Using the critical emancipatory paradigm grounded on the power elite theory that addresses issues of oppression and power relations, the paper was able to show, among other issues, how African nationalism created leaders who were against societal plurality, which takes diversity into consideration and celebrates it. Also the critical emancipatory paradigm along the power elite theory made it understandable that those who are oppressed would always find a way of expressing themselves and try to shape the world they want to live in. For example, in addressing the decimation of their self-identity by those in power, the minority groups in Zimbabwe and South Africa are seen forming ‘dissident’ community archives parallel to the so-called mainstream national official archives such as National Archives of Zimbabwe and National Archives and Records Services of South Africa which are presided over by ‘ruling political party government bureaucrats’ pushing the agenda of their elite leaders who are obsessed with ‘only’ preserving their history and ignoring the histories of the minority groups, as the paper revealed. This phenomenon in this paper was considered through national mainstream archives and selected community oral history methodologies. The paper concludes that even in critical emancipation, there is elitism as those in power will always push their own agendas. In decolonising the archives through a collection of oral histories, archival institutions in both countries have further perpetuated the marginalisation of minority groups by covering only stories of elite members of society.

使用基于解决压迫和权力关系问题的权力精英理论的批判性解放范式，该论文能够展示非洲民族主义如何创建反对社会多元主义的领导人，其中包括考虑和庆祝多样性。同样，沿着权力精英理论的批判性解放范式也使得人们可以理解，被压迫者总是会找到一种表达自己的方式，并试图塑造他们想要生活的世界。例如，解决自我认同的丧失掌权者 津巴布韦和南非的少数民族群体形成了与“主流国家官方档案”平行的“持不同政见者”社区档案，例如由“执政党”主持的津巴布韦国家档案馆和南非国家档案和记录服务局。正如报纸所揭示的那样，政府官僚们推动着迷于“只”保留自己的历史而无视少数群体历史的精英领导人的议程。通过国家主流档案馆和选定的社区口述历史方法，对本文中的这一现象进行了研究。本文的结论是，即使在批判性解放中，也存在精英主义，因为当权者将始终推动自己的议程。在通过收集口述历史来对档案进行非殖民化时，