1974

Life Histories from the Revolution
Zimbabwe ZAPU 1

Story of Temba Moyo

Banned in Rhodesia, printed in Canada.

From the Introduction...

....Temba Moyo was born forty years after the people of Zimbabwe had suffered their last defeat at the hands of British invaders and their muskets. The young Ndebele of his grandfather's generation comprised the force of King Lobengula's regiments, slaughtered as they were to clear the way for Britain's quest for gold, land and other riches...

"Like thousands of young Zimbabweans in similar situations, Temba became bitter and dissatisfied with the place allotted him in the colonial set-up: 'Many, like myself,' he tells us, 'had good education and no physical handicaps whatsoever. Yet not one of us earned enough to save even a few shillings a month.

Every penny for necessities.

We realized that under the settler regime our material prospects were bleak. Thus, we thought, it was necessary to try to end this system. Only a few young Zimbabweans failed to appreciate this fact...'"

134mm x 210mm x 10mm

R1,000