page_title: Rhodesiana
section_title: Rhodesiana journal
hierarchical_section_title: Rhodesiana / Rhodesiana journal
caption_attribution_description: English: Caption reads: Major Burnham's favorite rifle was his Birmingham Small Arms .303 Lee Metford, the rifle he used to kill Mlimo, the Matabele high priest. The Lee Metford was one of he first successful bolt actions, offering high velocity and a 10-shot magazine. Burnham modified his Rhodesian bandolier to carry both .303 rifle cartridges and .44-40 cartridges for his Remington (Model 1875) revolver. The Matabele shild and stabbing spears are from the 1896 Matabele War.
context_page_description: Rhodesiana is any artifact, or collection of artifacts, which is related to the history, geography, folklore and cultural heritage of Rhodesia, the name used before 1980 to refer to modern Zimbabwe. Many objects, both physical and immaterial, can be defined as "Rhodesiana"; a painting of a Rhodesian landscape, for example, could be considered as such, as might a song by a Rhodesian artist, or a tale or personality from the country's history. The things involved need not be old, but need to possess relevant associations with Rhodesia; for Rhodesian people and their descendants, a piece of Rhodesiana will commonly arouse feelings of patriotism and nostalgia.
context_section_description: The Rhodesia Africana Society used the term as the title of its historical and cultural journal Rhodesiana, which was first published in 1956. It renamed itself The Rhodesiana Society in 1958, and published 40 issues of the Rhodesiana journal before ceasing its publication in 1979. After Rhodesia became Zimbabwe a year later, the society renamed itself the Historical Society of Zimbabwe, and began publishing Heritage (later Heritage of Zimbabwe), a similar journal to Rhodesiana, in 1981.
caption: Rhodesiana exhibited at Bulawayo Museum, 1912. Weapons and bandoliers used by Frederick Russell Burnham during the Second Matabele War mingle with assegais and a tribal shield.
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