ZAMBEZIAThe Journal of theUniversity of ZimbabweVolume 13, No. ii, 1986ZAMBEZIAThe Journal of the Uniwersity of ZimbabweEditor: Professor R. S. RobertsISSN 0379-0622CONTENTS Volume 13, No. II, 1988The Role and Position of Women inColonial and Pre-Colonial Zimbabwe .... Angela P. Cheater 65Fertility Determinants and Differentials:The Cases of Kenya and Lesotho ..... Marvellous M. Mhloyi 81Medical Missions: A Neglected Theme inZimbabwe's History, 1893-1957 C. I Zvobgo 109Witchcraft: Belief and Realities:A Debate ............. T. J. Mafico/G. L. Chavunduka 119BOOK REVIEWS ........................................... 139© University of Zimbabwe, 1987Published by The University of Zimbabwe, Publications Office,P.O. Box MP 45, Mount Pleasant, Harare, ZimbabwePhototypeset at the University of ZimbabwePrinted by City Printers, HarareZAMBEZIAThe 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 obtainedwithout charge on application to the Publications Officer, University ofZimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 45, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. StandingOrders for the journal and/or supplements, underwhich an invoice is sent priorto dispatch of the order, are welcomed.