Until roughly 2,000 years ago, what would become Zimbabwe was populated by ancestors of the San people. Bantu inhabitants of the region arrived and developed ceramic production in the area. A series of trading empires emerged, including the Kingdom of …

Aug 26, 2018 · Its objects were (1) to extend the railway from Kimberley northward to the Zambezi, (2) to encourage immigration and colonization, (3) to promote trade and commerce, and (4) to secure all mineral rights, in return for guarantees of …

Explore the colonization of Zimbabwe, including economic, political, and religious factors, key treaties, and the role of Lobengula. Suitable for high school and early college.

Colonialism has played a major role in the detrimention of Zimbabwe. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Boer and British presence grew stronger. In 1888, the Ndebele king Lobengula conceded mineral rights in the south of the Zambezi to British businessman Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902).

Feb 12, 2025 · Zimbabwe was occupied as a strategy by Britain to force Boers to embrace the British scheme of South African Confederation under the British law. Zimbabwe was also colonized to fulfill the Cape to Cairo pro ject by Rhodes

Dec 16, 2022 · Zimbabwe was colonised by Cecil John Rhodes (centre) in the late 1800s. The country was named Southern Rhodesia after him. A chronology of key events: 1200-1600s - Rise and decline of the...

This book examines Zimbabwe’s precolonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates his- torical factors and trends to more recent developments in the country.

Zimbabwe—like most African Post-Colonial nation states—has been criticized and castigated for exercising its legal rights to self-determination, autonomy and sovereignty over land and resources—especially when these conflict with the economic and/or geo-political interests of the West, or white expats who once dominated these former colonies.

In the 15th century Great Zimbabwe is eclipsed by two other kingdoms, one to the south at Khami (near modern Bulawayo) and one to the north, near Mount Darwin. This latter kingdom is established by a ruler who is known as the Munhumutapa - a title adopted by all his successors.

Yet another significant characteristic of early colonial rule in Zimbabwe was land dispossession and forcible proletarianisation of the African. Two key aims of settler production were maximum output premised on minimum cost.