The Zimbabwe Culture

Author : Innocent Pikirayi
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759100916
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zimbabwe Culture written by Innocent Pikirayi and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the monumental architecture of the Zimbabwe Plateau first became known to Westerners in the 16th century, speculation about the people that created it has been continuous and inventive. Tales of strongholds in the interior were taken home by the first Portuguese chroniclers of the Swahili coast, and their narratives became part of the geographic lore of the 17th and 18th centuries. In the mid-19th century, the lore was spun into fantastic and mysterious yarns about long-lost riches that lured adventurers and traders. Pikirayi (history, U. of Zimbabwe) aims to set the record straight by examining the growth of precolonial states on the plateau and adjacent regions, with a focus on the their historical and cultural development during the second millennium AD. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Oyekan Owomoyela
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031307710X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Zimbabwe written by Oyekan Owomoyela and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, won its independence from Great Britain in 1980 yet continues to feel the impact of Western lifestyles and prejudices. This rich, accessible overview freshly examines Zimbabwe, evoking the contemporary ways of life in a largely homogenous and agricultural country. Students and general readers will discover an engaging narrative that ranges from an explanation of the beer culture to a powerful discussion of marriage, family, and gender roles from the Zimbabwean perspective. Owomoyela also authoritatively conveys the coexistence of traditional and Western forces today in such areas as religion and music. A chronology and glossary accompany the text.

Author : Innocent Pikirayi
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0585386498
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zimbabwe Culture written by Innocent Pikirayi and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2002-07-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a unique and original perspective on the rise and fall of indigenous states of southern Zambezia, The Zimbabwe Culture analyzes the long contentious history of the remains of the remarkable cyclopean masonry, ranging from mighty capitals of traditional kings to humble farmsteads. Forming a cornerstone of the geographical lore of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, debate on the origins, development, and collapse of the Zimbabwe culture has never ceased, and with increasing archaeological research over the twentieth century, has become more complex. Thoroughly examining the growth and decline of pre-colonial states on the entire Zimbabwean Plateau and southern Zambezia, Dr. Pikirayi has contributed tremendously towards the archaeological understanding of this extraordinary culture. The Zimbabwe Culture is essential reading for all students and avocationalists of African archaeology, history, and culture.

Author : Pathisa Nyathi
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 0797428976
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage written by Pathisa Nyathi and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2005 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage won first prize in the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards in 2006 for Non-fiction: Humanities and Social Sciences. It is a collection of pieces of the culture of the Ndebele, Shona, Tonga, Kalanga, Nambiya, Xhosa and Venda. The book gives the reader an insight into the world view of different peoples, through descriptions of their history and life events such as pregnancy, marriage and death. "...the most enduring book ever on Zimbabwean history. This book will help people change their attitude towards each other in Zimbabwe." - Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards citation

Author : G. Caton Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zimbabwe Culture written by G. Caton Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. Ellert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Material Culture of Zimbabwe written by H. Ellert and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Haskins
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 1575058855
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Count Your Way Through Zimbabwe written by James Haskins and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to Zimbabwean culture.

Author : Munyaradzi Mawere
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956792152
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Cultures, Memory and Space written by Munyaradzi Mawere and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Cultures, Memory and Space is an impeccable volume that powerfully grapples with a gamut of cultural heritage issues, challenges and problems from a vista of inter- and multi-disciplinary approach. The book, which is designed as a foundational text to the study of culture in ever-changing environments, makes an important argument that the dynamism of culture in highly globalised societies such as that of Zimbabwe can be studied from any perspective, but most importantly through careful examination of cultural elements such as memory, oral history and space, among others. While the book makes special reference to Zimbabwe, it profoundly and audaciously dissect and cut across different geographical and cultural spaces through its penetrating interrogation and scrutiny of different issues commonplace in many African contexts and even beyond. The book, written by scholars from different backgrounds and orientations, should appeal to scholars, researchers and students from various disciplines which include but not limited to Cultural Heritage Studies, Policy Studies, Social-Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Development Studies and African Studies.

Author : Oliver Nyambi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000470288
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Change in Contemporary Zimbabwe written by Oliver Nyambi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how culture reflects change in Zimbabwe, focusing predominantly on Mnangagwa’s 2017 coup, but also uncovering deeper roots for how renewal and transition are conceived in the country. Since Emmerson Mnangagwa ousted Robert Mugabe in 2017, he has been keen to defi ne his "Second Republic" or "New Dispensation" with a rhetoric of change and a rejection of past political and economic cultures. This multi and inter- disciplinary volume looks to the (social) media, language/ discourse, theatre, images, political speeches and literary fiction and non- fiction to see how they have reflected on this time of unprecedented upheaval. The book argues that themes of self- renewal stretch right back to the formative years of the ZANU PF, and that despite the longevity of Mugabe’s tenure, the latest transition can be seen as part of a complex and protracted layering of postcolonial social, economic and political changes. Providing an innovative investigation of how political change in Zimbabwe is reflected on in cultural texts and products, this book will be of interest to researchers across African history, literature, politics, culture and post- colonial studies.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women & Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: