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Great Zimbabwe: The Lost African Kingdom of Stone — Fexingo History
Fexingo
Timeline, l'Histoire en Podcast
Richard Fremder
Michigan Minute
WKAR Public Media
History Shorts
History Shorts Network
Best of the US
Mechanical Music Radio
Darkwoodsparanormal
Darkwoods Paranormal
Det Hemmeligste Af Det Hemmelige
Det Hemmeligste
Toon'd In! with Jim Cummings
James Cummings
This Day in History
The HISTORY Channel
Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast
Nina & Thom
The Strange History Podcast
Strange History
Beatles Radio Shows
Doug Young
Composers Datebook
American Public Media
Morning Cup of Murder
Morning Cup of Murder
The British Food History Podcast
Neil Buttery
The Three Ravens Podcast
Three Ravens
Dentro il mistero
Fabio Sanvitale
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness
Today in Texas History
Bryan Broadcasting
Final Hour w/ Travis
Final Hour w/ Travis
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It
Jason Scott
The Breakfast Podcast
Patricia López Muñoz
One Heat Minute Productions
Blake Howard
French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)
Grey History (William Clark)
Wartime Stories
Fairground Sounds
Mechanical Music Radio
Calamares a la romana
Sergio Alejo Gómez
This Constitution
Savannah Eccles Johnston & Matthew Brogdon
Paroles d'histoire
Paroles d'histoire
Historia en Podcast
Lucas Botta
History Daily
History Daily
BJ In The Morning
Brendan and Juan
The Art Bell Archive
Arthur William Bell III
The Stupid History Minute
Keb Pound
Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox
Wyatt Cox
Interesting Things with JC
JC
Interesting Things with JC
JC
History
Fexingo
In 1355, after years of conflict between the Mambo and the mbira musicians, a remarkable council was convened at Great Zimbabwe. This episode explores the Mbira Unification Council—a meeting where the dhlandhlo (noble co...
In 1354, tensions between Mambo Chikanda's court and the exiled mbira musicians reached a breaking point at Great Zimbabwe's Great Enclosure. This episode explores the tense standoff where mbira players, led by Dzivaguru...
In 1352, after years of conflict between Mambo Chikanda's court and the Mbira resistance led by Dzivaguru, a peace accord was brokered at the Hill Complex of Great Zimbabwe. This episode explores the negotiations, the ro...
In 1350, Great Zimbabwe's Mambo Chikanda faced an unprecedented challenge: a drought-fueled crisis that threatened the spiritual authority of the Mwari cult. When the svikiro (spirit medium) at Njelele shrine refused to ...
By 1348, Great Zimbabwe's Mambo Chikanda faced an unprecedented threat: not from rival kingdoms, but from a musical rebellion that had festered for over a decade. The mbira, once a sacred instrument of spirit mediumship,...
In the 1330s, the vaShona kingdom of Great Zimbabwe faced an unexpected threat: not from neighbouring armies, but from the mbira, a thumb piano whose music carried coded messages of rebellion. Mambo Chikanda had exiled t...
In the 1330s, Mambo Chikanda of Great Zimbabwe crushed the mbira rebellion, but the exiled musicians found refuge in the Dande region. There, under the spiritual guidance of Dzivaguru, they transformed the mbira into a s...
In 1345, a devastating drought struck the Zimbabwe Plateau, threatening the survival of Great Zimbabwe's 18,000 inhabitants. This episode follows Mambo Chikanda's unprecedented response: opening the royal grain stores, s...
After the mbira purge of 1335, Mambo Chikanda faces a spiritual crisis as the exiled musicians gather at Dzivaguru's shrine in the Dande region. This episode follows the fragile truce that emerges when the Mambo realizes...
In 1335, Mambo Chikanda of Great Zimbabwe launched a brutal crackdown on mbira players, whom he saw as subversive. This episode explores the sacred and political role of the mbira in vaShona society, the rebellion it spa...
In 1334, Great Zimbabwe faced a crisis unlike any other: a rebellion led by mbira players, the spirit mediums of the royal court. Mambo Chikanda, who had consolidated power after the svikiro revolt of 1338, now confronte...
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the economic backbone of Great Zimbabwe: the danga, the royal cattle herds that underpinned the kingdom’s wealth and power. They trace how Mambo Gara’s danga reform of 1288 restruc...
In 1342, the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe—the largest ancient stone structure in sub-Saharan Africa—suffered a catastrophic roof collapse. This episode digs into the engineering and spiritual dimensions of that disa...
In 1337, Great Zimbabwe faced one of its most serious internal threats: the Nyanhewe Rebellion. Mambo Chikanda, already contending with a decade of drought and the decline of the gold trade, was challenged by an alliance...
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore a shadowy chapter from Great Zimbabwe's golden age: the rise of the Golden Beetle cult in 1330. When a drought threatened the kingdom, a mysterious svikiro named...
In 1340, Great Zimbabwe faced a crisis when Sofala's gold shipments suddenly halved, threatening the kingdom's entire economy. Mambo Chikanda, who had ruled for nearly two decades, was forced to confront the limits of hi...
In 1298, the bustling stone city of Great Zimbabwe fell eerily silent. Mambo Gara, the ruler who had reformed the cattle-tribute system and standardized gold dust, faced an unprecedented crisis: a mass exodus. Thousands ...
In the late 13th century, Great Zimbabwe's ruler Mambo Gara implemented a sweeping reform of the danga — the royal cattle herds that were the economic backbone of the kingdom. This episode explores how the muraya (herd m...
In 1327, Great Zimbabwe's ruler Mambo Chikanda faced a rebellion that erupted not from drought or foreign pressure, but from a single policy: a new tax on salt from the Tugwi River salt pans. This episode unpacks the cri...
In 1293, Great Zimbabwe's Mambo Gara faced a crisis: newly processed gold from the Tugwi River fields was arriving with inconsistent purity, threatening the kingdom's reputation in the Indian Ocean trade. This episode fo...
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