Matemba

Matemba lies east of the Gairezi, among the ranges of the eastern African highlands. Rising on Mount Nyangani, the Gairezi flows north towards the Mazowe and the Zambezi system. To the northwest, the Mazowe and Ruenya marked the southeastern limits of the Mutapa realm. Its rulers held lands reaching from the southern plateau down into the Zambezi valley, with a dynasty whose history extends at least to the fifteenth century.