Malindidzimu Explained

Malindidzimu ("Hill of the Ancestral Spirits" in Kalanga) is a granite inselberg and a national historical monument situated in the Matobo National Park[1] in south-west Zimbabwe, c. 40 kilometers south of Bulawayo.[2] It is considered a sacred place by nationalists and indigenous groups.[3] [4]

Cecil Rhodes is buried on the summit of Malindidizumu, together with Sir Charles Coghlan, Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Allan Wilson and several other white settlers.

The English name of the site is "World's View" which is not to be confused with World's View, Nyanga.

External links

-20.4938°N 28.5142°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World's View - Malindidzimu in Zimbabwe. My Guide Zimbabwe.
  2. Web site: Malindidzimu Hill. TheFreeDictionary.com.
  3. Maylam, P. 2002. Monuments memorials and the mystique of empire: the immortalisation of Cecil Rhodes in the twentieth century. African Sociological Review, 6 (1) http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/asr6_1full/maylam.pdf
  4. Block, R. 1998. Now in Bad Odor in Zimbabwe, Rhodes Isn't Safe in His Grave. Wall Street Journal, Dec. 9, 1998: 1, 6