Matanda Achiwawa

Matanda Achiwawa is a stone-walled settlement in the country above the Zambezi valley. It belongs to the Zimbabwe building tradition, whose monuments mark centres of authority across the plateau. Some historians associate Matanda with the earliest capital of the Mutapa state, linked in tradition to Nyatsimba Mutota. Together with the nearby sites of Chiwawa and Mutota, its walls recall the emergence of a kingdom whose influence stretched across the northern plateau and towards the Zambezi.

The later city of Harare lies here.