ZimboGuide
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Archaeologist, Historian, Bibliophile. A happy sponsor of the literary arts & cultural tourism in 🇿🇼. Personal account so opinions are my own.
Hunting mixed heritage in Bulawayo and correcting some enduring errors through fieldwork.
All part of my forthcoming book on King Lobengula
All part of my forthcoming book on King Lobengula
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hunting mixed heritage in Bulawayo and correcting some enduring errors through fieldwork.
All part of my forthcoming book on King Lobengula
All part of my forthcoming book on King Lobengula
Happy to see the new life in the garden after the recent rains
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Happy to see the new life in the garden after the recent rains
Life meets art in a Bulawayo garden
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Life meets art in a Bulawayo garden
Went to visit eGodade battlefield of the Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893. Horrified & devastated to see how it has been thoroughly destroyed thanks to the activities of illegal miners & those quarrying for gravel. Over 2000 people died here & were buried on site so their last resting place is desecrated!
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Went to visit eGodade battlefield of the Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893. Horrified & devastated to see how it has been thoroughly destroyed thanks to the activities of illegal miners & those quarrying for gravel. Over 2000 people died here & were buried on site so their last resting place is desecrated!
Obsessed with this image from a catalogue showing various gifts given to the leaders of North Korea
Robert Mugabe could not have chosen a cheaper gift but he had every reason to be grateful to the DPRK in 1987: the Gukurahundi genocide was winding down & the one party state was within his grasp.
Robert Mugabe could not have chosen a cheaper gift but he had every reason to be grateful to the DPRK in 1987: the Gukurahundi genocide was winding down & the one party state was within his grasp.
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Obsessed with this image from a catalogue showing various gifts given to the leaders of North Korea
Robert Mugabe could not have chosen a cheaper gift but he had every reason to be grateful to the DPRK in 1987: the Gukurahundi genocide was winding down & the one party state was within his grasp.
Robert Mugabe could not have chosen a cheaper gift but he had every reason to be grateful to the DPRK in 1987: the Gukurahundi genocide was winding down & the one party state was within his grasp.
Owing to popular demand after my trio of sold-out talks in Bulawayo, we have added just one more this week on a topic close to my heart
Just why does the grave endure? And does it have a future? If, so, should it? Can it be rehabilitated as an inclusive monument for modern Zimbabwe?
All this & more!
Just why does the grave endure? And does it have a future? If, so, should it? Can it be rehabilitated as an inclusive monument for modern Zimbabwe?
All this & more!
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Owing to popular demand after my trio of sold-out talks in Bulawayo, we have added just one more this week on a topic close to my heart
Just why does the grave endure? And does it have a future? If, so, should it? Can it be rehabilitated as an inclusive monument for modern Zimbabwe?
All this & more!
Just why does the grave endure? And does it have a future? If, so, should it? Can it be rehabilitated as an inclusive monument for modern Zimbabwe?
All this & more!
Just finished writing up draft one of a short note about a missing painting, the most famous depiction of the final moments of Major Allan Wilson and his men as they faced the Ndebele Army on 4 December 1893. Stolen from the Bulawayo museum in 1983, I am keen to find it if possible.
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just finished writing up draft one of a short note about a missing painting, the most famous depiction of the final moments of Major Allan Wilson and his men as they faced the Ndebele Army on 4 December 1893. Stolen from the Bulawayo museum in 1983, I am keen to find it if possible.
Happy that this article has been accepted for publication. Now to finalise the edits and corrections!
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Happy that this article has been accepted for publication. Now to finalise the edits and corrections!
Today's talk is 99% done. A rarity for me as I like to tinker under 15 minutes before we start!
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Today's talk is 99% done. A rarity for me as I like to tinker under 15 minutes before we start!
The Consumer Price Index was released by ZimStats today shows a massive inflation rate in both US$ and ZiG. This is driven mainly by rising costs in food and (soft) beverages which is a consequence of high import duties & myriad taxes on everything.
And we are told Zimbabwe open for business!
And we are told Zimbabwe open for business!
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Consumer Price Index was released by ZimStats today shows a massive inflation rate in both US$ and ZiG. This is driven mainly by rising costs in food and (soft) beverages which is a consequence of high import duties & myriad taxes on everything.
And we are told Zimbabwe open for business!
And we are told Zimbabwe open for business!
12,500 words in on this article. Very excited to see it nearly done.
October 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
12,500 words in on this article. Very excited to see it nearly done.
Flamboyants make Bulawayo feel wholly alive this time of year
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Flamboyants make Bulawayo feel wholly alive this time of year
I love it when diplomats invent history to justify current positions.
The stolen bird was returned to Germany by the Russians along with other looted artefacts after reunification and then grudgingly returned to Zimbabwe in 2003 by the German government.
www.heraldonline.co.zw/point-blank-...
The stolen bird was returned to Germany by the Russians along with other looted artefacts after reunification and then grudgingly returned to Zimbabwe in 2003 by the German government.
www.heraldonline.co.zw/point-blank-...
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I love it when diplomats invent history to justify current positions.
The stolen bird was returned to Germany by the Russians along with other looted artefacts after reunification and then grudgingly returned to Zimbabwe in 2003 by the German government.
www.heraldonline.co.zw/point-blank-...
The stolen bird was returned to Germany by the Russians along with other looted artefacts after reunification and then grudgingly returned to Zimbabwe in 2003 by the German government.
www.heraldonline.co.zw/point-blank-...
Starting this week, a triumvirate of talks on disparate subjects somehow all close to my heart.
October 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Starting this week, a triumvirate of talks on disparate subjects somehow all close to my heart.
For what good it might do, this is part of the legal text we're now inserting in every book we publish going forward.
October 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For what good it might do, this is part of the legal text we're now inserting in every book we publish going forward.
On Friday I read a 2025 article about this monument in Zimbabwe which has irked me so much that I have written a 3500 word response to correct errors, misattribution, deliberate erasing of aspects of its history & more. Now to see if the journal in question will publish it!
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
On Friday I read a 2025 article about this monument in Zimbabwe which has irked me so much that I have written a 3500 word response to correct errors, misattribution, deliberate erasing of aspects of its history & more. Now to see if the journal in question will publish it!
3/Two related to postal activities for the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU), although strangely not featuring an actual post office. Interesting imagery comparing the PAPU tower to Great Zimbabwe, also strangely labelled on the stamp itself.
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
3/Two related to postal activities for the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU), although strangely not featuring an actual post office. Interesting imagery comparing the PAPU tower to Great Zimbabwe, also strangely labelled on the stamp itself.
2/Mugabe gets on a Zim stamp for (I think) only the second time in his life, the first being in 1990. It took four years after his death for this to appear, compared to VPs within a year!
Desperate to find the double printing error of "Mugabe's ghost" on the b&w E value.
Desperate to find the double printing error of "Mugabe's ghost" on the b&w E value.
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
2/Mugabe gets on a Zim stamp for (I think) only the second time in his life, the first being in 1990. It took four years after his death for this to appear, compared to VPs within a year!
Desperate to find the double printing error of "Mugabe's ghost" on the b&w E value.
Desperate to find the double printing error of "Mugabe's ghost" on the b&w E value.
1/Went to my local post office to stock up on missing first day covers for my collection. Shocked they are now $8 each!
A rather odd compendium of instruments, although I would disagree that a microphone is a musical instrument, rather a medium of recording and transmitting sound.
A rather odd compendium of instruments, although I would disagree that a microphone is a musical instrument, rather a medium of recording and transmitting sound.
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
1/Went to my local post office to stock up on missing first day covers for my collection. Shocked they are now $8 each!
A rather odd compendium of instruments, although I would disagree that a microphone is a musical instrument, rather a medium of recording and transmitting sound.
A rather odd compendium of instruments, although I would disagree that a microphone is a musical instrument, rather a medium of recording and transmitting sound.
The past is always visible and relevant no matter what is done to ignore or cover it up! Amused that this sign has been like this for over 5 years now
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The past is always visible and relevant no matter what is done to ignore or cover it up! Amused that this sign has been like this for over 5 years now
Love this time of year
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Love this time of year
The Matobo Hills truly are the pinnacle of creation. My photos never do justice to the magnificent beauty that is this landscape, its history and people.
September 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Matobo Hills truly are the pinnacle of creation. My photos never do justice to the magnificent beauty that is this landscape, its history and people.
Overly excited to be asked to write a story for an African Travel magazine on the main sites of the Zimbabwe Culture with my beloved wife. Tight word count which is a challenge but it has promoted clarity in what to include and how. Alway feel like I've left so, so much out though!
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Overly excited to be asked to write a story for an African Travel magazine on the main sites of the Zimbabwe Culture with my beloved wife. Tight word count which is a challenge but it has promoted clarity in what to include and how. Alway feel like I've left so, so much out though!