Rock Speak

A field archive of translated rock paintings across regions and civilizations.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Rock Art
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Field documentation — Zimbabwe, 2019. Rock surfaces reflecting active narrative traditions.

Field Narrative

The great story is Zimbabwe is rich in heritage and kind and loving people. I think those who truly see Zimbabwe are those who begin to understand what it means. People create values, and often build markers to remember them—but the rocks here do not speak only of the dead. They speak of the living.

I speak to what I see within that story. The story speaks here. It begins here. The great story of relationships and thought begins here—between what people do and what they are searching for.

The Bushman, the San, are not gone. They remain as people who carry a way of seeing—one rooted in beauty, protection, and meaning. They look toward the hearts of those who notice what has been preserved.

If you extend your existence seeking shelter from a storm, do you earn your place in a system that protects all things? Every living being carries a form of truth—something that can move others and point toward something greater.

Rock Archive — Zimbabwe Sites & Interpretations

  • ELEPHANTS FIND
  • The Man Flew and Rode the Wind — Wedza
  • The Cub and the Scout — Rusape, Linders Farm

  • 9J C
  • The Hand of Giving — Rusape
  • Seasonal Exchange — Rusape, Farm Constantina
  • The Man Who Flew — Macheke
  • The Joy of Climbing — Macheke, Farm Eldorado
  • Beast or Colosseum — Matopo
  • Patterns and Gifts — Matopo
  • Matopo
  • Societal Finding — Harare

  • 9C
  • The Great Truth — Mazowe, Mt Hantika
  • The Forgiveness — Musumburo, Chikupo
  • Bushpig — Musumburu, Chikupo
  • The Woman Who Stares — Farm Echo
  • Wisdom Sheltering — Marandellas
  • The Man Who Seeks — Marandellas
  • The King and Queen and I — Mrewa
  • Celebratory Giraffe — UP — Mrewa
  • A Child’s Gift — Marwe Farm near Wedza, Mash East
  • Planting Season — Mrewa
  • The Man and the Sword / Stick — Matukashire
  • The Ghost and I — Odzi, Mount Malenjie
  • Family Acquaintance — Harare, Epworth Mission Farms
  • Animal Frailty and Control — Harare, Epworth Mission Farms
  • Championship of Man — Mtoko
  • System of Branching — Mtoko
  • Growth and Spine — Mtoko
  • Two Fish — Mtoko
  • Seasonal Offspring — Mtoko
  • Skin and Branching — Mtoko
  • Skin and Branching Left — Mtoko
  • Skin and Shield — Mtoko
  • Giraffes and Buffalo — Mtoko

  • 9J 7 11
  • Radish Theory — Bindura
  • Judgments and Findings — Bindura

  • 9C 11 9 J
  • Man and His Wife — Macheke
  • Junipers Landing — Charter District, Quenda
  • Long Staff of Judgement — Makumbe
  • Seasonal Withering — Makumbe
  • The Waterbuck — Mashonaland
  • Father and Daughter — Giraffe Looks In — Matobo
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