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Banned and restricted books in Zimbabwe
14 titles have been banned or restricted in Zimbabwe, recorded across 14 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
14
Ban events
14
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
5
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe | Peter Godwin | 2010 | 1 |
| Bones | Chenjerai Hove | 1988 | 1 |
| The Stone Virgins | Yvonne Vera | 2002 | 1 |
| Black Sunlight | Dambudzo Marechera | 1980 | 1 |
| Democracy Works: Turning Politics to Africa's Advantage | Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst, Olusegun Obasanjo, Tendai Biti | 2017 | 1 |
| Coming of the Dry Season | Charles Mungoshi | 1972 | 1 |
| Mindblast | Dambudzo Marechera | 1984 | 1 |
| On Trial for My Country | Stanlake Samkange | 1966 | 1 |
| The Gospel According to the Ghetto | Canaan Banana | 1977 | 1 |
| Origins of Rhodesia | Stanlake Samkange | 1968 | 1 |
| No Easy Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | 1965 | 1 |
| How Europe Underdeveloped Africa | Walter Rodney | 1972 | 1 |
| The Female Eunuch | Germaine Greer | 1970 | 1 |
| Black Skin, White Masks | Frantz Fanon | 1952 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 11
- Sexual content
- 2
- Violence
- 1
- Obscenity
- 1
- Religious / blasphemy
- 1
By decade
1960s4
1970s4
1980s2
2000s2
2010s2
Documented bans
All 14 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe2010
The Stone Virgins2002
Bones2001
Black Sunlight1981
The Gospel According to the Ghetto1977
Coming of the Dry Season1975
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa1972
The Female Eunuch1970
Origins of Rhodesia1968
Black Skin, White Masks1968
On Trial for My Country1966
No Easy Walk to Freedom1965
Democracy Works: Turning Politics to Africa's Advantage2019
Mindblast1984
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