National Archives of Zimbabwe

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National Archives of Zimbabwe

The entrance to the National Gallery of Zimbabwe

Location within Zimbabwe

Established| 1935
Location| Harare, Zimbabwe
Type| National archives
Website| www.archives.gov.zw

Part of a series on the

History of Zimbabwe
Ancient history|  Leopard's Kopje|  c. 900 – c. 1075

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Mapungubwe Kingdom|  c. 1075 – c. 1220
Zimbabwe Kingdom|  c. 1220 – c. 1450
Butua Kingdom|  c. 1450–1683
Mutapa Kingdom|  c. 1450–1760
White settlement pre-1923|  Rozvi Empire|  c. 1684–1834

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Mthwakazi|  1823-1894
Rudd Concession|  1888
BSA Company rule|  1890–1923
First Matabele War|  1893–1894
Second Matabele War|  1896–1897
World War I involvement|  1914–1918
Colony of Southern Rhodesia|  1923–1965
World War II involvement|  1939–1945
Malayan Emergency
involvement|  1948–1960
Federation with Northern
Rhodesia and Nyasaland|  1953–1963
Rhodesian Bush War|  1964–1979

Unilateral Declaration of
Independence (UDI)

|  1965
Rhodesia|  1965–1979
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia|  June–December 1979

Lancaster House Agreement

|  December 1979
British Dependency|  1979–1980
Zimbabwe|  1980–present
Gukurahundi|  1982–1987
Second Congo War|  1998–2003
Coup d'état|  2017

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The National Archives of Zimbabwe are the national archives of Zimbabwe. They are located in Harare.[1]

The National Archives were established by an Act of Parliament in 1935, now known as the National Archives Act 1986. The Archives are the storehouse of the nation's documented history. They include the archives of the former Southern Rhodesia, and are formed of a network of five regional archives divided into eight provinces. From 1953-1963, they were the central repository of the National Archives of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.[2]

Its Audiovisual Unit was established in 1988. Its collect encompasses 15,000 audiovisual materials about Zimbabwe.[3] Its Oral History Programme collects and preserves oral interviews of people whose contribution to Zimbabwean history has been considerable but under-documented.[4]

The first Director at National Archives of Zimbabwe at independence was Angeline Kamba. Angeline Kamba is the only female Director to head this Department up to 2021. The latest Director was Ivan Munhamu Murambiwa who passed on 2021. In 2018 National Archives of Zimbabwe started Community Archives Project. The following were done Arcturus High School, Harare Girls High School, Mbungo Zion Christian Centre, Bikita, Zvishavane and currently Kariba.

## See also[edit]

* National Library of Zimbabwe
* List of national archives
* Central African Archives
* ESARBICA
* Zimbabwe's "Capturing a Fading National Memory project

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Home". archives.gov.zw.
2. ^ "History". www.archives.gov.zw. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
3. ^ "Audiovisual Unit". www.archives.gov.zw. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
4. ^ "Oral History Programme". www.archives.gov.zw. Retrieved 2021-10-30.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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