colonisation of zimbabwe

Drawing of Ndebele army dancing. Image credit plus.google.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The First Chimurenga: The Ndebele Uprisings

• The battle began in March 1896 when the British initiated the Jameson raid.
• The Ndebele killed many British soldiers by end of March
• The Ndebele also killed farm and mine Shona workers who […]
  

Nehanda(left) and Kaguvi(right) Heroes of the First Chimurenga

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Colonisation of Zimbabwe: Shona Uprisings

• It surprised the settlers because they thought the Shona had welcomed colonialism as it protected them from raids by the Ndebele
• The Shona were also seen as weak, disunited and having no organized society

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First Chimurenga prisoners

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The First Chimurenga: Why were the Ndebele and Shona Defeated?

• There were an estimate 188 injuries and 450 deaths among Europeans and 8000 deaths among Africans
• They were defeated because they had inferior weapons
• The whites had dynamites, maxim guns and powders whilst […]
  

The railway line reached Salisbury(Harare)

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Colonisation of Zimbabwe: Results of the Ndebele-Shona Uprisings

• The defeat of the Ndebele and Shona led to the total colonization of Zimbabwe and the Europeans firmly settled
• Many Shona chiefs were killed during the first Chimurenga
• The whites replaced these chief […]
  

Kaguvi and Nehanda Heroes of the First Chimurenga

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The First Chimurenga: The Role of Religion in the Ndebele – Shona uprisings (1896-7)

• It is believed that the BSAC exaggerated the role played by religious leaders
• They blamed them for using supernatural methods
• The religious leaders worked […]