Malindidzimu ("Hill of the Ancestral Spirits" in

Kalanga Kalanga may refer to: * Kalanga people * Kalanga language Kalanga, or TjiKalanga (in Zimbabwe), is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people in Botswana and Zimbabwe which belongs to the Shonic(Shona-Nyai) group of Language. It has an ext ...

) is a granite

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and a national historical monument situated in the

Matobo National Park The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The hills were formed over 2 billion years ago with granite being forced ...

in south-west

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, c. 40 kilometers south of

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; ) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about ...

. It is considered a sacred place by nationalists and indigenous groups as a shrine to the

Shona Shona often refers to: * Shona people, a Southern African people ** Shona language, a Bantu language spoken by Shona people today ** Shona languages, a wider group of languages defined in the early 20th century ** Kingdom of Zimbabwe, a Shona stat ...

supreme deity

Mwari Mwari Is the word for God in Shona (Mwali) also known as Musikavanhu / Musikavhathu, Musiki, Tenzi and Ishe, is the supreme creator deity according to Shona and Venda traditional religion. It is believed that Mwari is the author of all things an ...

.Block, R. 1998. Now in Bad Odor in Zimbabwe, Rhodes Isn't Safe in His Grave. ''Wall Street Journal'', Dec. 9, 1998: 1, 6

Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes ( ; 5 July 185326 March 1902) was an English-South African mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded th ...

is buried on the summit of Malindidzimu, together with Sir Charles Coghlan,

Sir Leander Starr Jameson Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet, (9 February 1853 – 26 November 1917), also known as Starr Jameson, was a British colonial politician, who was best known for his involvement in the ill-fated Jameson Raid. Early life and family He wa ...

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and several other white settlers. Traditional Shona kingdoms were theocratic, and Rhodes' request to be buried there has been interpreted as a gesture of colonial triumph and conquest over indigenous Africans and their religious belief systems. The English name of the site is "World's View" which is not to be confused with

World's View, Nyanga World's View is a spectacular vista on the escarpment of the Nyanga Downs plateau in the Eastern Highlands mountain range, just north of Nyanga, in eastern Zimbabwe. It is situated at an altitude of with a drop to the plain below on the western s ...

References

External links

Big Cave Camp , Rhodes Grave / Worlds view, Malindidzimu Hill.
Inselbergs of Africa Cecil Rhodes Mountains of Zimbabwe Geography of Matabeleland South Province {{Zimbabwe-geo-stub