Zimbabwe is named after Great Zimbabwe, that means the XII – XV stone-built capital of the Rozwi Shona dynasty. The name derives from dzimba dza mabwe ("great stone houses") or dzimba waye ("esteemed houses").
The cultural and the religious traditions among the Shona, Ndebele or Tonga, Shangaan and Venda have analogies in regard to marriage practices and the faith in supernatural ancestors.
Zimbabwe is situated in central southern Africa. It is erally identified more with southern Africa than with central Africa, because of the impact of its colonial history on the nation's political, economic, and socio - cultural life.
The capital, Harare, is located in Mashonaland. These covers the eastern two-thirds of the country and is the area where most Shona-speaking people live. Bulawyo, the second city, is in Matabeleland in the west, where most Ndebele-speaking people live.
The national flag and the Zimbabwe bird (the African fish eagle) are the most important symbolic representations of the nation. While the flag symbolizes independence, the Zimbabwe bird represents continuity with the precolonial past.
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