has been only partly answered. The Lemba, including Professor Mathiva, the tribe's spiritual leader (above), believe that their ancestors built Great Zimbabwe. To wit: Which Africans built it?

In 1871, Mauch, eager to seek for the fabled ruins of Ophir, penetrated deep into what is today southern Zimbabwe. In August, he reached the home of a lone German trader, who told him of "quite ...

DNA tests on the Lemba tribe of central Zimbabwe and northern South Africa show that they are of Jewish or Semitic origin, the BBC reported. (JTA) — DNA tests on the Lemba tribe of central ...