Books

2024

Thomas Baines – The Victoria Falls a Thousand Beauties

The artist sketched and painted many beautiful views of the Falls during his 1862 expedition, which is brought back to life in his words and those of fellow traveller James Chapman.

112 pages. Price $30.

Tree Tales of Zimbabwe – Volume 2

A follow on volume which uses another 80 trees and forests to tell the history of the people and places in some of the lesser-visited parts of Zimbabwe.

192 pages. Price $30.

2023

Cheers – A History of Beer in Zimbabwe

Beer was brewed long before the arrival of the first hunters and missionaries in Zimbabwe and the white settlers started commercial brewing not long after their arrival in 1890.

160 pages. Price $30.

Victoria Falls – The Grandest View on God’s Earth.

The tourism industry around the Falls has experienced many highs and lows since the first European established a permanent settlement 125 years ago.

320 pages. Price $40.

2022

A Glass Half Full – A History of Zimbabwe’s Wine Industry.

Immigrants started up wine production in the 1950s and a successful, now largely defunct import substitution industry, was created in the years after UDI.

160 pages. Price $30.

2021

Tree Tales of Zimbabwe.

A journey around Zimbabwe, taking in 80 trees and forests, which have been silent witnesses to historic events of the past two centuries.

192 pages. Price $30.

2020

Kariba – Legacy of a Vision.

The building of what is still the world’s largest manmade dam by volume and the creation of ancillary industries around the lake are celebrated on its 60th anniversary.

320 pages. Price $40.

2015

Harare – Urban Evolution

During prosperous economic times, Zimbabwe’s capital city has experienced five major periods of growth since white settlers arrived in September 1890.

464 pages. Price $40.

Corporate Commissions

National Foods Centenary

Jewish immigrants led the development of the milling industry, now dominated by National Foods, which celebrated its centenary as a corporate entity in July 2020.

Delta Corporation’s 125th Anniversary

A history of Zimbabwe’s largest corporate, which traces back its origins to the laying of the foundation stone at the Salisbury Brewery in August 1898.