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The country got out of an authoritarian racist state, established by the British and handed over to the imperialist adventurer Cecil Rhodes in 1890. Thousands of Africans were driven off their land and herded onto communal “reservations”, or into forced labor in mines and factories.
Zimbabwe officially gained its independence April 18, 1980.

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Zimbabwe is facing many political problems. The president Robert Mugabe has no clear plan. Their economy is weak and continues to get weaker. Suppression of fundamental freedom continues. Past crises have created masses of refugees burdening neighbors.

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The HIV and AIDS epidemic is the largest virus in all of Zimbabwe. The life expectancy has dropped from 69 to 40. Without AIDS it would be 71 years. More than half the deaths of children under 5 are due to AIDS.

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Zimbabwe geography : Country in a Nutshell

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The economy of Zimbabwe shrunk significantly after the year 2000. Zimbabwe also had a 95% unemployment rate. Zimbabwe's participation from 1998-2002 in the War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hyper inflation also caused many issues from 2003-2009, when the country had to suspend its own currency. Zimbabwe faced a peak of 231 million percent of inflation in 2008. After Zimbabwe abandoning there currency and government unity in 2009 there was finally economic growth.

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BaKalanga was a medieval kingdom  that was located in modern day Zimbabwe, from 1220-1450. This kingdom came about after the fall of the Maphungubwe. The rulers of Maphungubwe brought about many artistic and stone carving traditions from Maphungubwe. The institution of the Mambo was also because of the medieval kingdoms. The kingdoms of Zimbabwe controlled the Ivory and gold trade, and also practiced economic domestication. As a result of the fall of the kingdom, two groups emerged on the north and south axis and soon came together to form the largest and most powerful kingdom, the Rozwi empire.

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Zimbabwe has been involved in several different wars including the Rhodesian Bush War (1965-1979) stalemate, Entumbane l (1980) government victory, Entumbane ll (1981)government victory, Mozambican Civil War (1982-1992) stalemate, Gukurahundi (1984-1987) government victory, Second Congo War (1998-2003) stalemate, and the Kivu Conflict (2004-2009) victory.
Zimbabwe also includes a small variety of diseases that include Malaria which is a mosquito-borne disease. This country also has water-borne and food-borne disease including hepatitis, tuberculosis, measles, rabies, and typhoid.

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Pollution, eforestation, soil erosion, land degradation, air and water pollution, the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world but has been significantly reduced by poaching.

poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution

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Groups of people who make up the population of Zimbabwe

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Groups of people who make up the population of Zimbabwe

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There are 2 major Bantu-speaking groups ~ the Shona (82% of the population) and the Ndebele (about 14%)

There are about 1 million Roman Catholics in the country (about 7% of the total population)

Most Zimbabweans Christians are Protestants.

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Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It lies between the Zambezi River on the North. And the Limpopo River on the South. Zimbabwe is only slightly larger than the state of Montana. Zimbabwe is landlocked by Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is located in the northeast part of this country.

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Physical Features, Climate, & Vegetation

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Physical Features, Climate, & Vegetation

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The eastern highlands which goes along the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique is an area of forest-grassland. Two types of forest are found here, dry and rain forest.

Most of the central and western plateau while the drier lowlands of the south and southeast are characterized by scrub and baobabs. There is a dry season, including a short cool season during the period May to September when the whole country has very little rain. The rainy season is typically a time of heavy rainfall from November to March.

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Zimbabwe election crisis, and issues of imperialism-2/3