Ndebele Raids Effect on Shona Power

Ndebele Raiders and Shona PowerAuthor: D. N. BeachSource: The Journal of African History, Vol. 15, No. 4 (1974), pp. 633-651Published by: Cambridge University Press FROM the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries the southern Zambezian plateau was dominated by the Shona-speaking peoples. Although the Portuguese influenced...

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Languages of Southern Rhodesia in 1917

THE LANGUAGE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIABy ALICE WERNER, Lecturer in Swahili and Bantu LanguagesAbstract of a public lecture given by Miss Werner at the School on February 21st, 1917. THOUGH the development of the mining industry consequent on European occupation has brought natives of several different tribes into Southern Rhodesia, there appears to be virtually but one indigenous language in this territory. The Zulu...

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Matabele Toys collected in 1917

Below are some Matabele toys collected in 1917 from the land of the Ndebele in the then Rhodesia by Matthew Park. They were on exhibition at Glasgow Art Gallery in Scotland, UK  Matabele Toys, Zimbabwe, (rhino; woman; giraffe; leopard).  createSummaryAndThumb("summary1210961257885425512"...

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Ndebele Amabutho or Ndebele Military Structure

The Evolution of Ndebele AmabuthoAuthor: Julian CobbingSource: The Journal of African History, Vol. 15, No. 4 (1974), pp. 607-631Published by: Cambridge University Press IT has become a well-established cliche to say that the Zulu state and its Nguni off-shoots, such as the Ndebele of Mzilikazi and his son, Lobengula,...

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