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		<title>The function of roora in Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/the-function-of-roora-in-zimbabwe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I claim no special scholarship of the subject. The custom is highly complex and there are considerable variations in the practice of roora throughout Zimbabwe. At best all I can hope to do is to provide a brief introduction to the subject. What is the meaning of roora? Translation is always a difficult and imprecise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=227&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Death and Dying in Shona Culture</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/death-and-dying-in-shona-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 08:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rufu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a grown person dies in the Shona culture, it is believed that his spirit wanders about. It is a homeless spirit. Only until the surviving relatives of the deceased &#8220;welcome back&#8221; his or her spirit does it become a legitimate ancestral or family spirit. At the burial of a grown person, one who has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=190&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religion of the Shona</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 08:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mapira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mbira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mhondoro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mwari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE MEDIUM In this article I would like to attempt an appraisal of the Shona religion. This is a difficult task because in the literature the subject of the African&#8217;s religion is clouded by many diverse opinions. Indeed many people today still consider that the Shona have no religion at all. But anyone who studies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=177&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tsumo nemadimikira (ii)</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/tsumo-nemadimikira-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[madimikira]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mwana asingachemi anofira mumbereko (A child who does not cry dies in the cradle; One should give voice to one&#8217;s complaints) Totendamaruva tadya chakata (We believe in the blossomswhen we have eaten the fruit;Promises are not to be relied on until they are performed) Kurera imbwa nomukaka mangwana inofuma yokuruma (Bring up a dog on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=158&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tsumo nemadimikira (i)</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/tsumo-nemadimikira-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rina manyanga hariputirwi mumushunje (That which has horns is not concealed in a bundle of grass) Mwana washe muranda kumwe (The son of a chief is a subject elsewhere) Chinokanganwa idemo chitsiga hachikanganwe (What forgets is the axe The faggot does not forget) Chinonyenga chinokotama chinosimudza musoro chawana (He who is courting bows down He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=150&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 1896-97 War</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/the-1896-97-southern-rhodesian-war-reconsidered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate about the Shona war of resistance in 1896-7 against colonial rule continues to gather momentum. There are three dimensions, possibly four to it. First at the level of organisation, Terence Ranger argues that the co-ordination of the war was achieved through a &#8216;millenarian religious leadership&#8217; but David Beach claims that major Shona spirit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=43&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mitupo</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/mitupo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mutupo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Zimbabwe mitupo (totems) have been in use among the Shona people from the initial stages of their culture. The use of totems identifies the different clans that historically made up the ancient civilizations of the dynasties that ruled the Shona people from Great Zimbabwe. Most notably these symbols were associated with animal names. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=29&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief History</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/brief-history-of-zimbabwe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rhodesia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the decline of Great Zimbabwe, which had begun in the 13th century, the fragmented Shona tribes allied themselves and created the Rozwi state and encompassed over half of present day Zimbabwe. This state lasted until 1834 when it was invaded by Ndebele warriors and came under the rule of Lobengula. Lobengula soon found himself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=19&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mbira Dzevadzimu</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/mbira/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hosho]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mapira]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mbira is a Shona musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. It is often fitted into a deze that functions as a resonator. Mbira performances are usually accompanied by hosho. Among the Shona there are three that are very popular.Mbira dzevadzimu (mbira of the ancestors) is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=25&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mbende/Jerusarema</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/mbendejerusarema/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murewa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mbende/Jerusarema Dance is a popular dance style practiced by the Zezuru Shona people living in the Murewa and Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe districts in eastern Zimbabwe The dance is characterized by sensual and acrobatic movements by women in unison with men, driven by a single polyrhythmic drummer accompanied by men playing woodblock clappers and by women handclapping, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=24&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gumboreshumba</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/gumboreshumba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gumboreshumba , also known as Kaguvi, lived in Chikwaka&#8217;s Kraal in the Goromonzi Hill, near Harare. He was obviously a man of some substance in the area. He was married to a daughter of Chief Mashonganyika whose kraal was some three miles to the south of the Goromonzi Hill and he also had wives from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=16&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rozvi Empire</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/the-rozvi-empire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rozvi empire was established on the Zimbabwean Plateau in the 1600s. In 1693 the Portuguese were defeated by the Rozwi. Modern scholars think they were led by Changamire Dombo, whose power was based in Butua in the southwest. The Rozwi were formed from several Shona states that dominated the plateau of present-day Zimbabwe at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=22&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mutapa Empire</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/mutapa-empire-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Empire of Great Zimbabwe (also called Munhumutapa, Mwene Mutapa, Manhumutapa, Monomotapa, Mutapa, all meaning &#8220;Ravager of the Lands&#8221;) was a medieval kingdom (c.1450-1629) which used to stretch between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers of Southern Africa in the modern states of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Its capital city was Great Zimbabwe. The empire is thought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=20&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mbuya Nehanda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My Bones Shall Rise Again&#8221; Living in the Hills around Mazoe, Zimbabwe, were various sub-chiefs including Wata and Chidamba. In the Chidamba Village lived the famous Shona spirit medium Mbuya Nehanda (Charwe Nyakasikana, c. 1862-1898). She must have had great authority even before the 1896 &#8211; 1897 Rebellion and it is interesting to note that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=17&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nhetembo Dzemadzinza</title>
		<link>http://mashona.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/nhetembo-dzemadzinza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shona praise poetry is referred to in Shona as nhetembo dzemadzinza, which means clan praise poetry. In the Shona traditional context, it was the medium for expressing genuine and heartfelt sentiments of appreciation, homage and gratitude for any commendable action done by someone to his relatives or even non-relatives. Generosity and concern for others are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=15&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chaminuka</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chitungwiza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[He was a famous seer from Chitungwiza, in the Hartley district. He seems to have been a man of high character and unusual gifts. Lobengula used frequently to consult him, and for many years treated him with great consideration. He had remarkable power over animals: he kept tame pythons and other snakes; antelopes gambolled fearlessly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=14&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Shona People</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Chikuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shona are a cluster of peoples who have lived for about 2,000 years in a region of the southern Africa Plateau that includes most of Zimbabwe and parts of Mozambique. There have been many civilisations in Zimbabwe as is shown by the ancient stone structures at Khami, Great Zimbabwe and Dhlo-Dhlo. The archaeological ruins [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashona.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1231939&amp;post=11&amp;subd=mashona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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