this is great zimbabwe.wants to control history because it brings them legitimacy. the europeans said the africans did not build the ruins. it belonged to someone else — the phoenicians, the arabs, the queen of sheba. anybody else except the africans. the great zimbabwe was the greatest civilisation south of egypt. it carried about 10,000 people, so that was quite a large city. it was also the centre of religion and the economy of zimbabwe, it was gold. it could be traced far back as 1100. i was raised about ten miles away. i was obsessed with history. so, i visited it as a child. there was a bus to the great zimbabwe, but this was for tourists. blacks were not allowed there. but we just turn up, and if there are no white visitors, you can wander about. the structures are massive. the stones are chiselled to be exactly the same size and they are not connected by mortar or cement. we felt in some ways deprived of what belonged to us, that we belonged to a great people, but we are oppressed by the colonial reg

this is great zimbabwe.wer wants to control history because it brings them legitimacy. the europeans said, "the africans did not build the ruins. it belonged to somebody else, the phoenicians, arabs, the queen of sheba." anybody else except the africans. great zimbabwe was the greatest civilisation south of egypt. it carried about 10,000 people, so that was quite a large city. it was also the centre of religion and the economy of zimbabwe, it was gold. it could be traced far back as 1100. i was raised about ten miles away. i was obsessed with history. so i visited it as a child. there was a bus tour of great zimbabwe but this was for tourists — blacks were not allowed there. but we'd just turn up and if there's no white visitors, they said "you can wander that." the structures are massive. the stones are chiselled to be exactly the same size, and they are not connected by mortar or cement. we felt in some ways deprived of what belonged to us, that we belonged to a great people that were oppressed by the colo

now let's go back hundreds of years to great zimbabwe. ed it in the 19th century, they insisted foreigners must have built it. then, following zimbabwe's independence, the country was able to reclaim its full heritage. our next witness was given the task of rewriting the history book. this is one of the most remarkable sites in africa. these are the corridors of power of an ancient african civilisation. this is great zimbabwe. everybody in power wants to control history because it brings them legitimacy. the europeans said the africans did not build the ruins. it belonged to the phoenicians, arabs, the queen of sheba — anybody else except the africans. it was the greatest civilisation south of egypt. it carried about 10,000 people so that was quite a large city. it was also a centre of religion and the economy of zimbabwe was there. it could be traced as far back as 1100. i was raised about ten miles away, i was obsessed with history, so i visited it as a child~ _ there was a bus to the great zimbabwe but this was for tourists. blacks were