Historical accounts claim that the daring served as the Shona kingdom’s equivalent of an appeals court.
According to Huffman, the Shona people think that their kings and royal families must reside at the summit of the Zimbabwe Hills.
The only component of the mountain historically referred to as Dzimbahwe, which can be interpreted to mean “house of the chief,” is the center hill.
The King of Shona lived in a very large, lofty house, which his subjects frequently walked to, according to historical materials written by the Portuguese author Edward Barbosa in 1918.
Thomas noted that besides giving protection, the King was expected to be provided fertile soil and abundant crops to his people. Oral history has it that the stone towers next to the monoliths are symbolic grain bins, representing the responsibility of the chief to his subjects.
He maintained that the reason the king resided apart from the people was due to the king’s supreme importance and sacred nature.
Few officials resided in the Kings courtyard, according to Shona custom.
These officials included a messenger who notified the king of guests and court procedures and a diviner who guarded the king against satanic assaults, according to historical documents.
One of the most powerful empires in the 14th century AD was the Shona monarchy, which ruled over a region of more than 100,000 square kilometers between the Zambezi and the Limpopo rivers.
More than 18,000 people lived in the Great Zimbabwe, the nation’s capital.
The physical division of the social classes between commoners and the ruling class was one feature of the Shona kingdom.