ANTH 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kingdom Of Mapungubwe, Limpopo River, Soutpansberg
16 Aug 2020
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Arguments between these layers" regarding the land/who had rights to the land. The venda people have got a mixed origin their identity is an amalgamation of shona elements and tsonga elements etc. Ca be seen in their language and material culture. Some aspects are specific to the venda themselves people do not exist in isolation; they interact with their environment and communities around them back and forth transfer of ideas and values. Cumulative result 1000 ad and then evolved over time to incorporate the incoming. Tswana groups to create the ceramic entity known as t . 1690 civil war took place and the people who lost power crossed the limpopo river and established places of power the singo people. The singo people tend to dominate the oral records and they claim to have introduced. Venda have sacred leadership and class distinction well into the 20th century and rule from stone wall palaces.
