Book
The Shona & Zimbabwe 900-1850: an outline of Shona history
Heinemann • London • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Beach, D. N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book discusses history of the Shona people from their migration from south of Zambezi River and settlement at the site of Zimbabwe—where they built a great complex of stone fortresses in the twelfth century—to modern times. It argues that the Shona have never been united under one rule at any point in their history. Instead, they were internally divided in to several groups and sub-groups. By the end of the eighteenth century, the book shows, the Shona were divided into ten major groups: Hera, Kalanga (western Shona), Karanga (southern Shona), Korekore, Ndau, Nyika (Manyika), Rozwi (Rozi), Tawara, Ungwe, and Zezuru.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- History
- Historical reconstruction
- Traditional history
- Community structure
- External migration
- Settlement patterns
- Inter-ethnic relations
- External relations
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Chief executive
- General character of religion
- Territorial hierarchy
- External trade
- Environmental quality
- Tillage
- Pastoral activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 900-1850
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zimbabwe and south-central Mozambique
- NotesAdditional notes
- D. N. Beach
- Includes bibliographical references (p.392-410) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81111575
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)--History
- Zimbabwe--History