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National historical monument in Zimbabwe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Malindidzimu ("Hill of the Ancestral Spirits" in Kalanga) is a granite inselberg and a national historical monument situated in the Matobo National Park[1] in south-west Zimbabwe, c. 40 kilometers south of Bulawayo.[2] It is considered a sacred place by nationalists and indigenous groups as a shrine to the Shona supreme deity Mwari.[3][4][5]

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Cecil Rhodes' tomb

Cecil Rhodes is buried on the summit of Malindidzimu, together with Sir Charles Coghlan, Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Allan Wilson and several other white settlers.[citation needed] 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.[5]

The English name of the site is "World's View" which is not to be confused with World's View, Nyanga.

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