Zimbabwe: Great Zimbabwe - Debunking the Myth of Tyrants and Forced Labour

Zimbabwe: Great Zimbabwe - Debunking the Myth of Tyrants and Forced Labour

Analysis - For more than a century, Great Zimbabwe has stood at the centre of a powerful story about the Zimbabwe culture. This remarkable African civilization flourished in southern Africa during the Middle Ages, constructing more than 200 dry-stone palaces, locally known as madzimbahwe (houses of stone).

Great Zimbabwe: debunking the myth of tyrants and forced labour

Grand structures don't mean that coercion was used to build them, say archaeologists. Janice Bell, CC BY-SAFor more than a century, Great Zimbabwe has stood at the centre of a powerful story about the Zimbabwe culture. This remarkable African civilization flourished in southern Africa during the Middle Ages, constructing more than 200 dry-stone palaces, locally known as madzimbahwe (houses of stone). These towering monuments, immense gold wealth…

Great Zimbabwe: debunking the myth of tyrants and forced labour

Robert T. Nyamushosho For more than a century, Great Zimbabwe has stood at the centre of a powerful story about the Zimbabwe culture. This remarkable African civilization flourished in southern Africa during the Middle Ages, constructing more than 200 dry-stone palaces, locally known as madzimbahwe (houses of stone). These towering monuments, immense gold wealth, and an array of exotica including glass beads and glazed ceramics from distant land…