GREEK RURAL SETTLEMENT IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1890-1930 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris published in the Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, July 1980 - page 88 Here are a few excerpts from the article: . . . Early Greek settlers participated in the Ndebele and Matabele wars, as one can see in the Pioneer Columns Catalogue, where at least seven names appearing to be of Greek origin (Minikis, Spanos, Theodore Bolis, Petro Collis, Chris Zacharias, Gregory Georgiou, and Lenos B) are quoted. In the list of members of the Rhodesia Pioneers and early Settlers' Society, the names of G. Alexis (1881) and P. Zaphiris (1890) appear without further details." It seems that all those early Greek pioneers were involved in an adventurous life, participating in these wars for the sake of profit; and, of course, they were not the only ones to do so.'  As Cosmin " has stated, one Greek was killed in the Matabeleland war. A Greek author believes that the number of Greeks killed wa...