The Empire of Monomotapa: From the 15th to the 19th century

In: Zambeziana, 7

Abstract

The first part is a description of the process of foundation of the Empire in the fifteenth century; the second part is a brief description of the important events which stand out as landmarks in the period from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century; the third part is where due emphasis is given to the structural aspects of the material culture, and to the political, economic and religious organization of the societies which made up the Empire, in order to bring out the process of change that was at work