Zimbabweans - Who Are They?

Zimbabweans is a pluralistic name referring to people of Zimbabwe. People of Zimbabwe comprises of 3 main languages spoken in Zimbabwe namely English, Shona and Ndebele. There are other dialects and variants of the last two languages spoken by people in the different regions and cities of Zimbabwe.

Naturally, Zimbabwean people are a welcoming and friendly people whose resilience has often left the world astonished in the face of both economic and political brutality by the government of the day influenced by Zanu Pf party. Zimbabweans posses this rare characteristic which can indeed be credited for the general peace that has prevailed in their country. In comparative terms many societies especially in Africa would not have gone through what the people of Zimbabwe endured without a bloody uprising possibly degenerating into all out civil war.

The people of Zimbabwe are also well known the world over for a very high standard of educational achievement especially before Zimbabwe's problems which began in early 2000. For this reason Zimbabwe's sharpest skills are in foreign labour markets such as the UK, South Africa and America. Today Zimbabweans are found in just about any country in the world in search of opportunities and general political freedoms.

Socially, Zimbabweans generally place very high regard on family and family connection what is commonly known in Africa as ubuntu. Even for those people from Zimbabwe who have now settled abroad, home continues to be a central concern and commitment amongst them. In fact much of foreign currency coming into Zimbabwe comes from Zimbabweans now scattered in the diaspora to support families back home. A research of completing students showed that of those considering leaving the country for greener pastures less than one-third would give up their homes in Zimbabwe, and barely a quarter would be prepared to renounce their Zimbabwean citizenship.

In general Zimbabwe's people are hard workers. This is yet another reason for their high demand across the world in different sectors. The British system of education that was applied in Zimbabwe successfully without interruption until about year 2000 from 1980 at independence appeared to have produced a people with remarkable values.This certainly has been a asset to Zimbabwe's young whose background has made room for them.

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