Malindidzimu
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 Malindidizumu, 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
[edit]- ^ "World's View - Malindidzimu in Zimbabwe". My Guide Zimbabwe.
- ^ "Malindidzimu Hill". TheFreeDictionary.com.
- ^ Maylam, P. 2002. Monuments memorials and the mystique of empire: the immortalisation of Cecil Rhodes in the twentieth century. African Sociological Review, 6 (1) [1] Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Block, R. 1998. Now in Bad Odor in Zimbabwe, Rhodes Isn't Safe in His Grave. Wall Street Journal, Dec. 9, 1998: 1, 6
- ^ a b 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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