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Zimbabwe

Page history last edited by Miggy De Leon 12 years ago

. Miggy D. 7-2Zimbabwe, flag of                 Zimbabwe                                                                                  National Flag  of  Zimbabwe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Map of Zimbabwe showing cities bodies of water and geographic features.

Zimbabwe                                 

                                                                   People of Zimbabwe 

 

Zimbawe's population

  

  • 12 million Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe 
  • 98% of Zimbabweans are black Africans
  •  1% of the Zimbabweans are European, mostly from British ancestry
  • 1% are Asian, most from East Indian origin and people of mixed ancestry
          

 

Culture

 

 

Language's spoken in Zimbabwe 

 

 

  • Zimbabwe's official language is English, English is spoken by the white population and understood by half of black population
  • Most black Zimbabweans are in Bantu language family in central and South Africa
  • Largest Bantu group is the Shona, they speak the Shona language, they makes up 80% of Zimbabwe's population
  • Shona groups live in northern and eastern parts of Zimbabwe
  • Second largest Bantu group is the Ndebele. the language of Ndebele is Sindebele
  • The Nedebele group live in southwest of Zimbabwe, in Matabeleland

 

Zimbabwe's Food 

 

  • They usually eat Sadza or sandwiches
  • Post lunch is normally at 4 o'clock tea, served with dinner
  • Zimbabweans don't drink tea after dinner

  

 

Zimbabwe's Clothing 

  

 

  • Clothing for Women:
  • The women would be decked up with large beautiful beads
  • They would be wearing large sized ornaments
  • They would be wearing headdresses along with the rest

 

  • Clothing for Men:
  • They wearbreastplates called Lporiyana
  • The breast plates worn around neck
  • Breast plates are made with animal skin
  • Skins of hyena's ad civet is commonly used

 

 

Entertainment

  

  

  • When Zimbabwean's have free time , they use it by making music
  • Their music defines their culture
  • The music is used for artistic, entertainment, communication, ceremonial, religious, and education purposes

 

 


Zimbabwean's Religion

  

  • Many Zimbabweans are Christians
  • Other practice traditional African religions
  • Combines traditional and christian beliefs
  • Asians are chiefly Hindus or Muslims

 

 

Famous People

 

  1. Shimmer Chindoya:
    - She was born on 1957
    - She was educated in the university of Zimbabwe
    - She started to study literature and education
    - She gained an MA in creative writing
    - She received MA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop
  2. Andrew "Andy" Flower:
    - He was born on 1968, Cape Town
    - He grew up to become a cricket player for Zimbabwe
    - Other professionals considered him as one of the best wicket-keeper batsman.
    - Andrew is the best next to the Australian, Adam Gilchrist
  3.  Robert Gabriel Mugabe:
    - He was born on 1924
    - He became a Zimbabwean politician
    - He became the head of government in Zimbabwe since the 80's
    - He first served as prime minister
    - He later served as the executive President
 
 
 
Major industries/ways they make money 
  
  
  • Most Zimbabweans work in Agriculture
  • 10% are employed in industry,the rest perform services
  • Since the 90's, their economy has had serious problems
  • Zimbabwe has been unable to produce many goods and services as the past
  •  Prices have increased and many are unemployed     

 

  •   Manufacturing:
    - They're most made products are processed foods, metals, machinery, textiles, chemicals, and plastic

 

  • Agriculture:
    - They'er most exported crops are cotton and tobacco
    - Corn is their most popular main food crop
    - Other crops are peanuts, wheat, sugarcane, and coffee
    -  The government began taking white-owned commercial farms
    - White-owned commercial farms occupied large parts of Zimbabwe's best farmland
    - Commercial farms produced most of country's agricultural exports
    - Changes in land ownership resulted in severe food shortages and agricultural exports
    - Government stated aim for landless black Zimbabweans, few have received good things
    - Most Zimbabweans continue  to be farmers, who raise cattle and grow food

 

  • - Services are public administration and trade
    - There are a number of tourist attractions
    - The income from tourism weakened in 2000's
    - Political agitation and visitors concerns over safety
  • - Zimbabwe trades a lot with South Africa, the United  Kingdom, Germany, and U.S.
    - Exports gold and agricultural products
    - Imports construction and agricultural machinery
    - Exports equipment, transportation, pharmaceuticals, and fertilizers 

 

 

Government in Power

  

  

  •      -Robert Gabriel Mugabe is president of Zimbabwe today
    -born on 1924
    -became leader of Zimbabwe as part of movement against minority white rule
    -joined National Democratic Party in 1960
    -reformed as  the Zimbabwe African Prople's Unions (ZAPU)
    -Split off to join Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) in 1963
    -Imprisoned in 1964
    -served 10 years before being released in 1974 with leader Joshua Nkomo

 

  • They're government had issues an was corrected in 1987 and 2005
    - Provides president
    - Elected by popular majority.
    - President serves for six years
    - Parliament is made up of a House of Assembly and a Senate 

 

 

 Zimbabwe's Poverty Rate

  

 

  •  78% of Zimbabweans are absolutely poor
  • 55% of population lives under poverty line
  • 6.6 million Zimbabweans cant make their basic needs
  • 3.5 million children are chronically hungry
  • Zimbabwe has a large poverty rate due to the unemployment rate that is at least at 70%

 

 

 

 

  

Aide organizations

  

  •  The group helping Zimbabweans is UNICEF
  •  UNICEF provides thousands with protection from cold with blankets
  • UNICEF helps them with sanitation facilities
  • Providing Zimbabweans with shelter
  • Provides chronically ill people with supplies for care

 

 

 

 

Interesting facts

  

  

  1. Currency is dollar
  2. National Anthem is 'Blessed the Land of Zimbabwe'
  3. Highest mountain is Mt. Inyangani at 2952m
  4.  Biggest trading partner of South Africa
  5.  Football, Rugby Union, and Cricket are the most popular sports


 
                

  
  
Why and Why not you should go to Zimbabwe
 
Why you should go
 
  1. One reason you should go to Zimbabwe is because they have lots of nature spots
  2. The second reason is because so you can relax inthe nature spots
  3. The third reason is because so you can party at night with music as you're entertainment

 

 

 

Why you shouldn't go 
 
 
  1. You shouldn't go because the poverty rate is rising and not going there will lessen the food scarcity  
  2. The Government is still having trouble even after having changes to it
  3. There might not be enough shelter for you to stay in
 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography 

  

  

         

 

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http://www.mapsofworld.com/zimbabwe/culture/food.html

 

http://www.mapsofworld.com/zimbabwe/culture/clothing.html

 

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070215084547AAERNek

 

http://www.zimbiz.com/et/

 

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_the_president_of_Zimbabwe_in_2011

 

http://www.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/Unicef-Says-66-Million-Zimbabweans-Living-Below-Food-Poverty-90257362.html

 

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/zimbabwe_27891.html

 

http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-zimbabwe-2857.html

 

 
 

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