Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Zimbabwe, a name that conjours images of sprawling savannahs, majestic wildlife, and the enigmatic ruins of an ancient city, is a country with a deeply layered past. From its precolonial prosperity and complexity to the trials of colonialism and the eventual tumult of independence and beyond, Zimbabwe's history is a profound story of resilience ...
According to vaDoma mythology, their ancestors emerged from a baobab tree.Upon descending from it, they walked upright to hunt and gather the fruits of the land. [4] The name vaDoma is also used in the Zambezi region for a semi-mythical people characterized as magical, capricious, hard to find, and living among the trees.
Zimbabwean art includes decorative esthetics applied to many aspects of life, including art objects as such, utilitarian objects, objects used in religion, warfare, in propaganda, and in many other spheres. Within this broad arena, Zimbabwe has several identifiable categories of art. It is a hallmark of African cultures in general that art ...
Agnieszka Piotrowska (born 1967) is a Polish-born author, academic and award-winning filmmaker, best known for her documentary Married to the Eiffel Tower (2008), [1] [2] about women who fall in love with objects."
National Heroes' Acre (Zimbabwe) Coordinates: 17°50′04″S 30°59′14″E. Looking down to the statue of the unknown soldier. National Heroes' Acre or simply Heroes' Acre is a burial ground and national monument in Harare, Zimbabwe. The 23-hectare (57-acre) site is situated on a ridge seven kilometres from Harare, towards Norton.
Henry Munyaradzi, also known as Henry Munyaradzi Mudzengerere, [1] (1931 – 27 February 1998) [2] was a Zimbabwean sculptor.The sculptural movement of which he was part is usually referred to as "Shona sculpture" (see Shona art and Art of Zimbabwe), although some of its recognised members are not ethnically Shona.
There are five World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe, with a further two on the tentative list. [ 3 ] The first site in Zimbabwe to be inscribed to the list was the Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, in 1984. The most recent site listed was the Matobo Hills, in 2003. Three sites in Zimbabwe are listed for their cultural and two ...
Iwan Bala was raised in Gwyddelwern, near Corwen, Denbighshire, and attended Ysgol y Berwyn comprehensive school in Bala. He studied geography and politics at the University of Aberystwyth from 1974, then from 1975 until 1977 he studied fine art at Cardiff College of Art. He gained an MA in fine art from the University of Wales Institute ...