Zimbabwe – post-Independence

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Zimbabwe – post-Independence

Zimbabwe in the early days of independence – aims, aspirations and difficulties to be faced.

Education for a National Culture, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare, 1981, 16 pages.

Makers of History – Who’s Who of Nationalist Leaders in Zimbabwe, Diana Mitchell, Harare, 1983, 185 pages.

The Kadoma Declaration, July 31, 1983, Government Printers, Harare, 1983, 4 pages.

Conference on Food Production Co-operatives at the University of Zimbabwe, Harare 5-12th June 1985, 59 pages.

Co-operatives – What about them, Ministry of Education, Harare, 1985, 47 pages.

Women at Work, Report of the Woman’s Action Group Workshop, Harare, January 1985, 14 pages.

Zimbabwe – at 5 years of independence, Rebuilding Zimbabwe – Achievements, problems and prospects, ZANU(PF), Department of the Commissariat and Culture, Harare, 1985, 265 pages.

Zimbabwe – Prevention of Corruption Act, Zimbabwe Parliament, Government Printers, Harare, 1985, 16 pages.

Zimbabwean Women in Industry, Patricia Made and Birgitta Lagerstrom, Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare, 1985, 60 pages.

African Perspectives on Non-alignment, ed by Jinadu and Mandaza, African Association of Political Science, Harare, 1986, 74 pages.

Education in Zimbabwe – Past, Present and Future, Zimbabwe Foundation for Education with Production, Harare, 1986, 152 pages.

First Five-Year National Development Plan 1986-1990, Volume 1, Government Printers, Harare, April 1986, 54 pages.

The Women of Zimbabwe, Ruth Weiss, Keshu, London, 1986, 151 pages.

Zimbabwe – The Political Economy of Transition, 1980-1986, ed. Ibbo Mandaza, Codesria, London, 1986, 430 pages.

Reorganisation of Parastatals in Zimbabwe, Paper presented at the Public Enterprise Seminar: Focus on Role, Performance and Management of Parastatals, organised by Conference Promtion Services (Pvt) Ltd, Harare, Sipho Shabalala, Harare, 1987, 19 pages.

The philosophy of the Working Class, NCG Mathema, Memorial Co-operative Society, Harare, 1987, 24 pages.

The Future of Socialism, Samir Amin, Southern Africa Political Economy Series (SAPES) Trust, Harare, 1990, 70 pages.

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Contemporary DPRK

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From the publications on this page you will be able to get an idea of how the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea presents itself to the world in the 2020s (as well as some earlier material).

I am a Korean – the story of the World Professional Wrestling Champion Rikidozan, Ri Ho In, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1989, 133 pages.

Sightseeing Guide to Korea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1991, 95 pages.

‘A Postmodern Interpretation of North Korean Juche Thought’, by Eun Hee Shin, Assistant Professor of Religion, Simpson College, USA, ND, but probably around 2002, 13 pages.

Tok Island-Land of Korea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 98 (2009), 99 pages.

Korea in the 21st Century, Ri Song Hwan, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 101 (2012), 76 pages.

Hsiu water Centre, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 103 (2014), 108 pages.

Panorama of Pyongyang, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 103 (2014), 124 pages.

Mangyongdae School Children’s Palace, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 105 (2016), 34 pages.

Panmunjom, leaflet, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 105 (2016), 2 pages.

People’s Dreams and Flowers, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 105 (2016), 105 pages.

Songdowon International Childrenʼs Camp, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 105 (2016), 20 pages.

Pyongyang Middle School for Orphans, leaflet, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 105 (2016), 2 pages.

Sci-Tech Complex, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 105 (2016), 35 pages.

Ryugyong Dental Hospital, leaflet, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 106 (2017), 2 pages.

Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival, leaflet, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 106 (2017), 2 pages.

Mangyongdae Children’s Camp, So Chung Sim, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 106 (2017), 13 pages.

Sinuiju Ponbu Kindergarten, leaflet, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 106 (2017), 2 pages.

Affection and Devotion, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 56 pages.

For the People’s Wellbeing 2018, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 57 pages.

Historical Traditions, Flower Garden of Friendship, Relations between the DPRK and the Sociaslist Republic of Vietnam, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 30 pages.

Korea in Kim Jong Un’s Era, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 96 pages.

Leader and Education, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 122 pages.

Take care of the rising generation, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 78 pages.

National Symbols of the DPRK, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 56 pages.

2020, a Year of Affection for People, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 71 pages.

City of Samjiyon, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 19 pages.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 69 pages.

Education in the DPRK, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 76 pages.

For People’s Wellbeing 2016-2020, dedicated to the Eighth Congress of the WPK, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 133 pages.

For Strengthening the National Defence Capability, dedicated to the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 63 pages.

Jungpyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and Tree Nursery, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 13 pages.

On the road for Independence and Prosperity by dint of Self-reliance in 2019, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 99 pages.

Phalhyang Dam of the Orangchon Power Station, leaflet, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 2 pages.

Pyongyang Golf Course, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 19 pages.

Today’s Pyongyang, postcards, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 23 pages.

Yangdok Hot Spring Resort, leaflet, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 2 pages.

Yangdok Hot Spring Resort, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, ND but probably Juche 109 (2020), 85 pages.

Thongchon Holiday Camp for Diplomatic Corps, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 9 pages.

Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 11 pages.

Korea Machinery Trading Corporation, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 5 pages.

Pyongyang Elevator Joint Venture Company, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 7 pages.

Pyongyang University of Transport, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 13 pages.

Pyongyang Hotel, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 14 pages.

Pyongyang in Kim Jong Un’s era, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 49 pages.

Sacred mountain of Korea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 49 pages.

Samjiyon City Peopleʼs Hospital, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 17 pages.

The Businessman – A Patriot, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 40 pages.

2020 – A year of trials and struggles, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 36 pages.

Changgwangsan Hotel, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 13 pages.

For the future of the country, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 101 pages.

Mangyongdae, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 19 pages.

Scenery of Mt Paektu, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 95 pages.

For Fresh Development of Socialist Construction 2021, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110, (2021), 107 pages.

DPRK-PRC Friendship from One Century into the Next, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 119 pages.

Writing a New Chapter in the History of DPRK-Russia Friendship, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 123 pages.

Ten years of great achievements, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang,  Juche 111, (2022), 104 pages.

A Great Chronicle of DPRK-Russia Friendship, dedicated to the 110th Anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang,  Juche 111, (2022), 113 pages.

Immortal History of DPRK-PRC Friendship, dedicated to the 110th Anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang,  Juche 111 (2022), 167 pages.

Grand Festivals in Praise of the Great Men, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 99 pages.

Hangsong Economic Association, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 12 pages.

Korea Puksong Trading Corporation, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 15 pages.

Man’s Destiny and Juche Philosophy, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 91 pages.

Pyongyang Analytic Technology Company, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 16 pages.

University of Sciences, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 14 pages.

Over 90 Days for Defending the People, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 111 (2022), 63 pages.

Changed City of Samjiyon, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 11 (2022), 46 pages.

2022: A Year Filled with Great Events, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 199 pages.

Military Parade in Celebration of the 75th Founding Anniversary of the KPA, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 52 pages.

2022: DPRK raising its profile, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 70 pages.

Leading the Fatherland Liberation War to Victory, on the 70th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 159 pages.

The Great Victorious War tells, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 136 pages.

History and Culture of Kaesong, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 64 pages.

Cradle of Happiness for the People, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 190 pages.

Kim Jong Il – Anecdotes of his external activities (vists to Russia and China), FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 77 pages.

Mt Myohyang, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 27 pages.

Journey of Devotion for the Good of the People, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 116 pages.

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New Albania

With Spring - Nexhat Hajellari

With Spring – Nexhat Hajellari

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New Albania

New Albania was a political, social and cultural illustrated periodical appearing bi-monthly in Albanian, Chinese, Russian, French, English and Arabic. It started its publication in the early days of the Socialist Republic, in 1947, and was published until everything fell apart in Albania in 1991.

Through the use of pictures, cartoons, stories and short pieces about the people and the lifestyle of ordinary Albanian workers the magazine sought to provide a view of the country that was otherwise never publicised in the rest of the world. This covered such aspects of Albanian society as Socialist industry, collectivised agriculture and education. Also it sought to give an introduction to the history of the country with articles on archaeology, linguistics, folklore and traditional dress and activities, literature, cinema and the history of art in the pre-Socialist era.

The magazine, which was lighter in its presentation, preceded the publication of ‘Albania Today’ (from the end of 1971), which was much more of a theoretical magazine that made a contribution to the various debates in the International Communist Movement.

At the moment we only have access to a limited number of issues and they will be posted as soon as possible. As with the request made on the ‘Albania Today’ page we would always welcome the loan of missing issues so that they, too, can be made available to a wider readership.

1969

New Albania – No 6

  • JV Stalin – Lenin’s faithful disciple and comrade in arms
  • The revolutionary spirit in Albanian painting and sculpture by A Kuqali
  • A chapter from ‘The Castle’ by Ismail Kadare
  • Andrea Aleksi – a distinguished sculpture of the XV century  

1970

New Albania – No 1

  • ‘Ideas engraved on stone’ – the story of sculpture in Socialist Albania
  • Our folk dances
  • Attempt upon the king’s life
  • Our Encyclopedia – answers to questions about Albania

New Albania – No 2

  • The school which gives eyesight to the blind
  • A happy old age
  • We, the youth of the plant
  • Cadres who are engaged in production work

New Albania – No 3

  • The most ‘privileged’ – young children in Socialist Albania
  • The patient and the scalpel – medicine in Socialist Albania
  • Past Values Preservation Institute – restoration of religious buildings

New Albania – No 4

  • What do we vote for?
  • Together with the geologists
  • The Green Laboratories
  • Youth taking part in mass undertakings
  • A nation rising in arms

New Albania – No 5

  • Electrification of Albania
  • The way of copper
  • ‘The Golden Necklace’ is brought to Tirana
  • Our Riviera
  • A children’s hospital

New Albania – No 6

  • Nuclear Energy in the service of mankind
  • Albania in International Fairs and Exhibitions
  • Saplings of music
  • Illyrians and Albanians
  • The Mosaics of Lini

1971

New Albania – No 1

  • Capital investments in the years 1961-1970
  • Land and water
  • Monuments modeled in rock
  • Students in overalls
  • Our glass …

New Albania – No 2

  • Prospectors for Black Gold
  • Divjaka renewed
  • Fields with roofs
  • Horizons opened to our Power Industry
  • Bertolt Brecht on the stage of the Albanian Theatre

New Albania – No 3

  • From the spark the flame was born
  • The light and food industry
  • Compulsory education
  • Albanian Folk Costume
  • Our Agricultural Cooperatives at their present stage

New Albania – No 4

  • A preview of the New Five-Year Plan
  • The wartime press
  • Greetings to you, Mirdita!
  • Rails penetrate mountains
  • Development of horticulture

New Albania – No 5

  • In November 1941 (Party Foundation)
  • The Agricultural Cooperative ‘Partisan’ in 1971
  • A word from those born 30 years ago
  • Albania at International Fairs
  • Folk instruments of our people

New Albania – No 6

1972

New Albania – No 1

  • For protecting and strengthening the health of the people
  • Albanian painting of the 19th century
  • Commemorative remembrance of Fan S Noli
  • Underground waters

New Albania – No 2

  • The Cooperative members discuss their problems
  • The Southern Illyrians and the origin of the Albanians in the light of a new scientific synthesis
  • Jan Myrdal on Albania
  • The making of an artist – Abdurrahim Buza
  • The trade union organization at the oil refinery
  • The young pioneers at their palace

New Albania – No 3

  • The Congress of the class in power
  • Anti-epidemic barriers
  • Our folklore during the period of the war for national liberation and that of socialist construction
  • Good care is being taken of our monuments of culture
  • In sculptor Janaq Paço’s studio

New Albania – No 4

  • On the founding of the Academy of Sciences in the People’s Republic of Albania.
  • Higher education reaches new records
  • Agricultural cooperative members receive pensions
  • The birthplace of the National Liberation Front
  • Our painters – to be touring the country

1974

New Albania – No 2

  • The iron generation
  • Industrialized Albania
  • The counter-offensive of the Albanian National Liberation Army in February and March 1944
  • The congress which solved the problem of political power
  • Guaranteeing the right to work

1975

New Albania – No 4

  • People and light
  • Fields of prosperity
  • A beautiful tradition of the younger generation
  • Physical-military tempering
  • Seven questions on the medical service
  • The occupiers were thrown back into the sea

New Albania – No 5

  • Comrade Enver Hoxha among the workers of Korça and Pogradec
  • The first revolution in the social-economic relations of the countryside
  • Six questions on education in Albania
  • At the construction sites of the five- year plan
  • Those who feel no old age
  • The medical service in a remote mountainous area

New Albania – No 6

  • November 29th – the day crowning the great victory
  • On drawing up the New Constitution of the People’s Republic of Albania
  • The day of independence
  • What do you know about the Albanian countryside?
  • What is indirect income?
  • The Lura Lakes
  • Malai – short story

1976

New Albania – No 1

New Albania – No 2

  • Comrade Enver Hoxha among the workers of Vlora
  • On the lowering of higher wages
  • On the further narrowing of the fundamental distinctions between town and countryside
  • Participation in production and in political-social life – the way to the emancipation of women
  • The village doctor
  • Albanian school – past and present
  • An entirely new town – Kukes

New Albania – No 3

  • May Day – 1976
  • They live in the hearts and work of the people
  • Comrade Enver Hoxha receives a group of workers and specialists of the metallurgical complex
  • In the days of the National Liberation War
  • Shkodra – past and present
  • Cooperative members as amateur artists

New Albania – No 4

  • The way to prosperity
  • Promoter of the Revolution and Socialist Construction
  • Mass actions of our youth
  • For self and for society
  • The upper agricultural institute
  • The hero of the new Albanian literature
  • What does this monument stand for? – Mushqeta

New Albania – No 5

New Albania – No 6

1977

New Albania – No 1

  • The Fifth Session of the People’s Assembly
  • The rapid development of Albanian science
  • Vanguard medical service aiming mainly at preventing disease
  • Public health and preventive medicine in the People’s Republic of Albania
  • Geologists without diplomas
  • Among our future artists

New Albania – No 2

  • Gjirokastra
  • Mathematics to the aid of medicine
  • Study of the methods of popular medicine
  • The 90th Anniversary of the first Albanian school
  • The opinion of the masses in the activity of our courts of justice
  • Sport among women

New Albania – No 3

New Albania – No 4

New Albania – No 5

  • The younger generation of Socialist Albania
  • Seven questions about education
  • Great achievements and projects in hydro-electric power
  • One day at the kindergarten
  • Health and Environment
  • The workshop in the field
  • Legends about musical instruments

New Albania – No 6

1978

New Albania – No 1

  • Comrade Enver Hoxha amidst pioneers
  • 30th anniversary of the magazine, ‘New Albania’
  • Fierza, 1978
  • The Albanian League founded in Prizren
  • The Socialist countryside in the works of our painters and sculptors
  • Afforestation of hills and mountains
  • Preservation and restoration of the monuments of culture
  • ‘Profarma’ – trade mark of Albanian medicines

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