House of Stone
The name "Zimbabwe" is based on a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, an ancient ruined city in the country's south-east whose remains are now a protected site. There are two theories on the origin of the word. Various sources hold that the word is derived from dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated from the Karanga dialect of Shona as "large houses of stone" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house";mabwe = plural of bwe, "stone"). The Karanga-speaking Shona people are found around Great Zimbabwe in the modern-day province of Masvingo. Archaeologist Peter Garlake claims that "Zimbabwe" is a contracted form of dzimba-hwe which means "venerated houses" in the Zezuru dialect of Shona, and is usually applied to chiefs' houses or graves. (Wikipedia)
This blog contains my thoughts, photos, rants, links to and feeds from things I love, and also bits and pieces of things I've designed. I blog about faith, feelings, the weather, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, places I visit, family, friends, food, teh interwebs, science, JDM, and sometimes about love.
This blog sometimes changes shape and colour. Sometimes I spell in American, other times in Brit, and I often compose my sentences in Zimbabwean (Zimbabwean English, Shona, or Ndebele, or some mix, or something else entirely). All of this makes House of Stone, which is a kind of extension of me.
