making it the largest single pre-colonial structure in Africa south of the Sahara. While trade kept the community prosperous, religious life was also rich at Great Zimbabwe, which had an estimated ...

From her women's history archives, she starts with an article on Women Politicians from the pre-colonial era. Zimbabwe has produced some of the most extraordinary women politicians since ...

The Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe is the largest pre-colonial structure in the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. It was a statement of majesty, power, wealth, and architectural genius. Learn more ...

Pre-colonial Zimbabwe was a multi-ethnic society inhabited by the Shangani/Tsonga in the south-eastern parts of the Zimbabwe plateau, the Venda in the south, the Tonga in the north, the Kalanga ...

Meanwhile, the Great Enclosure—a ring-shaped wall measuring 820 feet long and 36 feet high—remains Great Zimbabwe’s most iconic feature. It’s the largest pre-colonial structure south of ...

Six of the large carvings were stolen from the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, an imposing stone complex built between the 11th and 13th centuries and attributed to pre-colonial King Munhumutapa.

Zimbabwe is likely to abolish capital punishment ... The reasons for this level of support for abolition lie in the country’s “pre-colonial” culture and colonial history, as I explain ...