This article contributes to the emerging field of African financial history. Although there has
been work on Britain's sterling arrangements in its colonies, very few studies examine the …

This essay analyses the emergence and importance of multiple non-fungible kinds of US
Dollars in the context of Zimbabwe's multi-currency era (2009–2019). It does so to …

The introduction in 1905 of the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) in Southern Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) made banking generally accessible to Africans and white settlers in outlying …

Mupedzanhamo (literally 'ending poverty') is a Shona word for flea markets. The name was
given to the first flea market that was set up in the high-density suburb of Mbare in 1994, but …

This book explores the social and economic development of Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi
over the course of the twentieth century. These three countries have long shared and …

This paper examines popular and widespread mistrust of large-scale capitalism, and its
potential for disloyalty to the post-1965 Rhodesian state, by the white middle class and small …

On 1 September 1953, Britain proclaimed the Central African Federation (henceforth CAF or
the Federation) consisting of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. This …

This essay is about the multiple forces that influenced the adoption and circulation of
multiple metallic and paper currencies across Southern Africa from the mid-seventeenth to …

This paper examines the insurance industry during Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of
Independence (UDI, 1965–1979). It demonstrates how the sector was a vehicle for …

This study was conducted in order to provide a possible solution to the myriad of healthcare
access problems affecting Zimbabwe. A desktop analytic review of literature, reports, legal …