Gokwe region

The Gokwe Region consists of the land in the area around Gokwe centre that was formerly under the control of the [Shangwe]language people,[1][2] a Shona-speaking group, which lay in the northern part of the Midlands province of northwestern Zimbabwe, and is now broken up into Gokwe South District and Gokwe North District. A number of other groups live in the area, including the Tonga, and Ndebele.[3]

Nkayi North District lies to the south. A researcher noted in 1998, that the Nkayi-Gokwe border had hardened even before independence when Shona-speaking auxiliary forces had been recruited in Gokwe and used against Nkayi in explicitly tribal attacks.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ pp. 287-288, Nyambara, Pius S. (2002) "Madheruka and Shangwe: Ethnic Identities and the Culture of Modernity in Gokwe, Northwestern Zimbabwe, 1963-79" The Journal of African History, 43(2): pp. 287–306
  2. ^ p. 378, Worby, Eric (1994) "Maps, Names, and Ethnic Games: The Epistemology and Iconography of Colonial Power in Northwestern Zimbabwe" Journal of Southern African Studies 20(3): pp. 371–392
  3. ^ p. 170, Alexander, Jocelyn (1998) "Dissident Perspectives on Zimbabwe's Post-Independence War" Africa: Journal of the International African Institute 68(2): pp. 151–182
  4. ^ p. 179, Note 97, Alexander, Jocelyn (1998) "Dissident Perspectives on Zimbabwe's Post-Independence War" Africa: Journal of the International African Institute 68(2): pp. 151–182

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Zimbabwe Gokwe North District
Capital: Nembudziya
Settlements
  • Copper Queen
  • Nembudziya
  • Mashame
Protected areas
  • Chirisa Safari Area
Culture and sportNotable people
  • Flora Buka
  • Timothy Gonese
Constituencies
  • Gokwe-Chireya
  • Gokwe-Gumunyu
  • Gokwe-Gumunyu
  • Gokwe North senatorial constituency
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Zimbabwe Gokwe South District
Capital: Gokwe centre
Dams/reservoirs
  • Mutange Dam
Landforms
  • Mapfungautsi plateau
Settlements
  • Gokwe centre
  • Sengwa mine
Protected areas
  • Mafungabusi Forest Land
Education
  • Ganyungu School
Culture and sport
Notable people
  • Byron Hove
Constituencies
  • Gokwe constituency
  • Gokwe-Kana
  • Gokwe-Mapfungautsi
  • Gokwe-Sasame
  • Gokwe-Sengwa
  • Gokwe South senatorial constituency
Irrigation schemes
  • Mutange Irrigation Scheme
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  • Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway
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