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Transcript of interview with Precious Nleya

Theme: Recruitment


Call Number: B22
Identifier: AL3291_B22
Title: Transcript of interview with Precious Nleya
Date: 16 November 2010
Subject: Military training;
Precious Nleya;
Mwembeshi Camp;
Transit camp;
Women;
ZAPU through Zenzo Nkobi's lens;
Zimbabwe African People Union - ZAPU;
Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army - ZPRA
Description: This is a transcript of the interview with Precious Nleya, conducted by Mary Ndlovu on 16 November 2010 for the South African History Archive (SAHA) as part of the Zenzo Nkobi oral history project. Precious Nleya mentions the journey to Botswana, training as the last group of women trained with men at Mwembeshi Camp, and her deployment to Francistown as an intelligence officer to identify spies. She also describes life at Francistown transit camp, and the attack on ZAPU offices in Francistown. The interview was transcribed by Mary Ndlovu. Included in SAHA virtual exhibition - 'ZAPU through Zenzo Nkobi's lens', 2012
Creator: Mary Ndlovu (interviewer and transcriber); Zephaniah Nkomo (interviewer); Precious Nleya (interviewee)
Type: Transcript
Format: Access copy - PDF
Preservation copy - PDF/A
Source: SAHA collection AL3291
Relation: AL3265
Language: English
Coverage: Zimbabwe, Botswana
Rights: The South African History Archive (SAHA)
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