The Economic History of Ziwa Ruins in Eastern Zimbabwe 1500- 1800 AD

As Beach points out there are no indications of any major migrations or population replacement so we must attribute the complex to relatively recent ancestors even though little direct memory of the archaeological remains seems to be preserved. The core area of the complex north of Nyanga town falls within the territory of the Unyama people under Chief Saunyama. There appears to have been little basic change in the distribution of these political units for several centuries and the genealogies of their ruling dynasties extend at least well back into the 18th century in the case of the Saunyama and considerably further for others.