Shona empire that expelled the Portuguese from the Zimbabwe plateau, successor to Mutapa.
The Rozvi Empire was destroyed by Nguni (Ndwandwe/Ngoni) raiders in 1835; Nyamazana's forces sacked the capital Danamombe and killed the last Rozvi king Chirisamhuru, ending the state.
Shillington's survey covers Great Zimbabwe and the Shona states of the Zambezi plateau within the wider African past.
Archaeology of the Rozvi-era stone-building states (regional context).