Postdoctoral Researcher for Zimbabwe
Ezekia is a trained Zimbabwean archaeologist and professional cultural heritage manager. He currently works at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University, leading the mapping and documentation of endangered archaeological sites and monuments in Zimbabwe within the scope of the MAEASaM project.
Ezekia has a doctorate in Global Archaeology. His main research areas include indigenous iron technology in Africa, human-environment interrelationships in Africa and cultural heritage management. His research is mainly conducted in Africa as a whole and Zimbabwe specifically.
Ezekia was born in Chipinge, southeastern Zimbabwe, in 1976, and grew up in the coal-mining town of Hwange, western Zimbabwe, where he picked up several southern African languages including Ndebele and Chewa. He studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Archaeology, History and Economic History at the University of Zimbabwe (1999-2001) before studying for a Special Honors Degree in Archaeology (2006-2007). In 2006, Ezekia joined the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe as a curator of archaeology at the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage Site. He undertook an MA in Archaeology at the University of Dar es Salaam (2009-2011), where he received further training in heritage management before going on to complete a PhD in Archaeology from Uppsala University in 2018.