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<title>Secrets of the first school / T.L. Huchu.</title>
<description><![CDATA[London : Tor, 2025. Abstract: "I've had my arse kicked more times than I can count". Ropa Moyo is dead, banished to the Other Place by the reanimated spirit of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville of Scotland. Turns out being on the losing side sucks worse than being skint. Now, the Cult of Dundas intends to ascend to godhood, spreading their corrupting reach from Edinburgh to all of Scotland's schools of magic. Ropa must find some way to escape the Other Place, save her sister and gather allies across the country before Edinburgh falls. A royal plot, a family secret and a stolen body. As Scotland descends into petty in-fighting, Ropa's only hope lies in her grandmother's final secret: the first school of magic. An ancient power is returning . . . and is hungry for revenge.--Amazon  ASC Subject Headings: Zimbabwe. ; fantasy novels (form) ; ]]></description>
<category>Zimbabwe.</category>
<category>fantasy novels (form)</category>
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<link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940722466602711</link>
<title>The friendship bench : how fourteen grandmothers inspired a mental health revolution / Dixon Chibanda.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Novato, California : New World Library, [2025] Abstract: "The story of a tragedy that sparked a mental healthcare revolution in the nation of Zimbabwe. After psychiatrist Dr. Dixon Chibanda lost a patient to suicide, he helped found the Friendship Bench program, a community-based initiative to alleviate loneliness, depression, and mental illness by fostering intergenerational connection"--Provided by publisher.  ASC Subject Headings: Zimbabwe. ; mental health. ; healing. ; health care. ; communities. ; ]]></description>
<category>Zimbabwe.</category>
<category>mental health.</category>
<category>healing.</category>
<category>health care.</category>
<category>communities.</category>
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<link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940727963602711</link>
<title>Myth, memory and political settlements in the city : compounded disadvantage and a path for plausible futures / Mandipa Bongiwe Ndlovu.</title>
<description><![CDATA[[The Netherlands] : [publisher not identified], [2026] Abstract: The thesis interrogates the structural, symbolic, and affective dimensions of urban disadvantage in Zimbabwe&#8217;s second city, Bulawayo. It positions disadvantage not as a static outcome but as a layered process produced through political settlements, spatial arrangements, historical trauma, and affective practices of survival and resistance. Drawing on political economy, memory studies, and futures thinking, the study examines how colonial legacies, post-independence political settlements, and the centralisation of political power, have entrenched Bulawayo&#8217;s disadvantage, while also illuminating pathways for reimagining inclusive urban futures. Anchored in Mushtaq Khan&#8217;s political settlements framework, the analysis traces how elite bargaining, militarised governance, and patron-client networks have institutionalised disadvantage. These dynamics are compounded by ethno-political mythologies that cast Bulawayo as a &#8220;dissident city&#8221;. Findings foreground how residents navigate disadvantage, as seen through urban survival strategies, informal economies, political silences, and affective practices of accumulation, thus revealing both structural constraints and resilient agency. By centring citizen narratives alongside historical and statistical analysis, the study recognises disadvantage as simultaneously historical, contemporary, and prospective. Ultimately, Bulawayo is positioned not only as a site of disadvantage but also as a space of memory, myth, resilience, and possibility.  ASC Subject Headings: Zimbabwe. ; urban economy. ; political economy. ; theses (form) ;  https://hdl.handle.net/1887/4310091]]></description>
<category>Zimbabwe.</category>
<category>urban economy.</category>
<category>political economy.</category>
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<title>Young women in the liberation struggle : stories and poems from Zimbabwe / edited by Kathy Bond-Stewart ; assisted by Leocardia Chimbandi Mudimu ; photographs by Biddy Partridge.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Harare, Zimbabwe : Zimbabwe Pub. House, 1984. ASC Subject Headings: Zimbabwe. ; national liberation movements. ; women. ; personal narratives (form) ; poetry (form) ; ]]></description>
<category>Zimbabwe.</category>
<category>national liberation movements.</category>
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<link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940774935202711</link>
<title>Ventures large print atlas for Zimbabwe / edited by B.M. Willett.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Harare, Zimbabwe : College Press, &#169;1985 ASC Subject Headings: Zimbabwe. ; atlases (form) ; ]]><subfield code="g">(1986 printing)</subfield>
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<category>Zimbabwe.</category>
<category>atlases (form)</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:23 +0000</pubDate></item>
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