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Great Zimbabwe — what a stone city tells us about Shona statecraft

For a century after Carl Mauch publicized Great Zimbabwe in 1871, European antiquarians insisted the walls were built by Phoenicians, by Sabaeans, by anyone except the Shona who …

1 min read · Southern Africa · 48 views