Jonathan Waters

Jonathan Waters is a historian and author of more than a dozen books focusing on central Africa, that include Harare: Urban Evolution (published in 2015), Kariba: Legacy of a Vision (2020), Tree Tales of Zimbabwe (2021), A Glass Half Full (2022), which is a history of Zimbabwe’s wine industry, Cheers: A History of Beer in Zimbabwe (2023), Victoria Falls: The Grandest View of God’s Earth (2023), Thomas Baines: The Victoria Falls. A Million Beauties (2024), Tree Tales of Zimbabwe Volume II (2024), Blantyre: Urban Evolution (2026) and a second volume on Kariba, still the world's biggest man made lake. He was born in Harare in 1969 and attended Blakiston and Prince Edward schools. He went to Rhodes University, where he read for a BA in Journalism and Economics. After various stints in journalism around the world, he returned to Zimbabwe in 2001. Other interests include genealogical research, historical maps, rock art, and the Portuguese in south-east Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. See www.newzanj.com