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Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 14 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
King of Matabeleland or King of the Ndebele: does Matabeleland even need a king?
The last few months, the land erroneously named "Matebeleland" (Land of the Ndebele) by the British Colonialists has witnessed much activity and talk surrounding the installation of a King. Two things...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 11:35hrs | 55 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Open Letter to Matebeleland
Dear Proud Citizens of Matebeleland The Land of our Forefathers, the Land of AmaNdebele, AmaXhosa, BaTjowa, BaKalanga, BaNambya, BaSotho, BaTonga, BaTswana and VhaVenda, IS NOT FOR SALE. Our L...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 09:51hrs | 3 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
The Future of the 10 South Western Nations of Matebeleland: The Way Forward Part I
The following article is part of a series meant to provoke the People of Matebeleland to think deeply about their place in Zimbabwe and their future in or out of it. The article begins by laying the s...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:04hrs | 5 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Why Matebeleland in particular and Zimbabwe in general needs a regional party?
It's been 36 years now since Zimbabwe gained its independence from colonial rule. But before we could even begin to enjoy the independence, a new breed of colonialists - Zanu - struck, beginning their...Published: 14 May 2016 at 14:45hrs | 4 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Mugabe xenophobic, suffers from senile dementia - response by a Kalanga
Addressing journalists in Harare at the end of the SADC Extraordinary Summit on 29 April Mugabe made the following not only shocking but absolutely unfortunate, irresponsible, biggoted and unpresident...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 10:49hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Open Letter to Mugabe on Mat'land aka Bukalanga Farm Takeovers
Ndomudumilisa Tate Robathi Mugabe, nengube ndiziba zwangu kuti lukwalo gogu amutowogubala. Pamwe mwe waboSungwaha kene boKadzaha benyu unowogubala akapindisila mbiko kumuli.Your excellence...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 19:22hrs | 1 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Failure to arrest Mujuru proves that Gukurahundi was GENOCIDE
Dr Joshua Nkomo, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, General Lookout Masuku and others were accused of treason and plotting to assassinate Mugabe back in the 1980s. We all know what happened, they were harangued...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 19:16hrs | 1 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Questions to the 10 South Western Nations of Matebeleland
These questions are directed to the 10 Nations, indigenous Nations, inhabiting the land presently (and erroneously) called 'Matebeleland', land in which the Shona have never at any point in history se...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 22:00hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Of Shona and British Colonialism
Of Shona Colonialism, British Colonialism and the Need to Defeat BothThe 20th century history of Africa is a history characterized by massive European Colonialism. Europe, then made up of the ...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 11:50hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Of the Baba Jukwa Saga and the Pretext to Gukurahundi Part II
Fellow Zimbabweans, and most importantly fellow Bakalanga, BaNambya, BaSotho and Vhavenda, I trust that I find you well after a long absence. I have been busy with other pressing work elsewhere. L...Published: 06 Jul 2014 at 23:38hrs | 1 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Not Everyone in Zimbabwe is Shona!
Dear Shonas, Not Everyone in Zimbabwe is Shona!A few years ago, I worked for one of the major oil companies in Zimbabwe. Having been a Trade Unionist then, I frequented the company HQ in Harar...Published: 17 May 2014 at 16:23hrs | 3 | by Dombolakona-Tjing'wango Dlembewu Moyo
The Great Kalanga Nelson Mandela Lesson
Editor, allow me to begin this short article with what we Bakalanga say on the passing of any loved one: "Nayidzedzobo dzakaMandela. Ngabayezele nedonhodzo Tate Mandela."Indeed, a Great On...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 08:45hrs | 3 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
The Kingdom of Bukalanga: The Greatest ever established Africa South of the Sahara
Mr. Editor, when reading the history of the European Renaissance, one is told that a key factor in that renaissance and enlightenment was the study of the history of the former European empires: t...Published: 07 Dec 2013 at 11:07hrs | 5 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Whence Are the Kalanga (And the Question of Semitic Blood Addressed)
Editor, last week I penned an article titled "Who are the Kalanga?" which, apparently, excited a lot of interest j...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 09:55hrs | 40 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Who are the Kalanga?
Who are the Kalanga, or Bakalanga, BaNambya and Vhavenda?One day not many years ago whilst passing by the Plumtree District Hospital, I overheard two men arguing about the people bearing the surn...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 12:20hrs | 21 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Of Nathaniel Manheru, the Shona, the MDC, the Ndebele, Bakalanga, the Monomotapa Kingdom, and Today's Zimbabwe
"Madhuku, Priscilla: Hanging by the noose of own philosophy"In his article with the title above, one Nat...Published: 06 Oct 2013 at 18:10hrs | 7 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
The Origins of the baNambya People of the Present Day Hwange Area
It is of paramount importance for a person to know where he or she come from, the past and that is the reason why I was forced into this kind of research, to enlighten my fellow colleagues about ...Published: 20 Jun 2013 at 09:28hrs | 37 | by Kufakunesu Mawira
Mzilikazi the Sequel U-X Ongasolveki: The Shona are by no means enemies of the Ndebele nation!
This threatens to be a long piece. Besides the two primary texts, Andrew Giddens Bain's 'Moselekatse the Bull Elephant and Moffat's Matabeleland Journals' edited by AJR Wallis, the piece h...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Bukalanga is the largest population group in Southern Africa
Over the last few weeks I penned articles in which I demonstrated that the Shona do not comprise over 80% of Zimbabwe's population as is usually claimed in the dominant narrative in Zimbabwe. Publis...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 05:18hrs | 20 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Shonas don't constitute 85% of Zimbabwe
It was once stated famously by the Nazi Propaganda Chief Josef Goebbels that "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can only be maintai...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 18:53hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Raping of daughter-in-law (Nnholo we Mwizana) NOT Kalanga Culture
Last week, on June 30, there appeared an article in the press titled "...Published: 04 Jul 2012 at 13:28hrs | 6 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel.
Matabeleland - the marginalization 'myth'
Ladies and gentlemen of my precious and beloved nations - Bakalanga, BaNambya, Vhavenda, BaPfumbi, Babirwa, bakwaXhosa, nina beSilo bakaPunga noMageba, maNdebele, I am back again. Today I want to addr...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 11:58hrs | 9 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel
Matabeleland - Whose Land is it anyway
Ladies and gentlemen, Bakalanga, BaNambya, BaSotho, BaTonga, Vhavenda, nina bakwaXhosa nani maNdebele, I am back again. This week I want to address the issue of our land, the so-called Matabeleland, a...Published: 10 Jun 2012 at 17:36hrs | 6 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel
Inside the Great Nation of Bukalanga: A Definition of Bukalanga vis-à-vis the Ndebele, Shona and Ngwato
For most of the time in the past 200 years, the peoples of Bukalanga have been treated as a sub-ethnicity of the Ndebele, the Ngwato and the Shona. We also raised the point that the Great Nation of B...Published: 29 Apr 2012 at 22:58hrs | 96 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
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