History of Bulawayo

 These days those people who went there during war are termed born frees and it is understandable.However today l came to educate those born free about the city of Bulawayo.Its origins and where it is coming from.It is not enough to know tht you stay in this city but one needs to be well aware of where the city is coming from.

it is well known that the City Bulawayo is the second largest city of Zimbabwe after the capital city, Harare. Bulawayo is a city rich in cultural history and a must visit for anyone coming to Zimbabwe

It is one of the oldest and historically most important of Zimbabwe's towns. Certainly one cannot say that they have experienced the full range of Zimbabwe's diversity if they have not been to this bustling city in the southern ­western part of the country of Zimbabwe. Bulawayo is one of the country's most attractive cities and a major transport hub for Southern Africa.

Bulawayo was the capital of the Ndebele state when Lobengula, son of the King Mzilikazi, ascended to the throne. Lobengula’s initial royal town, established in 1872, was located about 14 miles of the present day city, on a ridge dominated by the Thabas Inyoka - “hill of serpents”. This town has been rebuilt and is known as “old Bulawayo”. Lobhengula eventually moved his royal town, and the locality of the modern Bulawayo city was chosen by King Lobhengula and he also named his royal town Bulawayo, which is the Ndebele word for “the place of slaughter”, in recognition of an armed struggle that Lobhengula was involved in when he ascended to the throne, i.e. “He was being opposed and persecuted by his opponents- and he came out victorious”.

Thus Bulawayo is a city of Kings and Queens and so we should live the part.