Malindidzimu

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Cecil Rhodes' tomb

Malindidzimu ("Hill of the Ancestral Spirits" in Kalanga) is a granite inselberg and a national historical monument situated in the Matobo National Park [1] in south-west Zimbabwe, c. 40 kilometers south of Bulawayo. [2] It is considered a sacred place by nationalists and indigenous groups as a shrine to the Shona supreme deity Mwari. [3] [4] [5]

Cecil Rhodes is buried on the summit of Malindidzimu, together with Sir Charles Coghlan, Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Allan Wilson and several other white settlers.[ citation needed ] Traditional Shona kingdoms were theocratic, and Rhodes' request to be buried there has been interpreted as a gesture of colonial triumph and conquest over indigenous Africans and their religious belief systems. [5]

The English name of the site is "World's View" which is not to be confused with World's View, Nyanga.

References

  1. ↑ "World's View - Malindidzimu in Zimbabwe". My Guide Zimbabwe.
  2. ↑ "Malindidzimu Hill". TheFreeDictionary.com.
  3. ↑ Maylam, P. 2002. Monuments memorials and the mystique of empire: the immortalisation of Cecil Rhodes in the twentieth century. African Sociological Review , 6 (1) Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Block, R. 1998. Now in Bad Odor in Zimbabwe, Rhodes Isn't Safe in His Grave. Wall Street Journal, Dec. 9, 1998: 1, 6
  5. 1 2 Murove, Munyaradzi Felix (2020), Murove, Munyaradzi Felix (ed.), "Ethical Politics in the Context of African Traditional Religion" , African Politics and Ethics: Exploring New Dimensions, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 31–51, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54185-9_3, ISBN   978-3-030-54185-9 , retrieved 20 December 2024

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