonial society reveals that strong currents of ethnic chauvinism maintained sharp divisions within the white settler society, even though settlers presented a united front when protecting their collective interests in the face of the perceived African threat. This article focuses specifically on racial and cultural chauvinism emanating from settlers of British stock which, among other things, determined the pace, volume and nature of white immigration into the country and contributed, together with other factors, to the fact that fewer white immigrants entered the country than had originally been envisaged by Cecil John Rhodes. Thus, while Rhodes had dreamt of creating Rhodesia as a white man's country, this dream remained unfulfilled because of the dominant British settler community's reluctance to admit whites of non-British stock. It is argued, therefore, that, throughout the period under study, British colonial settlers continued to regard themselves as "more white than others" with respect to other non-British races.
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Title: "Some reflection on restudying the Nchumuru of Krachi District"
Creator: Lumsden, D. Paul
Date: 1980
Collection: Research Review

Title: "Suppose a black man tells a story" : the dialogues of John Mackenzie the missionary and Sekgoma Kgari the king and rainmaker
Creator: Bennett, Bruce S. (Bruce Stephen)
Date: 1997
Collection: Pula : Botswana Journal of African Studies
Description: This is a study of two tremendous voices in conflict. One, that of John Mackenzie, was the voice of missionary Christianity and western culture; the other, that of King Sekgoma II of the Bangwato, the voice of African traditional belief and civilization. Mackenzie, while residing in the Bangwato capital in the 1860s, became involved in a struggle between the traditionalist Sekgoma and his Christian son Khama. Although Mackenzie and Sekgoma profoundly disagreed with each other. they were able...
Show moreThis is a study of two tremendous voices in conflict. One, that of John Mackenzie, was the voice of missionary Christianity and western culture; the other, that of King Sekgoma II of the Bangwato, the voice of African traditional belief and civilization. Mackenzie, while residing in the Bangwato capital in the 1860s, became involved in a struggle between the traditionalist Sekgoma and his Christian son Khama. Although Mackenzie and Sekgoma profoundly disagreed with each other. they were able to engage each others' intellects in a series of subtle encounters. These encounters are of particular interest since Mackenzie was an unusually acute observer. while Sekgoma was an expert practitioner of the traditional religion. widely famed as a rainmaker. a highly intelligent and subtle exponent of his traditions.
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Title: "The South African economy : structural changes and implications for the future"
Creator: Nkosi, Morley Z. (Morley Zebulon)
Date: 1986
Collection: African Journal of Political Economy

Title: "The curse of old age" : elderly workers on Zimbabwe's large scale commercial farms, with particular reference to "foreign" farm labourers up to 2000
Creator: Chadya, Joyce Margaret
Date: 2002
Collection: Zambezia
Description: Studies on farm labour in Zimbabwe have often tended to neglect the plight of disadvantaged sections of this workforce. This article seeks to fill this void in mainstream labour studies. It focuses on the "use" and abuse of elderly workers on large-scale commercial farms in Zimbabwe. Elderly workers have existed either as a recognized group of "special" workers or "invisibly" as part of ordinary workers. The article examines the nature and extent of exploitation and discrimination of elderly...
Show moreStudies on farm labour in Zimbabwe have often tended to neglect the plight of disadvantaged sections of this workforce. This article seeks to fill this void in mainstream labour studies. It focuses on the "use" and abuse of elderly workers on large-scale commercial farms in Zimbabwe. Elderly workers have existed either as a recognized group of "special" workers or "invisibly" as part of ordinary workers. The article examines the nature and extent of exploitation and discrimination of elderly workers, particularly their confinement to the so-called "light" tasks. The central issue of comfortable retirement is also put under the spotlight. Aspects of pension and other terminal benefits are discussed in the light of general provision for old-age. The article grapples with the government's land reform programme and its adverse effects on farm workers who lack ethnic and nationality rights to own land. For many "foreign" workers, prospects of returning to countries of origin have become more remote by the years due to several factors, and, yet, women, children and the elderly were probably the worst affected by farm "invasions" that characterised the government's controversial "fast-track" land redistribution exercise since early 2000.
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Title: "The politics of the womb" : women, politics and the environment in pre-colonial Chivi, Southern Zimbabwe, c.1840 to 1900
Creator: Mazarire, Gerald Chikozho
Date: 2003
Collection: Zambezia
Description: Women have always played a vital role in the environment of pre-colonial Zimbabwe especially as they constituted the backbone of traditional agriculture. Pre-colonial studies have either ignored or understated that fact. This article seeks to demonstrate that pre-colonial Shona politics and even violence have always involved struggles and competition over environmentally productive areas, that although politics were dominated by men, it rested upon the productive and reproductive power of the...
Show moreWomen have always played a vital role in the environment of pre-colonial Zimbabwe especially as they constituted the backbone of traditional agriculture. Pre-colonial studies have either ignored or understated that fact. This article seeks to demonstrate that pre-colonial Shona politics and even violence have always involved struggles and competition over environmentally productive areas, that although politics were dominated by men, it rested upon the productive and reproductive power of the women. Among other things, women were exchanged to foment political alliances or to conclude peace, while male status in political hierarchies depended on who their mothers were. In most cases, as Chivi history will show, female status was only hailed where it served to buttress male hegemony, which also implied male control of environmental resources.
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Title: "They all sort of disappeared" : the early cohort of UAW women leaders
Creator: Bromsen, Amy
Date: 2013-02-01
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Wayne State University Professor of Political Science Amy Bromsen delivers a talk entitled, "'They all sort of disappeared': the early cohort of UAW women leaders". Bromsen recounts the history of women in UAW represented workplaces and the associated separate pay scale, available jobs, and other discrimination. She describes attempts by UAW President Walter Reuther to address gender discrimination in the union, the creation of the UAW Women's Department, and the resistance these efforts met...
Show moreWayne State University Professor of Political Science Amy Bromsen delivers a talk entitled, "'They all sort of disappeared': the early cohort of UAW women leaders". Bromsen recounts the history of women in UAW represented workplaces and the associated separate pay scale, available jobs, and other discrimination. She describes attempts by UAW President Walter Reuther to address gender discrimination in the union, the creation of the UAW Women's Department, and the resistance these efforts met in the male dominated organization. A question and answer session concludes the session. Bromsen is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Held at the MSU Museum.
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Title: "They should have detroyed more" : the destruction of public records by the South African state in the final years of apartheid, 1990-94
Creator: Harris, V. S.
Date: 2000
Collection: Transformation : Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
Description: Verne Harris analyses the systematic, and probably, illegal destruction of state records by the outgoing National Party government as a large-scale sanitisation of its memory resources, an attempt at a state-imposed amnesia.

Title: "Think manager, think male" : does it apply to Zimbabwe?
Creator: Manwa, Haretsebe
Date: 2002
Collection: Zambezia
Description: Over the last two decades in which empirical studies on gender and leadership styles have been undertaken, the findings have consistently confirmed that people's perceptions have not changed from using leadership traits, especially male traits as a requirement for appointment to managerial positions. Most of this research was carried out in developed economies with different cultures from those prevailing in African countries. It is, therefore, important to investigate the applicability of...
Show moreOver the last two decades in which empirical studies on gender and leadership styles have been undertaken, the findings have consistently confirmed that people's perceptions have not changed from using leadership traits, especially male traits as a requirement for appointment to managerial positions. Most of this research was carried out in developed economies with different cultures from those prevailing in African countries. It is, therefore, important to investigate the applicability of findings from developed countries to the Zimbabwean context. The findings of the study reported in this article differed from the literature in that, although managers were perceived to possess male traits, they were also perceived to have some female traits, such as intuition and modesty
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Title: "Words, music, dance and parody in confusion : the performance of Nzema Avudwene songs"
Creator: Agovi, Kofi Ermeleh, 1944-
Date: 1990
Collection: Research Review (New Series)

Title: #LOVEWINS : sly religiosity and queer politics in the secular museum
Creator: Zitzewitz, Karin
Date: 2017-03-21
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Dr. Karin Zitzewitz, professor of art history at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "#LOVEWINS: sly religiosity and queer politics in the secular museum". Zitzewitz describes how two artists and their works of art, steeped in religiosity, use the secular space of the art museum to prove the truth of love. Zitzewitz highlights the works of gay Hindu artist Bhupen Khakhar and gay Cuban-American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Zitzewitz is introduced by Fine Arts Librarian Terrie...
Show moreDr. Karin Zitzewitz, professor of art history at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "#LOVEWINS: sly religiosity and queer politics in the secular museum". Zitzewitz describes how two artists and their works of art, steeped in religiosity, use the secular space of the art museum to prove the truth of love. Zitzewitz highlights the works of gay Hindu artist Bhupen Khakhar and gay Cuban-American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Zitzewitz is introduced by Fine Arts Librarian Terrie Wilson. She answers questions from the audience. Part of the History of art new publication speaker series held in the MSU Main Library.
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Title: 'Grease' and the remasculinization of America
Creator: Ray, Marcie
Date: 2015-04-15
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Assistant Professor Marcie Ray, of the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a presentation entitled, "'Grease' and the remasculinization of America". Ray says that the film adaptation of the musical, "Grease," is a nostalgic look at 1950s rock and roll and, a particular masculine ideal. Ray also says that the movie spoke to a large segment of Americans who felt threatened by the rise of disco and it's associations with alternative masculinity and sexuality and that the film...
Show moreAssistant Professor Marcie Ray, of the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a presentation entitled, "'Grease' and the remasculinization of America". Ray says that the film adaptation of the musical, "Grease," is a nostalgic look at 1950s rock and roll and, a particular masculine ideal. Ray also says that the movie spoke to a large segment of Americans who felt threatened by the rise of disco and it's associations with alternative masculinity and sexuality and that the film responds to what amounted to a moral panic about the death of rock music, because that death heralded the decline of white, middle-class, heterosexual dominance. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray, as part of the MSU Libraries Colloquia Series, cosponsored by Music in American Life. Held in the MSU Main Library.
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Title: (Re)presenting "the family" : familist discourses, welfare and the state
Creator: Sunde, Jackie
Date: 1995
Collection: Transformation : Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
Description: South Africa is awash with rhetoric about the restoration of family values and family structures. But familist discourses that ignore the problems of women and place the burden of social stability on their shoulders may compound the collapse of the family, according to Jackie Sunde and Vivienne Bozalek.

Title: 13avo Convencion-Tejas 1996
Date: 1996
Collection: Midwest Chicano Latino Activism Collection (MICHILAC)
Description: 13th Convention pin. Red with white center, black union eagle & Mexican flag in color. Text: Luchar es poder, poder es Luchar (Fighting is Power/Power is Fight)

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