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Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The region was long inhabited by the San, and was settled by Bantu peoples around 2,000 years ago.
Map of the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal Cratons SW end of the 550 km long Great Dyke of Zimbabwe from ISS, 2010. Brachiosaurus femur and Geologist Metrinah Ruzvidzo, 2005. The geology of Zimbabwe in southern Africa is centered on the Zimbabwe Craton, a core of Archean basement composed in the main of granitoids, schist and gneisses.
Sibanda, Eliakim M. (2005) The Zimbabwe African People's Union 1961–87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1-59221-275-0; Ranger, Terence O. (2004) "Nkomo, Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo (1917–1999)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. (accessed ...
The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe is located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Leopold Takawira Avenue. Designed by architect James Whalley, the museum officially opened in 1964, the museum contains exhibits illustrating the history, mineral wealth and wildlife of Zimbabwe, including the second largest mounted elephant in the world.
Solomon Mujuru (born Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mutusva; 5 May 1945 – 15 August 2011), also known by his nom-de-guerre, Rex Nhongo, was a Zimbabwean military officer and politician who led Robert Mugabe's guerrilla forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. [1]
Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo (1927–1977) was the founder of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA).. Moyo was born in Plumtree to a Kalanga family. [1] Having trained as a builder, he became interested in trade unionism in Bulawayo in the early 1950s and became general secretary of the African Artisans’ Union.
Rozvi Empire: c. 1660 –1866 Mthwakazi: 1840–1893: Rudd Concession: 1888: BSA Company rule: 1890–1923: First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement