Using the critical emancipatory paradigm grounded on the power elite theory that addresses
issues of oppression and power relations, the paper was able to show, among other issues …

The 21st century has witnessed an urgent need to digitise, learn, manage, preserve and
exchange oral history in South Africa. This forms the background of the demonisation of …

Preserving and providing access to oral history records poses several challenges, including
the need for significant resources, fragility, a lack of standardisation in the quality of carriers …

With the urge for instant access to records resulting from the rapid development of
technology, there is a need for the digital preservation of vulnerable oral history records …

The influence of the postmodernist school of thought has touched archival science. This
chapter looks into how one of the notions of postmodernism in archival science which …

Different political projects and ideological positions are founded upon distinct accounts of
the past, each with their own emphases, silences, and omissions. The case of Zimbabwe …

This dissertation argues for a new genealogy for telling the history of queerness in
Zimbabwe. State-sponsored histories have created a narrow, nationalist narrative that …

With the urge for instant access to records resulting from the rapid development of
technology, there is a need for the digital preservation of vulnerable oral history records …

Oral history collections are vital assets that represent national heritage. While transcribed
collections are kept in a proper archival repository at the Bulawayo National Archives, the …