ZAMBEZIAThe Journal of theUniversity of ZimbabweVolume 10, No. ii, 1982ZAMBEZIAThe Journalofthe University of ZimbabweVolume 10, No. II, 1982Edited byR. S. ROBERTSUNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE, SALISBURYZambezia: The Journal of the University of ZimbabweISSN 0379-0622 = Zambezia® University of Zimbabwe, 1982Photoset by BOOKSET (PVT.) LTD.Printed by BOOKPMNT (PVT.) LTD.both of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.ZAMBEZIAThe publication of Zambezia, the bi-annual journal of the University ofZimbabwe, has been made possible by the generous support of the PublicationsCommittee of the University. The main focus of the journal, as its name implies, isSouth Central Africa; but inaugural lectures and articles of a more general interestare also published. Monograph supplements to Zambezia, of which there may beup to eight in a year, cover the main disciplines in the University (Agriculture,Commerce and Law, Education, Engineering, the Humanities, Medicine,Science, Social Studies), and do not necessarily have the same regional focus asZambezia itself.ORDERS A complete catalogue of these publications may be obtained withoutcharge on application to the Publications Officer, University of Zimbabwe,P.O. Box MP 45, Mount Pleasant, Salisbury, Zimbabwe. Standing Orders for thejournal and/or supplements, under which an invoice is sent prior to dispatch of theorder, are welcomed.CONTENTSRealism and the Contemporary Shona Novel G.P. Kahari 85Some Aspects of the Ideophone in Ndebele /. Zondo 111ESSAY REVIEWSAn Important Milestone in ZimbabweanOrnithology C.B. Cottrell 127Reprints and Reminiscences of White Rhodesia R.S. Roberts 139Epiphenomena of the Struggle R.S. Roberts 143BOOK REVIEWS 151