
Great Zimbabwe
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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The Colonial State and the Appropriation of Great Zambabwe
The colonial myth that africans couldn't create or sustain a complex and accomplished society meant that rhodes and other colonizers literally could not, or at least would not, comprehend the idea that these walls were african in origin. To day, scholars like professor shiricure at oxford are looking to understand and tell the true story of great zambabwa.
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