To browse Academia. The paper explores the political, social, and economic framework of the Mutapa State, detailing marriage customs, succession disputes, and religious beliefs. It also examines the parliamentary processes involved in legislative drafting in Zimbabwe, addressing the responsibilities of various parliamentary roles and the impact of international relations on domestic policy and development. Mutapa-Portuguese relations were also characterized by intrigue and conspiracies that ultimately led to conflict within the Mutapa and with outsiders.
Portuguese attempts to Christianise the locals in the s sparked conflict within the state as they opposed by traditional religious authorities who feared the loss of their own influence over the rulers and subjects in general. They also bred a rivalry with Swahili traders based at the court. The latter feared that this would result in the loss of their privileged trading position in the state.
The Swahili then conspired with the traditional religious authorities to have the Portuguese priest Father Goncalo da Silveira assassinated in The murder only aggravated tensions in the Mutapa state. It fuelled Portuguese demands for the expulsion of all the Swahili traders from the state and the surrender of Mutapa gold mines to the king of Portugal. The Portuguese had clearly found a pretext to conquer the state. Between and they organised three abortive expeditions to conquer the Mutapa State and to control the gold.
Essay from , discussing the situation of Portuguese Melaka in the s on the basis of archival documents of the period. The purpose of this short text is to refer the presence of a brotherhood or tariqa, little known in East Africa if we compare it to different frequently mentioned branches of the Quadiriyya or Shadilyya.
Yet when the question was asked in 2 : "Who were the persons and tariqa who had introduced Islam in the state of Mataka among the Yao or in other specific places? A similar answer was obtained near Sanga from the present representatives and successor to the Malinganile chiefdom.
