Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Indigenous religion in Zimbabwe is explained in terms of the Zimbabwe ethnic groups, beliefs, norms and values, rites and rituals, ceremonies and celebrations. Indigenous religion is more carried out by living it than with its theory.
The history of the Ndebele people begin with the Bantu Migrations southwards from the Great Lakes region of East Africa. Bantu speaking peoples moved across the Limpopo river into modern day South Africa and over time assimilated and conquered the indigenous San people in the North Eastern regions of South Africa.
Rhodes' legacy is fraught with controversy, emblematic of the era's imperialism and the grievous repercussions for indigenous populations. Land was appropriated, local governance structures undermined, and the native Shona and Ndebele peoples consigned to an existence of subjugation and exploitation (Ndlovu-Gatsheni, 2009).
The Northern Ndebele people (/ ˌ ɛ n d ə ˈ b ɛ l i,-ˈ b iː l i,-l eɪ /; EN-də-BE(E)L-ee, -ay; Northern Ndebele: amaNdebele) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. Significant populations of native speakers of the Northern Ndebele language (siNdebele) are found in Zimbabwe and as amaZulu in South Africa .
In the national population register the ones with Ndebele surnames will be counted among the Ndebeles. Beside the Tsonga speaking in South Africa, they are also a population of that speaks predominantly Zulu, however among the Zulu tribe it is well known that there is a great population of the Tonga people among them.
Ndebele People of Southern Africa or amaNdebele may refer to: Northern Ndebele people , an ethnic group native to South Africa and Zimbabwe Southern Ndebele people , an ethnic group native to South Africa found mostly in the Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces
Matabeleland, 1887. The Matabele (Ndebele) people in the south arrived in 1834 with capeverd coloured community that United to defeat the shona who were well equipped with cannons and guns acquired by their trade with the Portuguese -- Mzilikazi fleeing Shaka.
The Ndebele destroyed the weakened Rozvi Empire during the 1830s; the Portuguese gradually encroached on the kingdom of Mutapa, which extended to the Mozambique coast after it provided valued exports (particularly gold) for Swahili, Arab and East Asian traders.