Download or read book African Urban Experiences in Colonial Zimbabwe written by Tsuneo Yoshikuni and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before 'Harare' replaced 'Salisbury' as Zimbabwe's capital city in 1982, the name belonged to the country's first black township, now called Mbare. How and when did the township come into being? In this pioneering study, Tsuneo Yoshikuni offers a fascinating social history of urban development in the early twentieth century.