Mbuya Nehanda

Britain's Natural History Museum (NHM) said it was not sure if the skulls of a former Zimbabwean spiritual leader, Mbuya Nehanda, and several chiefs who were killed during the First Chimurenga were in its galleries.
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By Ken Mufuka We, from the Zipra side of the Zimbabwe nationalist movement do not agree with President E.D. Mnangagwa on many issues but on the issue of honoring Mbuya Nehanda, reclaiming our history and re-writing it to suit ourselves,…
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The statue of the First Chimurenga heroine Mbuya Nehanda will have to be redone to capture the image that has been in existence in the national psyche, backed by contemporary photographs, since her hanging in March 1898, President Mnangagwa…
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ZANU PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa yesterday took praise-singing to a new level, describing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country’s own Mbuya Nehanda, an ancient ancestral spirit from the 19th century considered holy and…
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By Dave C. Chikosi Most Christians have no problem with the veneration of heroes of the War of Independence. Most would have no problem with erection of statues of regular revolutionaries like Chitepo, Nkomo, Masuku, Parirenyatwa,…
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Air Zimbabwe yesterday grounded Mbuya Nehanda, a Boeing 737-200ER, for mandatory maintenance expected to last over a month.
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Dancehall music star Emergy Chizanga popularly known as Freeman has joined forces with Nutty O in coming up with a new song pleading to fallen heroes for intervention in challenges facing the country.
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By Makho Precious Moyo The history of Zimbabwean women’s struggle for peace dates back to our spirit medium, Mbuya Nehanda. She fought alongside men to resist the occupation of Zimbabwe and in trying to stop the white settlers from…
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By Mako Muzenda | Daily Maverick | Mbuya Nehanda is a name that almost every Zimbabwean knows. A legendary woman who led resistance to British colonial rule in the First Chimurenga, Mbuya Nehanda was a spiritual leader who was executed…
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