 Homosexuality, same-sex relations and cross-dressing used to be accepted and commonplace in Zimbabwe prior to colonisation and post-independence anti-white government policies, which in turn has spread the erroneous belief that homosexuality is un-African or a Western product.Homosexual activity has been documented among the San people, the Khoikhoi people, the Ndebele people and the Shona people.The San people, who have lived in Southern Africa for thousands of years, were known to engage in homosexual activity.