Mashonaland Central
IntroductionPrior to 1894 the British South Africa Company (BSACO) had appointed magistrates to...
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Leonard Andrew Kirby, the father of the author of this article is referred to as “Dad,...
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By Peter SangoThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the best...
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By Taona T.H. ChabudapasiThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...
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By Mlambo Manyezu MathiasThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...
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IntroductionThis article does not attempt to describe in any detail all the feiras that were...
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Innocent Pikirayi states that the feiras and other trading settlements established in the late 16th...
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The Portuguese explorer Pêro da Covilhã first visited Sofala in 1489 and by 1505 they were given...
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BackgroundMuch of the material quoted below is sourced from the comprehensive articles by Ana Roque...
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The cultural, political and military decline of the Mutapa state had probably begun from the 1590...
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IntroductionThe article The Rise of the Mutapa State and the early arrival of the Portuguese c.1450...
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Chisvingo Ruins are located in the Masembura Communal Lands in Mashonaland. The name comes from the...
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The first limitation in writing any article on the Mutapa state is the absence of original and...
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Background: Masvingo High Court rules that traditional leaders should stay out of partisan...
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SourcesMuch of the detailed information used here and in the article on Francisco Barreto is taken...
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Where is the Mavuradonha Wilderness Area?Ask most Zimbabweans if they ever heard of the Mavuradonha...
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The Northern Cave at Chikupo has a short steep and slippery slope on the western...
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The Central cave to the west has a long line of animals painted across it with over 30 images...
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The Southern cave is very easy to enter at ground level under a fence that has been erected to...
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The Western cave also has a mass of paintings, but most are now rather faded and...
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The background to the military expedition J. Boxer writes that there was no doubt that in seeking...
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IntroductionA number of historical articles on the Portuguese in Mozambique have been written in...
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The 1561 martyrdom of Dom Gonçalo da Silveira, S.J.Like Antonio Fernandes, Silveira was one of the...
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His life as we know it is summed up by Hugh Tracey in his Rhodesiana article: “Brought to...
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Text by Stuart Beverley.There are over 685 species of birds that have been recorded in Zimbabwe,...
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In the article on the Mazowe Patrol, under Mashonaland Central, I have noted that Dan Judson, the...
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Hylda Richards and her husband Tom farmed in Kent before the tobacco boom of the mid 1920’s...
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Shamva was originally called Abercorn, after James Hamilton, the second Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913...
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Zimbabwe timeline Pre 200 ADZimbabwe is populated by groups of San hunter-gatherers...
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Just outside Shamva, on Rutherdale Estate, which borders Maxton Estate, on the east side of the A13...
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The shelter is easily accessible being about 450 metres from the tarred road down a track which...
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Douglas worked for Zimbabwe’s agricultural extension service, Agritex for most of his career...
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This story would have remained as newspaper articles if Col. A.S. Hickman had not written The Siege...
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Animal Species: Elephant, Eland, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, leopard, hippo, Nile crocodile, kudu,...
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On the southernmost boulder are four fish and a kudu cow in yellow, whose lower legs were once...
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The horse riding safaris take place about 180 kilometres north of Harare in a very remote area of...
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Background to the rock art in ZimbabweZimbabwe has one of the highest concentrations of rock...
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If there is only the time for half a day’s game drive, then Thetford Game Reserve, which...
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Amongst the more conventional paintings of animals at Zombepata are numerous images of zebra...
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Tengenenge is situated against the Great Dyke, seemingly a typical African village in the North of...
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