Gokomere is a place in Zimbabwe, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Masvingo, known for its rock art and pottery traditions dating from 300 to 650 AD.[1]
The ancient Bantu people who inhabited the area of Great Zimbabwe around the 4th century AD probably built the complex between 1000 and 1200 AD.[2] The Gokomere traded via ancient trading routes over the Chimanimani Mountains on the current Zimbabwe-Mozambique border with the Swahili civilization on the Kenyan and Tanzanian coast. This group is believed to have given rise to the Shona and Rozwi peoples. They may also comprise the majority of the African ancestry of the Lemba people, who paternally descend from ancient Semites whom came to Africa via Sena in Yemen.[1]
The modern descendants of the Rozwi are called the Barotse. They speak the Karanga language and second languages including English in Zimbabwe and Sena, Ndau dialect of Shona, and Portuguese in Mozambique.
Gokomere also refers to a school located close to the town of Masvingo.
^ abKonczacki, J. M.; Konczacki, Z. A. (11 January 2013). An Economic History of Tropical Africa: Volume One : The Pre-Colonial Period. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-27077-2.
^Huffman, Thomas N. (29 June 2021). "Bambata Pottery and Western Bantu: re-interpreting the Early Iron Age in southern Africa". Southern African Humanities. 34: 1–17–1–17. ISSN 2305-2791.
Gokomere is a place in Zimbabwe, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Masvingo, known for its rock art and pottery traditions dating from 300 to 650 AD. The ancient...
Gokomere High School is a boarding school sixteen km from Masvingo, Zimbabwe. It was founded in July 1898 as a centre for vocational training and Sunday...
The majority of scholars believe that it was built by members of the Gokomere culture, who were the ancestors of the modern Shona in Zimbabwe. The Great...
beads have been found at Gokomere and Ziwa sites, possibly in return for gold exported to the coast. A later phase of the Gokomere culture was the Zhizo...
attending Haig Park Primary School in Harare. He did his O Levels at Gokomere High School, a Catholic boarding school in Masvingo Province, before completing...
as colleges around the city. Pamushana High School, Zimuto High school, Gokomere High School are some of the highly esteemed mission boarding schools in...
eastward into Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in the 1st century AD, forming the Gokomere culture in the 5th century AD, the predecessor to Leopard's Kopje, which...
School Rufaro High School Kurai Primary School Mutanda Primary School Gokomere High School Victoria High School Kyle College Dampa Secondary School Cross-Dete...
Francis Xavier Mugadzi (20 February 1931 in Gokomere – 6 February 2004) was a Zimbabwean clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru....
of charity, patience, and non-judgmental tolerance that he gained from Gokomere Mission School where he attended school for a few days before falling sick...
same year 2016, the Chess club won awards at Gokomere chess festival which was held on 18 June at Gokomere High School in Masvingo where they won all of...
School Gutu, then to Silveira. He completed his secondary education at Gokomere High School. After leaving school with 8 Ordinary levels, in April 1972...
Ellis Robins School Falcon College Fletcher High School Girls' College Gokomere High School Goldridge College Goromonzi High School Hillcrest College Inyathi...
centre St Pauls Kuimba Chikasha business centre Zvichemo Business Centre Gokomere Business Centre Chirasavana township Sadza growth point Munyora Business...
champions. They qualified to the NASH COCA COLA nationals after beating Gokomere in the Provincials. This marked the beginning of Dewure's reign as champions...
Twin Peaks Recordings. The twins took music lessons from form 1-4 at Gokomere High School and later recorded at Old International radio. They started...
early age human race. The cavemen lived in Mazambara, Chivavarira and even Gokomere mountains just to mention but a few. Gwengwerere Growth Point is located...
The Daramombe mountain range stretches from the Hokonya area down to Gokomere. Alongside this range runs the Mwerahari River. The church, dedicated to...
gradually took over the land. Around the 4th century the Bantu-speaking Shona (Gokomere, Sotho-Tswana and related tribes) arrived from the north and both the San...
Global Information