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Francis Xavier Mugadzi
Francis Xavier Mugadzi (20 February 1931 in Gokomere – 6 February 2004) was a Zimbabwean clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru ( la, Gueruen(sis)) is a suffragan diocese in the city of Gweru in the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. History * November 14, 1946: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Victoria * June .... He became ordained in 1964. He was appointed bishop in 1988. He died on 6 February 2004. References 1931 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe People from Masvingo Province Roman Catholic bishops of Gweru {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokomere
Gokomere is a place in Zimbabwe, from Masvingo, known for its rock art and pottery traditions dating from 300 to 650 AD. The ancient Bantu people who inhabited the area of Great Zimbabwe around the 4th century AD probably built the complex between 1000 and 1200 AD. The Gokomere traded via ancient trading routes over the Chimanimani Mountains on the current Zimbabwe-Mozambique border with the Swahili civilization on the Kenyan and Tanzanian coast. This group gave rise to the maShona and the waRozwi tribes. They may also comprise the majority of the African ancestry of the Lemba people, who claim descent from the ancient Jews via Sena in Yemen, with some genetic evidence to back this up. The modern descendants of the waRozwi are called the Barotse. They speak the Karanga language and second languages including English in Zimbabwe and Sena, Ndau dialect of Shona, and Portuguese in Mozambique. Gokomere also refers to a school located close to the town of Masvingo Masvingo i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwean
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, followed by the Rozvi and Mutapa empires. The British South Africa C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |