January 2023

Major stages of Zimbabwean Colonization

By |2022-09-15T12:36:25+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A photograph of the Rudd Concession

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Stages of Zimbabwean Colonization

  • Moffat treaty 1888
  • Rudd Concession 1888
  • Royal Charter 1889
  • Formation of the BSAC 1890
  • Jameson’s Party to Lobengula 1890
  • The Pioneer Column 1890
  • The war of dispossession 1893-1894
  • The first Chimurenga 1896-1897

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Forts established by the Pioneer Column and their modern names

By |2022-09-15T12:36:19+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A colonial image of Fort Victoria now Masvingo

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Colonisation of Zimbabwe:Forts established by the Pioneer Column and their modern names

  • As the Pioneer Column marched into and through Zimbabwe they established forts
  • Most of these have turned into modern centers
  • The table below shows these forts […]
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The Pioneer Corps

By |2022-09-15T12:36:24+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hunter and Guide Courtney Selous

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Pioneer Corps

  • After obtaining the royal charter, Rhodes organized a party to occupy Zimbabwe
  • It was led by Frank Johnson and its guide was Fredrick Courtney Selous who was once a hunter in Zimbabwe
  • He sent out adverts worldwide for people […]
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The Course of the Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893-1894

By |2022-09-15T12:36:25+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Early settler soldiers who fought in the First Anglo-Ndebele War

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Course of the Anglo-Ndebele War

  • The war began with serious preparations from both sides
  • Lobengula recalled his army that he had sent to Barotseland
  • He positioned them strategically in areas covering Fort Salisbury, Victoria and Bechuanaland

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The causes of the Anglo-Ndebele War/ First Matebele/War of Dispossession

By |2022-09-15T12:36:26+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Lobengula Khumalo

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The causes of the Anglo-Ndebele War/ First Matebele/War of Dispossession

Causes

  • The need to control the Shona people led to the Anglo-Ndebele war as the settlers needed them as labourers in their mines and industries whilst the Ndebele considered Mashonaland as a raiding ground
  • Raiding […]
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Results of the Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893-94

By |2022-09-15T12:36:25+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Colonial propaganda drawing of the war

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Results of the Anglo-Ndebele War

  • The Ndebele were defeated and Lobengula fled from his capital after setting it on fire
  • Many Ndebele people were killed
  • The defeat of the Ndebele marked the colonization of the whole Zimbabwe
  • The Africans became divided […]
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