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Great Zimbabwe's Royal Succession Crisis
Episode 246 explores the volatile political landscape of Great Zimbabwe during the late fifteenth century, focusing on the internal power struggles that followed the death of a prominent Mambo. Rather than external invasion or environmental collapse, this episode examines how the complex web of vavaki guilds and clan leadership turned succession into a civil conflict. We look at the role of the mhondoro spirits in legitimizing rule and how rival factions within the Hill Complex manipulated ancestral worship to claim authority. The narrative details the specific tensions between the ruling…
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