Zimbabweans

Harare's fellow citizens

Zimbabweans are people from Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in southern Africa.

The term covers citizens, residents, and members of the Zimbabwean diaspora scattered globally, many having left during periods of economic crisis and political turmoil: Zimbabweans abroad send remittances home to support their families.

culture

Shona

Southern African Bantu language

  • UbuntuInterconnected humanity, or its namesake OS
  • totemsSpiritual clan symbols
  • marimbaTuned bar percussion instrument

stone sculpture

nationality

citizenship

Status as state member

MDC · Commonwealth · diaspora · hyperinflation · dollarization · sanctions · elections · liberation · veterans · repatriation

geography

Harare

Zimbabwe's seat of government

landlocked

resilience

perseverance

Sustained resolve despite obstacles

resourcefulness · determination · survival · diaspora · remittances · entrepreneurship · community support · optimism · self-reliance

Categories
Opposites
national/regional contrast

ZimbabweansEuropeans

People from that continent

Americans · Asians · Westerners · colonizers · British

neighboring nation distinction

ZimbabweansZambians

People from landlocked African nation

South Africans · Mozambicans · Malawians · Namibians

Family

Zimbabwean

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G