Zimbabwe

A very good morning to Mr Zeeree, our English lecturer and my dear friends.
Today I would like to talk about a country, Zimbabwe. I have three main points about
Zimbabwe, to share to you, location, economy and culture.

I first want to explain about the location. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country,

located in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. Zimbabwe
occupies 390,757 km of land south central Africa. It is bordered with south Africa to
the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to
the east. It lies wholly within the tropics and is part of the great plateau which
traverses Africa. The capital is Harare. The present territory was first demarcated by
Cecil Rhodes British south Africa company during the 1890s, becoming a self
governing colony as Sothern Rhodesia in 1923.

Next, zimbabwe economy. Zimbabwe economy is dependent on agricultural

products such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar cane. Mineral exports, gold, agriculture,
and tourism are the main foreign currency earners of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe also
richly endowed with mineral resources, over 40 different types of minerals are mined
in the country, including the major minerals gold, chrome, asbestos, coal, iron ore,
nickel, copper, diamonds and platinum. Tourism was an important industry for the
country. Zimbabwe boasts several major tourist attractions. Victoria Falls on the
Zambezi, which are shared with Zambia, are located in the north west of Zimbabwe.
However, despite all its tourist attractions, very limited development has occurred
since 1996 owing to inadequate support and few promotional activities for the sector
at Zimbabwe. Wildlife and ecotourism are the mainstays of the sector in Zimbabwe.

In addition, the culture of Zimbabwe. In addition, the culture of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe has many different cultures which may include beliefs and ceremonies,
one of them being Shona. Zimbabwe's largest ethnic group is Shona. The Shona

people have many sculptures and carvings which are made with the finest materials
available. Zimbabwe also have their own arts. Traditional arts in Zimbabwe include
pottery, basketry, textiles, jewellery and carving. Shona sculpture has become world
famous in recent years having first emerged in the 1940s. The subjects that most of
carved figures of stylised birds and human figures among others are made with
sedimentary rocks such as soapstone, as well as harder igneous rocks such as
serpentine and the rare stone verdite. These Zimbabwean artefacts are found in
countries like Singapore, China, and Canada.
That's all I would want to convey to you. thank you for listening to me. I'm sure
you'll visit someday Zimbabwe. Thank you.