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Any information on the country of Zimbabwe ..........pliz
l need to know their culture naming of children .....cities etc ........pliz

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LanguageZimbabwe has 17 official languages,Chewa,Chibarwe,English,Kalanga,"Koisan" (presumablyTsoa),Nambya,Ndau,Ndebele,Shangani,Shona, "sign language" (Zimbabwean sign languages),Sotho,Tonga,Tswana,Venda, andXhosa. Much of the population speaksBantu languages, such asShona(chishona) (76%) andNdebele(18%). Shona has a richoral tradition, which was incorporated into the first Shona novel,FesobySolomon Mutswairo, published in 1957. English is spoken primarily in the cities, but less so in rural areas.Education in Zimbabweis taught in English, Shona and Ndebele. Many rural primary schools teach in the native language until grade three; then, school is taught in English. #1.Thefirst people of the countrywere the Bantu-speaking Iron Age farmers that settled in the region around AD 300.#2.Zimbabwe’s President – Robert Gabriel Mugabe – is one of the current oldestand also the longest serving leaders of a non-royal country in the world. He has served as the leader of this country for the past 36 years and is still in service tothe nation. He served as the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987, and then assumed office as the President of Zimbabwe on 22 December 1987. He was born on 21 February 1924.#3. Zimbabwe abandoned its currency and is currently using others’.This happened after the massive inflation that hit the country in 2008. The country abandoned its currency and has been using the U.S.Dollar, the South African Rand, and the Botswana Pula since April 12, 2009.#4.It isillegal in Zimbabwe for the police to impound your vehicle on the road.The only occasion when they can do so is when they ask you to produce your driver’s license.#5.Zimbabwehave won a total of eight medals at the Olympic Games in two sports – hockey (1) and swimming (7). At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, Coventry won three Olympic medals: a gold, a silver, and a bronze, while inthe 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she won four medals: a gold and three silver. A gold medal was won by the women’s national field hockey team in 1980.#6.Zimbabwe isa landlockedplateau country. #7.The name of the country was derived from the fortified trading hub,Great Zimbabwe, which was built in medieval times and was used by the people of the ‘Shona’ tribe. The people of this tribe constitute about70% of the country’s current population.#8.Zimbabwe was oncea very rich country.#9.Can you imagine carrying a wheelbarrow load of money to the store only to buy something that onlycosts one dollar in other countries?Well, in 2008, Zimbabwe experienceda whopping 231 million percentinflation.#10.The country has one of the world’s highest inflation and unemployment rates.