The government is trying to fix what it calls a historical lie about Africa. A delegation led by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is in Goa, India, for this. They want to prove civilizations existed there before colonizers showed up. The group includes museum workers, archivists, university historians, and Catholic priests. They are digging into the history of the Mutapa Kingdom.
Chiwenga says the West intentionally downplayed Zimbabwe's global role. The team is researching princes from the Mutapa Empire who became Catholic priests centuries ago. He named figures like Father Diogo and Father Michael. These individuals, he claims, helped spread Christianity and ideas of civilization to places like India, China, and South America long ago.
The goal is to document all this for the public. Chiwenga argues this lost history shows Zimbabwe was a trailblazer. He says, recognizing that the past is key to the country's current economic path. The team is gathering records from Goa, Maputo, Beira, and Lisbon. They are working with local universities to translate old documents.
Chiwenga says the West intentionally downplayed Zimbabwe's global role. The team is researching princes from the Mutapa Empire who became Catholic priests centuries ago. He named figures like Father Diogo and Father Michael. These individuals, he claims, helped spread Christianity and ideas of civilization to places like India, China, and South America long ago.
The goal is to document all this for the public. Chiwenga argues this lost history shows Zimbabwe was a trailblazer. He says, recognizing that the past is key to the country's current economic path. The team is gathering records from Goa, Maputo, Beira, and Lisbon. They are working with local universities to translate old documents.
