Roora: A Dramatisation

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Lobola / Roora is the customary token paid by the groom-to-be when he is about to marry his bride- to- be to his in-laws. Paying the bride price or roora is an acceptable way in the Zimbabwean culture for a

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Cattle, Crops and Iron

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Zeinab Badawi continues her journey through the history of Africa by exploring how ancient tribes began to domesticate wild animals.

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Ancestors, Spirits and God

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Zeinab Badawi learns about the relationship between Ancestors, Spirits and God from communities that practice traditional African religion across the continent.

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Mapungubwe (ca. 1705)

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The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning ‘hill of the jackal’) is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo and Shashe

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