Tete Getty is the pen name of Getty Musiiwa — also known as Moyo Netombo, “Vanyachide” — a direct bloodline descendant of Changamire Dombo I, born Domborakona Chingwangwô, Supreme Lord and founder of the Rozvi Empire, the most powerful state on the Zimbabwe Plateau. Rising in the 1680s, Changamire Dombo drove Portuguese colonial forces from the Zimbabwean interior — a feat that helped hold back full European colonisation of the region for generations.
A Southern African researcher, writer, analyst, and cultural observer, she holds a BA Honours in Development and Peace Studies and a MADip in International Politics and Security Studies from the Institute of Peace and Security Studies (IPSS). Her work sits at the intersection of history, geopolitics, culture, spirituality, and political economy across Southern Africa — from ancient cosmologies and indigenous knowledge systems to contemporary African dynamics. She has a particular interest in the history of science, archaeoastronomy, and space weather, bridging African worldviews with modern scientific inquiry.
She is the founder of the Tete Getty Research Institute (TGRI) and the Tete Getty Academic Press & Research Hub, editor of the Southern African Cultural and Heritage Journal and The Second Great Zimbabwe Economic Journal, a recognised Zimbabwe Heritage and Cultural Expert, and founder of the Africa Arts Society in the UK.
Her scholarly work develops value sovereignty, an original framework for African political economy in the multipolar era — set out in a DOI-registered 2026 working paper and tested across a five-case study of African mineral economies, forming the foundation of her forthcoming book series Studies in the Second Great Zimbabwe.
A prolific journal contributor and independent scholar, her research appears in both academic and popular publications. When not writing or researching, she curates history and science memes — because even serious scholarship deserves a laugh. 🇿🇼🫶
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