The Matabele people, known as the Ndebele, were a Nguni-speaking tribe that established their own state after separating from the Zulu Kingdom around 1822, expanding their territory significantly.
A commemorative bronze head, from around 1850, is a representation of the ancestor of a chief and would have been placed in the king's ancestral shrine.
In Botswana, players are dealt nearly all cards from a 30-card Animal Deck. There are five total species of animals, numbered from 0 to 5. A player's turn is dead simple: play a card from their hand, and take an Animal Meeple. The card played determines the score for that animal species at the end of the game, and which Animal Meeple is chosen gives that player a chance to score that animal.
Africa is home to 39 countries that claim a coastline, giving travelers plenty of beaches to choose from. You'll find everything from palm-studded postcard perfection in Mozambique to rugged cliffs that sank many a ship attempting to cross South African seas during early colonization expeditions.
Shortages of medicine in Botswana forced me to declare a public health emergency last year. Patients went without treatment not because health workers failed them, but because the system did. For a nation committed to universal healthcare, free at the point of use, it was a moment of hard truth. Even outwardly strong public health systems can be fragile. As donor assistance bites across the continent, governments cannot afford to delay building resilience.
I started out getting vegetables from Goma and selling them in this market. I never expected to be the one rebuilding it decades later, says Bakarani. We have built a market with local people, especially our mothers and sisters, in mind. We have kept the concept of the old one but have enlarged it, and it is more functional. It was a nightmare imagine what it was like for our mothers or sisters selling there exposed to the sun from morning till evening Dieudonne Bakarani
Ten days before schools reopen for the summer term in eastern Zimbabwe, Hellen Tibu is worried about how she will pay the fees for her sister's education. The 22-year-old landmine-disposal expert smooths the creases from her younger sister's uniform as it hangs on the washing line outside a relative's rooms in Sakubva, a densely populated township in Mutare. The shirt is faded around the collar and a new one is needed.
