Introduction -- Prelude: Bulawayo, 1893-1930 -- 1. The landscapes of Bulawayo -- 2. The first fires, December 1929 -- 3. City versus state, 1930-1946 -- 5. Mr. black Bulawayo, 1930-1948 -- 5. The feminization of black Bulawayo, 1948-1960 -- 6. Black Bulawayo transformed -- 7. Black Bulawayo, 1960 -- Postlude: Bulaway after 1960.