going into the past. i was the first black director of national museums. i was supposed to use my abilities as a writer to write a new manual for the great zimbabwe, getting away from the eurocentric interpretation so that that heritage could be reclaimed. it was one of my happiest times, but it was also full of challenges because the politicians insisted that i must say that the great zimbabwe was built by revolutionaries. and i refused. isaid, no, there s nothing revolutionary. they were just ordinary people building, as they were told by the king. they were angry with me and i had to leave zimbabwe in a hurry because now they were looking to lock me up. i think my life explains why history is very exciting, because look at the problems i ve gone through because of my writing of history. dr ken mufuka there, on the
saida el gueyed, who continues to campaign for the rights of women. now, let s go back hundreds of years to the ancient ruined city of great zimbabwe. when colonial explorers discovered it in the 19th century, they insisted foreigners must have built it. then, following zimbabwe s independence, the country was able to reclaim its full heritage. our next witness, dr ken mufuka, was a historian tasked with rewriting the history books. this is one of the most remarkable sights in africa. these are the corridors of power of an ancient african civilisation. this is great zimbabwe. everybody in power wants to control history because it brings them legitimacy. the europeans said the africans did not build the ruins. it belonged to someone else the phoenicians, the arabs, the queen of sheba. anybody else except the africans.
enduring power of history. and this seems like a good time to remind you that you can watch witness history every wednesday on bbc world news, or you can catch up on all our films, along with thousands of radio programmes in our online archive. just search for bbc witness history. after the break, we hear from zamzam abdi gelle, who describes the early days of living in what was for a long time the world s largest refugee camp. welcome back to witness history with me, ciru muriuki. now a story about home and nationality. our next witness began life in somalia, but what came in 1991, and the following year, zamzam abdi gelle found herself living in kenya in dadaab. for a long time, it became known as the world s largest refugee camp, and it s currently home to more than 200,000 people. there are now commercial hubs in the camp, but many residents have known no other home. you don t know what life holds for you. we have been in mogadishu, in a big city, with a good life. and then we end
the government says the supply chain is resilient and it wants to see employers invest in the domestic workforce. but some firms are getting increasingly worried about their ability to keep our shelves and plates full. katy austin, bbc news. now on bbc news witness history. hello and welcome to this special edition of witness history with me, ciru muriuki, here at the national museum in kenya s capital, nairobi. this month, we re featuring five incredible moments in recent african history. coming up, how tunisian women became some of the most liberated in the world in the 19505. we find out about the history of great zimbabwe, the ancient stone city, once the centre of an african empire. plus, one of the world s largest refugee camps, and the kenyan pop song that became a global hit.
because now they were looking to lock me up. i think my life explains why history is very exciting, because look at the problems i ve gone through because of my writing of history. dr ken mufuka there, on the enduring power of history. and this seems like a good time to remind you that you can watch witness history every wednesday on bbc world news, or you can catch up on all ourfilms, along with thousands of radio programmes in our online archive. just search for bbc witness history. after the break, we hear from zamzam abdi gelle, who describes the early days of living in what was for a long time the world s largest refugee camp. now a story about home and nationality. our next witness began life in somalia, but what came in 1991, and the following year,