Southern Kingdoms - History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 13]
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Published 2020-04-10
We hear about one military ruler who repeatedly saw off Portuguese invaders, and we admire the incredible ruins of Great Zimbabwe, the largest stone settlement in Africa south of the Sahara.
Foreign visitors could not believe that this towering civilisation dating from the 1100s was built by Africans. The reality is that Great Zimbabwe is the most striking example of the kingdoms that flourished in southern Africa.
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All Comments (21)
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Very nice to see Zimbabwe being shown in a good light for a change
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So happy to see a history about my Zimbabwe being documented
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I hope their are more enthusiastic Historians and anthropologist like you Zeinab for our future.
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African history told by Africans, it can't be more beautiful than this. For us to move forward it's imperative we know our past, a past that is not obscured nor narrowed to a certain groups objectives. Please keep teaching us about our roots Zeinab Badawi, thank you.
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Dear Mrs. Zeinab.... you have made a respectable landmark to the History of Africa documenting a great civilization being the cradle of humanity. The history will always remember your documentary being as great as the African civilization.
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Sadly too many people are ignorant to the history of Africa pre European colonialism. We need to teach more people this rich beautiful history
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Can't wait to visit Zimbabwe
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So succession issues have plagued Zimbabwe for a long time. History does repeat itself.
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As an African American, 40:42 , I know this very feeling. Happy to binge watch these episodes. The cinematography is nice too.
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I have never visited Zimbabwe but thanks to zeinab I have interest in coming to Zimbabwe cause it's really an interesting country!
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Beautiful Zimbabwe! Beautiful Afrika!
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I am a Rozvi. Today my Grandfather's farm is 60 miles from Great Zimbabwe Ruins. My grandfather also told us that we originally came from across the Limpopo, Mapungugwe. Rozvi people also built Khami Ruins and Dlodlo near Gweru. Everywhere they stopped they built Stone Houses.
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Not too long ago many people assumed that The Great Zimbabwe was either built by Muslim Middle Easterners or Christian Europeans sometimes both but nowadays those theories have been debunked as the people now recognized for those accomplishments of recognitions were Bantus
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Magnificent Zimbabwe
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God bless mother Africa
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Some examples of such Bantu states include: in Central Africa, the Kingdom of Kongo, the Kuba Kingdom, the Lunda Empire, the Luba Empire, Tooro, Bunyoro, Buganda Kingdom of Uganda and Tanzania, Busoga, Rwanda, Burundi, Ankole and in Southern Africa, the Mutapa Empire, the Zulu Kingdom, Danamombe, Khami, and Naletale Kingdoms of Zimbabwe and Mozambique and the Rozvi Empires. All built by the Bantu during the Bantu migration.
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Zimbabwe is beautiful we need to explore it
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The documentary is a masterpiece of the tragedy ,trauma and agony of a monumental inhumane treatment ever meted on the sons and daughters, men and women in the history of mankind. This should be the greatest work of journalistic adventure in 2020 and must not go without an award of the BBC documentary of the year 2020. Job well done Zainab Badawe. The narratives as well as the Pictures are all perfect.
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So basically, Zimbabwe was the place to be back then. frankly Zimbabwe is basically all the Southern African Countries
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If indeed the great Zimbabwe was built by foreign civilization, don't you think, they will have it written somewhere or there will be some sort of writings or drawings on them. They were built by the locals. Most of the amazing buildings in Africa has been destroyed because they were built with mud. They didn't get lots of stones.
