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EPISODE · Nov 26, 2025 · 4 MIN

The City They Said Africans Couldn’t Have Built

from The State of Africa · host Bolu Mayode

Great Zimbabwe was a city of global trade, mathematics, architecture, and power that was built by Africans. But the world denied it because the truth was too powerful.We are not rediscovering greatness. We are remembering it.TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@boluban_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boluban_YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bolubanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestateofafrica_

Great Zimbabwe was a city of global trade, mathematics, architecture, and power that was built by Africans. But the world denied it because the truth was too powerful.We are not rediscovering greatness. We are remembering it.TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@boluban_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boluban_YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bolubanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestateofafrica_

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