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Great Zimbabwe’s Lost Cattle Danga: The Economy Behind the Stone Walls
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the economic backbone of Great Zimbabwe: the danga, the royal cattle herds that underpinned the kingdom’s wealth and power. They trace how Mambo Gara’s danga reform of 1288 restructured cattle ownership, centralising herds in royal kraals and transforming the kingdom’s fiscal system. The conversation moves through the practicalities of cattle management on the Zimbabwe Plateau, the role of cattle in marriage and tribute (lobola), and the environmental pressures that eventually strained the system. Lucas explains the link between the danga and the…
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