How Africans Built The Great Zimbabwe Empire🇿🇼

[@WODEMAYA]

This is a history Masterclass for you all..LIKE & SHARE on Your Social Media platforms is a way supporting our work!✅

[@prisoner_of_hope8386]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Coxlife]

You did justice to our history African Zimbabwe culture built by shona people

[@prisoner_of_hope8386]

This is so very impressive Maya!! Even more impressive after learning all the challenges you faced in Zim! Keep striving! The work is not easy, but the end result blesses thousands and is a part of the foundation you are building. 1❤️

[@Justgloryn]

The drone footage that made u see flames 👐💔Look at you . Patients pays👌👌👌👌

[@tbdan3793]

🙏

[@billyhamathi2148]

When I lived in Botswana, my house was built by Zimbabweans. Now in South Africa, my house has been built by Zimbabweans. In Southern Africa, we know that no nation comes near to the building skills of the Zimbabweans, they have inhabited it.

[@richardatu3611]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 come to Ghana or Togo or ivory cost and see what is call real buildings

[@Africana399]

​@@richardatu3611 Can Ghana and Togo come close to South Africa

[@Africana399]

😂😂😂😂😂😅

[@tinashe6383]

@@richardatu3611 I live in ghana ....worked in Southern Africa construction before....Truly ghanians need to learn good building practices

[@ajomomandela9845]

People of Zimbabwe be proud of your history. You have been through alot but have stood the test of time. The colonizers did their utmost best to destroy your culture, your social structure and your community spirit but they failed. They might have succeded temporarily destroying your economy but you would rebound. Your leaders past and present are not perfect and would have made mistakes .Independence was gained with serious conditionalities back then and crippling economic sanctions even today. I sincerly beleif that Zimbabwe will rise with the women leading the charge. They must be given a chance. . Their is a song "Stay up Zimbabwe" by singer brother Valentino from Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabweans should listen to it. Blessings to my brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe from Trinidad.

[@GrumpyTinashe]

Thanks

[@DaudeBernardoNamuanga7]

Peace ✌️

[@geraldmuchenje8780]

Thank you so much. I will definitely listen to it. I love Caribbean music, reggae, calypso , soca, etc. I dream of coming to Trinidad and Tobago for carnival to experience the steel pan music in person. Just like our own indigenous instruments it really fascinates me. It's a symbol of our ingeniousness. We are definitely not what the European said we are.

[@lastofthe70schildren70]

Thank you and God bless☺️🙏🏾

[@newcurriculumgeographytoday.]

Very true...thank you

[@kwamedarko4944]

Zimbabweans have a beautiful country ❤️ much love from Ghana.🇬🇭

[@marydavis7978]

Solo traveler from America traveling to Zimbabwe in December!❤

[@veemuyambo]

There is no video on internet that has documented great zimbabwe like this one , this is amazing , Drone shots are sick.

[@Leira6267]

Because Africans built it and they cant get credit, no matter how hard they try. That's why they keep re writing African history, hiding the majority of history and renaming the names of African history.

[@ronaldfavour7686]

The unpaid but still patriotic African Ambassador Wode Maya... unlike most of our politicians who are paid yet produces shoddy performance and unpatriotic

[@WODEMAYA]

It’s a Divine Calling❤️

[@JCTVAfrica]

@@WODEMAYA True it's a calling

[@DaudeBernardoNamuanga7]

@@WODEMAYA many have been called but only a few can answer, you did my home proud. It’s going to be in the history archives forever ♾ recorded by our own

[@debbiemarquis3231]

I'm in the Caribbean..and I just shared the hell out of this video..

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Love love love from Africa

[@abeautifulheart]

Thank you Debbie!!

[@fremekwame]

Hellooo! The guy who did the voice over here 👋🏿. Thank you for having me on another one. "Light work" 😆

[@WODEMAYA]

You are a Legend broo

[@KayCeeHope]

Nice voice😀

[@ranslates]

Great work Kwame.

[@michaelmaps2004]

Great work. Keep it up

[@debbiemarquis3231]

Nice work brother..

[@amvic207]

this was built by our ancestors! proud of it

[@kikio-rq9kx]

Yes💪🏾

[@emekaugwuoke7086]

What a Great Country Zimbabwe is. I am in love already with Zim. Ladies and gentlemen, I am in love with Zimbabwe. I am loving everything about Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans. I am definitely coming to Zimbabwe.

[@bf1822]

Such a beautiful country, all the way from the USA 🇺🇸 ❤

[@mafaraleon5651]

Respact to you

[@yolichi239]

Thank you🥰

[@thyeocroft205]

Maya.. This documentary is definitely on another level with the details, voice over and camera quality top notch!!

[@WODEMAYA]

Glad you like it!!!

[@sjx3516]

@@WODEMAYA the reason that whites came to Great Zimbabwe in 1800 is they believed that Zimbabwe was the Ophir that is the source of the Biblical King Solomon's gold. The great Zimbabwe bird is the fish eagle. Great Zimbabwe was a trading post were we traded gold copper and ivory and we traded with swahili traders and portuguese. Great Zimbabwe was never colonised except for a 100 years 1893 to 1980 .this was predicted by a Zimbabwean prophet called Chaminuka

[@shammahmasara5054]

Wangu magetsi aya🔥

[@flexylexie]

I cried, this was so emotional and made me wonder why we as African are still fighting each other instead of uniting and building a round hut in unity around our beloved continent. Now is the time to grow and develop Africa 🙏🏾Maya, thank you for showing our great land of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@TheSENYO]

That’s great to see such a video from Wode Maya on the Great Zimbabwe monument

[@trevorcharuka9666]

No wonder Zimbabwe is much opposed, it is what really can kick back life in Africa. The country has a spiritual connection with whole continent itself. Zim leardship please do what is right to your people and stop all these fighting.

[@nanaka6120]

You are the first person to say this for sure our country has a spiritual connection but the leadership yooh

[@qbassie9764]

Many Africans know more about the pyramids of Egypt more than this place.This is very educational Maya ,African stories need to be told more than ever

[@marleanblair6007]

Yes please🤗As an African American I want to learn about African history from Africans

[@amenhalleluyah1111]

Anybody been to Europe America or even Asia and look around when you see Africa you can tell Africa empty. That's because there was so much genocide. I'm not even trying to stir nobody up or make nobody hate it's just the truth and there was so much genocide and that's why these these beautiful countries is empty. Africa is not overpopulated it's underpopulated. with their governments later on and they don't want black Nations to own anything. There was people that mixed with mortar but they're probably gone you know a lot of culture is lost in so many people died scientists doctors there's languages that are lost pretty much I believe the borders are fake there's a lot of research to be done to make Africa whole or heal again. Well anyway stay blessed I enjoy the channel.

[@amenhalleluyah1111]

May I add that I don't think Egypt is more important than no other African country when Egypt tries to say that their water was not Ethiopia's water I was on Ethiopian side. What it is is that a lot of racist say that the Egyptians were were not African and I always stick to the truth and say that they were then the ancient days and you know pretty much all of North Africa but do I think North Africa is better or more important than southern part absolutely not but you do have a great point and a lot of the beautiful countries are in South West Africa and East Africa too yes absolutely we need to see a lot of more stuff on West Africa. One thing I haven't seen in African KZbinr do and I really want them to do really bad is go on a research documentary experience project about the great bending wall I want them to go all out and look at the Great beaning Wall look at all the research I would love to see a documentary about the great bending wall and Benin City from somebody's perspective from West Africa.

[@Changamira]

The Egyptians were also Black indigenous Africans. The autosomal YDNA of Pharaoh Tutankhamun and Ramses iii links them strongly to Southern, central and then West Africans. This is why they never test Royal mummy DNA. Look at depiction of King Amenhotep iii, and Queen Tiye (Grandparents of KingTutankhamun). All Black people.The book : 'linguistic ties between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu ' is a must read for any African. Our ancestors who built the Pyramid of Khufu, went south and their descendants built Great Zimbabwe. Herodotus the Greek in 400 B.C wrote of 250K soldiers rebelling to serve the Kushite Kings and the Roman Pliny writes that they left Sudan to start Kingdoms further South. Onto of that, all Bantu mythology states that the ancestors came from North Africa. North Africa was a Savannah until 5000 years ago conical, so it makes sense that Black people are indigenous to North Africa too. The Great Zimbabwe conical tower is an obelisk, the Zimbabwe bird is Horus (Heru), the Egyptian bird of heaven and Kings; no different to the Hungwe of Shona/Karanga people. Even the word Pharaoh (Pa oro) means 'Great house' just like 'Imba horo/Zimbabwe'. It's so blatantly obvious when you know what you are looking at in African history and cultures.

[@Changamira]

@@amenhalleluyah1111 North Africa is were all our ancestors were when the Sahara was a Green Savannah 11.5k-4.5k years ago. There is evidence of West Africa, Central-Southern and Eastern African ancestors in the same place around mega lake Chad. The culture they created was called the dotted wavey line pottery culture. The earliest to make pottery. The produced the earliest mummies such as Uan Muhuggiag boy. Watch 'Mystery of the Black mummy of the Sahara'. As the Green Sahara dried, the moved south in all directions arriving in West Africa and the Nile Valley alongside the Nilotic people later known as Nubians. The ancient Egyptian language is strongly Bantu. Book: 'Linguistic Ties Between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu '

[@annemudadi]

I have never felt this proud. Having learnt the Zimbabwean history and the Great Zimbabwe, this video has just made me understood and discover a lot of my history as a Zimbabwean. Video was too short. Great production. Great voice cover. Watching over and over again. Maya the GOAT.

[@WODEMAYA]

Haha we had to cut so many things out

[@annemudadi]

@@WODEMAYA I understand. But I think thid deserved an full 1 hour video😂😂😂

[@teacherchamu4212]

I strongly agree the video was too short am requesting for another one.

[@annemudadi]

@@teacherchamu4212 it feels like it was a trailer😂😂😂

[@sjx3516]

@@WODEMAYA wode find below information researched by colonisers but makes a visit to Matopos interesting also is unbelievably similar to other religions like christianity Shona myth of how Mwari / God created Earth Mwari drops man from the sky A myth from the Shona people in Zimbabwe, collected by Harold Scheub, professor of African languages and literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scheub is author of "A Dictionary of African Mythology" (see bibliography.) Three Christian converts. Courtesy Africa Focus (c) 2000, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Mwari, the supreme being, is the god of fertility, the sower, the rain-giver. One of his praise names is Dzivaguru, great pool, because he supplies the people with rain. Mwari is both male and female. As a female, Mwari is merged in the pool with its darkness and mystery; this is the god of below. As a male, Mwari is owner of the skies, the god of light, the father of creation who manifests himself in lightning or the shooting star; this is the god of above. He is an ambivalent god, both immanent and transcendent. He is ever present in his own creation.  Mwari put his creation, Musikavanhu, into a deep sleep and then let him drop from the sky. While he fell, Musikavanhu awoke and, in the distance, saw a white stone which was also dropping from the sky at great speed. God ordered Musikavanhu to point a finger at this stone. Musikavanhu obeyed, and the stone stopped. Musikavanhu began to fly towards the stone, and the closer he got to it the bigger the stone became, and finally he could no longer see where it finished on either side. Musikavanhu fell softly onto the stone, and the first spot his feet touched softened and emitted water. Touching the stone, Musikavanhu heard God's voice coming from it.  This place became the stone of the pool, today called Matopos, a place that is venerated. Musikavanhu, bored, began to wander about. When night fell, he sat down near the stone from which God had spoken, and slept. In a dream, he saw the birds in the air, and many animals on the earth that were jumping from stone to stone. When Musikavanhu awoke, he was surprised to see that all he had just dreamt had become reality. God told Musikavanhu what he was allowed to eat, and what food was forbidden. He was free to eat vegetables, and fruit from the trees, but not to kill and eat animals. Nor were the animals allowed to eat each other.  One day, while Musikavanhu slept, a snake crept over his loins and left its marks. When he woke up, he was overcome by a strange feeling; he had trouble breathing and his penis moved like a snake. A voice told him to go to the pool, and the pain would pass. On his way there, he saw a beautiful young woman sitting on a stone near the pool. She looked like him, but she could neither speak nor move. Again, Musikavanhu heard the voice; it told him to touch her with his hand. He did, and the young woman came to life, and a snake moved across her loins, too. She was overcome by the same emotions as Musikavanhu. The voice spoke and told Musikavanhu to be kind to his wife, and to all the animals too. He was also to set aside one day a month for the honor of God. When Musikavanhu had completed the tasks set by God he had to return to heaven. Before he went, he told his children to observe God's laws, or God would punish them.  People lived in peace for a long, long time. One day Musikavanhu's children got drunk and became proud. They told the animals and the other people that God was dead and that one of them would be God. God's voice warned them, but because of their pride they could no longer hear it. God then became angry; he cursed the earth, and the sea's water became salty, the land dried up and thorns grew. During the rainy season, the rivers swept away many people, and crocodiles appeared in the waters. The sun became hot, and the animals began to eat one another and attack men. And men started killing each other.

[@sebolelophakisi230]

WOW!! Great Zimbabwe is wonderful. I was there in the year 2000 and this gave me goosebumps , it felt like I was there again. Love from SA

[@GrumpyTinashe]

Much love

[@TEEJAY-ej5xt]

And our schools are busy teaching us about Pythagoras theory, while we have this gem right in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. Until us Africans change our school curriculum we are going nowhere. Now I see why they were fighting with H.E Robert Mugabe of blessed memories. This are the types of education that should be thought in our institutions. Thank you brother Maya for another education. I will share this far and wide

[@ckazruddy6796]

Come on now, Pythagoras theory is Kemetic System

[@TEEJAY-ej5xt]

@@ckazruddy6796 I know that, but my point is we were thought that all those mathematical theories were invented by the Greeks not knowing that all those formulas were stolen from the motherland and the European gets all the credit. If you think Pythagoras theory you think a Greek philosopher not an African, hence the reason why we should begin to educate our children about some of this things instead of indoctrinating them

[@toribabe1000]

We learnt about it even about the Mutapa i guess it depends on which school u went to.... our form 1 nd 2 of African history we learnt of the Mutapa. (Great Zimbabwe). Rozvi, Ndebele nd Zulu empire

[@TEEJAY-ej5xt]

@@toribabe1000 remember am from the western part of Africa. They do not teach us about anything East, North or South. We came to know the struggle about apartheid through a movie called SARAFINA. I personally learned many other things through reading books and KZbin videos like this

[@prisoner_of_hope8386]

I got goosebumps. Then more goosebumps seeing all the nations represented in the comments.

[@suleiinjai9946]

Great evening for all black family around the world Wode Maya another great piece of work Mr Ghana baby 🇬🇭 . GREETINGS in behalf all Guinea Bissau 🇬🇼 people home and abroad

[@WODEMAYA]

Greetings from Ghana

[@BarbaraDraper]

What a Masterclass! I'm an African and not an Africant. Sending love from Liberia 🇱🇷. Thank you for bringing Africa to the world!

[@WODEMAYA]

Thanks for watching my masterclass

[@BarbaraDraper]

@@WODEMAYA Anytime 👍🏾

[@mike-waynedjangoii6971]

U r our sister

[@BarbaraDraper]

@@mike-waynedjangoii6971 sure Brother

[@tinofaramutovongi4406]

I love the guy who's explaining about the ruins, such a great story teller

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Apart from when he said Massvingo instead of Masvingo

[@eatwhatugrow]

He is on another level.

[@jumanji7629]

And yul be surprised he is one of the very least paid and unrecognised

[@victortakunda5443]

@@jumanji7629 Bad apples like you are found everywhere, adding too much salt to the meat already cooked by someone.

[@jumanji7629]

@@victortakunda5443 mai vakono

[@tonyheavenlyspirit-ledwors3824]

The guy doing the narration is an exceptionally gifted storyteller.

[@WODEMAYA]

He is amazing

[@sjx3516]

@@WODEMAYA great Zimbabwe was ruled by the munhumutapa empire . When you get to Harare look up the monomatapa hotel it is built as a curve almost replicating part of the great Zimbabwe enclosure. The khami and Dhlodhlo ruins were centres for subsequent empires such as the Butua state. Lets give them their true terms. It is the great Zimbabwe palace , the dhlodhlo palace and the khami palace

[@jumanji7629]

The guy narrating shud be paid well by our government bt they will be jealous of the youth as usual

[@annemwangi4607]

The narrator really loves what he does....kudos

[@victortakunda5443]

@@jumanji7629 Bad apple you are here 🤔🙄

[@wisdommukwandara5033]

Let's not forget the tour guide he is well informed well done my brother

[@snsn7251]

Great Zimbabwe is out of this world. Zimbabwe in general is just beautiful.

[@xuseenmohamed184]

this is the best country I have ever see my entire life

[@efoselasitv]

Beautiful. Africa has a lot to offer and I'm glad you're showing the world what we are made of. I'm supper proud of your works and growth.

[@avodahproductions2203]

The great walls of The Promised Land Africa.....One love from Jamaica ❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️

[@David-tq1ti]

One of my top African KZbinr who never disappoints ❤️much love from kenya🇰🇪

[@TheSENYO]

The Great Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 and it’s citizens and The African continent must be proud to have a son of the soil who is on the journey to tell The African story by showing the positive images of Africa to the world 🌍. You never get bored listening to this history and watching the video of This monument shows how great 👍🏿 and mighty of a people we are. Great history. Wode Maya’s lens is fixed on greatness.

[@f6876]

I have NEVER learnt about this at school. I only learnt European history 🙄African history is so rich and fascinating. We are a POWERFUL and INTELLIGENT people ✊🏾

[@odhiamboomino5432]

Zim is a magical place and so is this continent of ours… The mother continent is crying for it’s children not to forget and forsake her. She has given us life and it’s time we pay her homage by emancipating ourselves, realising who we really are. A proud, hard working, loving a people. We’re all children of the same mother ✊🏿✊🏿

[@benjaminchigamba2038]

I salute you WODE MAYA. Thank you for putting for putting my country on the World map. I wish all Africans can be as patriotic as you.👋👋👋👋

[@sirvictor6048]

The instructor is top notch. Africans should be proud of themselves. The westerners are only envious of our great heritage and would anything to let us feel inferior but hey, Africa is the pinnacle of civilisation and greatness. 🇬🇭❤❤❤🔥🔥

[@johnsmith-eh3yc]

Not really sure europeans are envious of a few drystone wonky walls built in the middle ages at a time that europeans were building majestic gothic cathedrals and a thousand years after roman architecture. Egyptian architecture is mesmerising because of ifs age. This is embarrassing because of ifs relative modernity and primitive design

[@HealthonDemandTG]

@@johnsmith-eh3yc I think what stands out about this is the fact that these walls were built without motar. The tallest ones being around 10 metres and still standing intact almost 10 centuries later. Thats what fascinates about it.

[@trivagravia4837]

Zimbabwe is a country embedded in mystery and mystic events...something unique about that country....l believe Zimbabwe is one of the supernatural portals of Africa. Just to give a glimpse, In Great Zimbabwe by 1200 BC they were already wearing clothe, that is woven fabric , not animal skins..

[@ncubesays]

Walking through these stone monuments in Zimbabwe (and there are many) evokes so much spirituality. You should look up Matobo Hills, another World Heritage Site full of mystic. We like to call them the spiritual heart of Zimbabwe as there's evidence that they have been occupied for over 500,000 years!

[@sebzhamatv]

Very true.. The rivers, the caves and even the mountains have an aura about them.

[@briandlamini3482]

Zimbabwe the house of stone. The country's name is derived from this sacred place. Dzimbadzemabwe = Zimbabwe

[@lemigod4475]

I was in Manicaland province last week and when I visited my family's rural village,they built their cattle kraal using the exact same format,the rocks will balance for decades,the Shona people have mastered the art of building rocks structures and balancing them perfectly without using any clay or mortar,you will see similar structures all over Zimbabwe.

[@justendr]

Did you know there are more structures like this around the world .. makes you wonder where our people really started or how much influence we may have on world’s history

[@augustinegyan4277]

wow.......SO THIS IS ZIMBABWE. ...so uderrated

[@berthekabwe871]

I have been waiting for this content on the great Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 🔥🔥🔥. Our continent is so blessed and I'm proud to be African.

[@carolinemakunike1566]

The tour guide is very knowledgeable. Good at his job.

[@Rose-ti5zb]

One of the best from you Wode Maya. You did this one not only for Zimbabwe but for Africa. Super Amazing🙏

[@just_ayounggal]

Great Zimbabwe is an astonishing monument, I was there last December from Kenya and I definitely appreciated that place.

[@bensonmoima6872]

Great African Civilization , thanks for representing & showcasing it Wode Maya. Regards from a Ugandan in Dresden, Germany.

[@ShuvaiAprilzw]

One thing about visiting African monuments like the Great Zimbabwe is that you can Physically Feel the presence. It’s difficult to explain but it’s a warmth that enters your entire being. Nothing can ever prepare you for that experience, you just stand there in silence... honoring. When the guide talked about bowing I remembered that feeling.

[@abk6877]

Africa to the world indeed! Well done Wodemaya for making the entire African family proud. The conical tower even resembles a pyramid as well as the high altitude of the kings palace provides a hint. Africans am sure built all the stone structures on the Continent including the pyramids in Sudan and Egypt with some few in Nigeria, that is the Igbo pyramids. The world can deny all they want but we know the prowess of our African ancestors. Its just a matter of time when we shall rule the world again.

[@WODEMAYA]

We will one day claim what belong to us

[@sharonp.1376]

If only we believe in ourselves

[@blessingmasawi3616]

Fam😅😅💀 stop being obsessed with Egypt. Now everything has to be a pyramid

[@gerrytushh]

Africa is surely rising, and like China before it, was looked at with disdain for so long. We are coming back strong ❤️✌🏽💕💪🏾❤️

[@hawameetsworld]

Absolutely love this video. I have definitely fallen in love with Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 the voiceover and the historian are amazing as well

[@bbalderston125]

Africa doesn't have to prove anything to anybody. It's all there. ❤️🌍❤️

[@fredsimon7816]

I believe Zimbabwe will rise again

[@dzidzaichidumba5435]

It has begun

[@lanapaul5393]

can we take some time to acknowledge how knowledgeable the guide is. much love from 🇱🇨🇱🇨

[@jackmhizha5955]

Proud Zimbabwean,thank you Wode Maya for showcasing the beautifulness of Zimbabwe.

[@j.v.isaacs4604]

Good afternoon from The Bahamas. Thanks for bringing the history of of this feat of engineering to us. I did know of the ruins, and, the theories posited by Europeans. I was lucky enough to read for a degree in History & Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, as Mature Student in the 1980's. I took courses in African History, and Anthropology. Egyptians were Black, as, were the Moors who invaded the Iberian Peninsula in the 7th. Century. Most of the people living in North Africa, today, are not the original people. The Greeks, and Romans, were not White. Look at their paintings on the walls of their buildings, executed at the time the people were alive: they had dark skins. In fact, in 20th. Century Literature, they were referred to as "Mediterranean Types". Keep up the good work, Mr. Wode Maya.

[@africanadage852]

@J. V. Isaacs. Glad to know you are interested in African history. I heard of some diary entries done by a Portuguese trader who visited Great Zimbabwe in its heyday. It's not highlighted because it would distort the history according to the colonisers' narrative of it being foreign built. Btw, I visited the Grand Bahama in 2019 and was surprised when at the market. I could swear I was back home an African market. We really are one people.

[@j.v.isaacs4604]

@@africanadage852 Very early good morning, African Adage, I live in New Providence. Strangely enough, under British Colonial rule, my Jamaican aunts, and uncle, learnt of Mighty African Empires from The Royal Reader, a text book all children who attended Primary Government Schools in the British Empire used. I suppose I began attending private schools at a younger age, so, I never used that textbook, therefore, missed that knowledge. At my high school, in the 1960's, in Jamaica, I did learn West Indian History, and Geography. This is lacking today. At the University of the West Indies, I was lucky that, the Scholars in the Dept. of History studied history from a Socio-Economic Perspective, and, from the perspective of the Colonised. From as far back as the 1930's, West Indian Scholars, studying in England, and France, used the original documents, written at the time the events took place, to write accurate versions of our history. The Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, of Jamaica, in the early 1900's, was responsible for spreading knowledge of the greatness of Africa, and Africans. I encountered his works whilst at university, as, I did of J. A. Rodgers, a Jamaican, who carried out reasearch on Black History, all over the world, for about fifty years, and, published numerous books of his findings, at his own expense. I am a voracious reader.

[@adlenaijomah3646]

The Greeks & Romans definitely were white invaders who came to learn from the Africans in Kemet; then later began destroying the place. Greeks & Romans are the ones who practiced pederasty and the rest.

[@Flaviogee]

@J. V. Isaacs please may i have your twitter handle I'd like to follow you. Thanks for your interest and in learning our African history. I'm Zimbabwean and reading your comments and brief history as you put it in the comments i got reminded of one Walter Rodney whom i read two of his books - How Europe Underdeveloped Africa and The Groundings With My Brothers

[@j.v.isaacs4604]

@@Flaviogee Good morning, Tatenda, thanks for your flattering words. I do not have a blog, and, as an extremely lazy person, have e-mail, and WhatsApp, only. Walter Rodney, and I, both attended the same institution, and

[@Tamgee007]

This is what telling our story is like in 2022 and beyond. Proudly African- Africa to the world but on our terms. Maya you are an African treasure for real.

[@ronaldchinomona7041]

That is why that country doesn't break despite all it has gone through and all that has has been thrown at it. It truly as hard as stone.

[@banarama4144]

👏👏👏👏👏👊👊👊👊

[@carolinegardner8214]

We are a resilient people and that country is very spiritual and the ancestors are back.

[@marigoldbeam5475]

Wode Maya, our African ambassador par excellence! Thank you for all you do for Africa, even in the face of ignorance by some of us. Zimbabwe appreciates you.🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

[@douglasswatts889]

This is an award winning documentary. Thank you Wode Maya for visiting our country Zimbabwe❤

[@razzymadeit]

Proud Zimbabwean. Thank you for showcasing this. The world needs to see it.

[@kavee_felix]

Thank you Wode Maya these was such a eye opener Zimbabwe is so beautiful i could have never imagined🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦😊

[@nhlaprv]

Absolutely mind blowing. The quality, the content and the craftsmanship so befitting for this glorious "'House of Stone" monument. Well done Maya and Team❤

[@githice]

My poor life, I am shocked I have never watched this any other time....but i am in love with the guide, the confidence, the fountain of knowledge that guy has, the fluency... he is doing his job so well, he is the best outta Zimbabwe, I must visit the Great Zimbabwe monument

[@kristodea8067]

This Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 I must go there some 😅😅😅😅😍🤩🥰😘 great scenery💪👍

[@ceejambsvlogs5245]

Wode Maya. I respect your editor bro! This is superb. Also thumbs up to Steve the man behind the camera. Watching from Canada

[@WODEMAYA]

Team work

[@thyeocroft205]

very true. we must visit Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa and experience things for our selves starting with the county we are closest to..

[@1nesoch]

It's not easy to visit African countries.

[@victortakunda5443]

@@1nesoch Its very easy to visit Zimbabwe, many tourists i.e. about 150 000 every year, from all over the world come to see the Great Zimbabwe Ruins every year.

[@thyeocroft205]

@@victortakunda5443 exactly! !

[@chichimamakokomashey1563]

You got us the correct person for this Great Zimbabwe doc. His knowledge is impeccable and well informed on this subject!Also he is phenomenal with his use of words and humor. Thank you wode maya. Greetings from Tibet à country with also underrated history

[@Patriot20143]

Famba Wode Famba!!

[@Abdulwahab-do7lx]

Zimbabwe is Beautiful country, I'm wching you from Italy.

[@moetimaumbi216]

Well done once again Wode Maya on this video. I was particularly impressed by the depth of knowledge and confidence of your tour guide, despite his youthfulness. He is articulate and very proud of his heritage. He will go far. Its a shame that most Zimbabweans don't have a personal experience of these heritage sites in their own backyard!

[@10472bxgirl]

This is an epic documentary. I cried. I got goosebumps. I am so proud to have the ability to still learn things I did not know even at this point in my life. I AM AN AFRICAN in the u.s. Thank you Wode Maya. Thank you to The Guide. the voice over, camera persons and videographers. WELL DONE!

[@gracejaravaza5897]

You can say it I cry as well.I am happy for the next Generation they are not going to be manipulated force us to learn falls History Wake up Africa

[@africanadage852]

Thank you African ambassador, Wode Maya, for showcasing the regal Great Zimbabwe. Mind blown 🤯. Enjoyed the fact that locals walk around near their heritage. God bless Zimbabwe 🇿🇼.

[@douglasjosephine1]

This place is amazing, felt very proud as an African during my visit to the place , knowing that even before colonialization we could build these kinds of structure using our own techniques, with no machine.

[@elteembezo]

Best documentary ever. Africa has rich history, Africa is blessed and Africans are not lesser humans and are capable of doing anything. It's time we as africans should thrive to change the narrative and feel proud of ourselves. Thank you for showcasing this great part of our history. The tour guide is a great historian and he knows every detail of the Great Zimbabwe ruins. Zimbabwe is great indeed! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@nadegemvele]

Africa is so beautiful The green view is everything for me

[@Naniso]

That guide is proud of his story, he can sell you any story and you will believe it🤣 loved this

[@nanambrah11]

So Africans were all United until when? What happened? Can we still come together as one people and make the continent a better place again? Hmmm thank you Maya I've learnt a lot from this masterpiece 🙏

[@baerkaabnaab2388]

African tribes had a single language of symbolism (apart from their respective languages) which united them and they did greater things in the ancient times but when this language was confused by the ancient enemies they scattered everywhere and no longer understood each other. The ancient enemies saw that Africans would not have been able to be conquered as they are today if they had not brought confusion early enough to the language of symbolism that united them.

[@victortakunda5443]

Read about the Berlin Conference from 1884-1885, which was about the Scramble and Partitioning of Africa, and you will be greatly enlightened.

[@indecentvideos3762]

This is my second time watching this on the same day of airing. A SHOUT OUT TO THE HISTORIAN. HE IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. I HOPE HE RECEIVES A PROMOTION SOON.

[@patriotafrican7195]

If Zimbabweans could be like Wode Maya Zimbabwe's image could have been better the world over. I like his words when he says "it was built by my ancestors" he is expressing how the African race should be regarded as one.

[@DeDollyshow]

Thanks a lot wode maya ,Zimbabwe has been an eye opener for me,its such a beautiful country with beautiful history.

[@eveperesu9459]

Another great video Maya. Proudly African born in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@africanmindsetseries]

Amazing stuff... Thanks for sharing Maya. "Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." African proverb Yep, we are reclaiming and telling our own history and reject the Eurocentric version of African history... Africa will rise and reclaim its place in history ❤️💛💚🖤👌🏾

[@EstherAivinhenyi]

Lesson learnt " I am SUPERIOR not inferior as a black wo(man) I am capable of managing my own affairs." Thanks Kobina aka Wode Maya I am AFRICAN not an AFRICAN'T. 😊👊🌍🇬🇭🇿🇼

[@MrMillipapa]

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that." Keep shining the light on Africa 🌍

[@ceekaymaz6958]

Imagine if it wasn't destroyed by the invaders just for them to take the silver and gold from our ancestors.How much more of that place would be standing ?.They even couldn't believe Africans could build such a place.Thanks for showcasing this.👏🏾

[@ashleymukarali4852]

you should realize that the US need Africa more than Africa needs the US. The world has learned well (from Russia) that those with the resources and raw materials have more power than those users who need them (industrialized countries whose industries are made from those resources and materials). Africa should start dictating their terms and sanctions those countries who bully them by NOT supplying to those countries. But first, some African countries still need to get rid of the claws of their colonial masters and declare their own independence.

[@nbkhafula8381]

They did, I nearly swore!

[@ajomomandela9845]

@@ashleymukarali4852 Well said .

[@brozamgeneral]

This has made me roll down tears, especially with the story teller who knows each piece of history of every part of the architect behind those walls. Incredibly proud of being an African, I am!!!!!

[@miraclechanneltv6894]

Nice job brother, keep it up sir, one love from Nigeria 🇳🇬

[@chrisanani6585]

Wode Maya, a true son of the African soil. Your level of artistry in your presentation has gone to a very different dimension Wode....and the tour guide presented the GREAT ZIMBABWE with such finesse.. Ohh my God. CONGRATULATIONS Mr Ghana Baby.

[@omarmckenzie8757]

Like others have said, the information, the details given, the beautiful landscape, is on another level. Would love to see more of Zimbabwe brother. Mann!❤️

[@emmaluftie7688]

This tour guide needs a million bucks !!!

[@hustlerzbible8367]

I want to say a big thank you for taking us on this exploration journey of Africa. For years I kept wondering why Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 was the western worlds cup of tea. Now through the lenses of Wade Maya, I am now informed and educated why. Africans are more than able and capable. I tried to educate my white colleague at work about Africa but unknown to me, he was on the UK 🇬🇧 government’s official website researching about Africa (Ghana). Long story short, nothing good was published there. This is an unfiltered and undiluted history of my dear mother Africa. Kudos Wade Maya.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@london5739]

This should be show and teach the children in Africa about this Great Wall of Zimbabwe….very important to know about this history 👍🏿

[@hendricksmwachande547]

you are right ✅

[@JC-ty3zq]

Another MASTERPIECE by the ONE and ONLY WODE MAYA.THIS is a GREAT DOCUMENTARY VIDEO.MAYA ALWAYS MAKING and SHOWING THE BEST of AFRICA.

[@simiduduke9235]

Maya, i initially skipped this one. But man, am i glad I watched it today. This tour guide/historian is one of the best you've had on your channel. He even touched on some items that can be traced back to biblical verses.

[@tbdan3793]

"Educate or Perish" / "Eduquer ou Périr" dixit Joseph Ki-Zerbo. Learning our true history is vital to regaining our greatness 🙏

[@thandiwejambawa7827]

Oh my word!!!! This is one of my favorite African stories. This is a masterpiece. The tour guide is articulate. Long live Zimbabwe.

[@dorothyhassaram]

This rich content worth all the travelling struggles, the huge amount of money spent on hotels, food, T&T, efforts and energy invested before capturing such an African heritage for us to watch and enjoy it in our comfort zone. Thank you sir Woda Maya. We are proud of you and your team .💙 👏 ❤ 💜

[@thyeocroft205]

Traces of magnificent civilization like this must part of the great wonders of world that prove the superior creativity of our fore fathers

[@maverickmillionaire9792]

Well done Maya! You walked where great kings and queens of Zimbabwe dwelt!

[@africannative]

African, you are so wise and capable... Don't let anyone convince you otherwise!

[@RichardIles]

Outstanding history lesson on Zimbabwe. Love it! Thank you Maya once again ❤️

[@bidalialex3474]

First time hearing and watching this content to be honest I will play my part to reach ZIMBABWE

[@michaelmaps2004]

A million likes for this great presentation. Thank you for the inspiring history lesson

[@ContieGabi]

Mr Africa! Genius production. Done with the care that respects the sacred nature of the place. You are a gift to Africa and the world, brother Wode. The spirit of Africa is upon you, to tell the greatness that inhabits our land and our peoples. Three words describe the quality and care you invest into your work. Depth. Dedication. Stubbornness. You refuse to be discouraged. You refuse to be tired. You refuse to be silenced. A true son of Africa. An African. Keep going and growing, son of Africa! Tell our story. You are the Voice of Africa. Go, tell our story. May all blessings, safety and security be upon you, and may you find favour before our African political leaders as they discover you are genuinely on our and their side.

[@nabiabi3991]

I think the country should be re named Great Zimbabwe. Thanks Wode Maya for this best Great Zimbabwe documentary. Many thanks to the tour guide for that rich history

[@ckazruddy6796]

Zi(Great) mba(house)bwe(stone).that's already the case in the Shona language. It would come out as Great Great house in the end

[@EndoCanna]

This Zimbabwe series has been a true revelation of a resilient people and country.

[@GrumpyTinashe]

Thank you. We will get there as Zims

[@misstinafz]

@@GrumpyTinashe Why are you grumpy nhai Tinashe😁

[@GrumpyTinashe]

@@misstinafz Lol ma sanctions ati kuwadza Sisi🤣😆😁Zviri sei

[@misstinafz]

@@GrumpyTinashe Ha bho hangu! don't worry sha zvinopera you will soon be HappyTinashe 😁🙌🏾

[@GrumpyTinashe]

@@misstinafz I hope so. I'm tired being in diaspora 😭😡Are you in Zim