adminNehanda and the tradition of resistance
Isdore Guvamombe Features EditorUNLIKE all other mediums, Nehanda is believed to have two separate, equally legitimate traditions of mediums, one in the Manzou (Mazowe) region near Harare, the other in Dande, north of Guruve.
The legendary medium of the Mazowe Nehanda, a woman named Charwe, was a major leader of the 1894-96 rebellion against the new colonial state.
Despite limited resources, she led the black resistance and fought the whites with spears, bows and arrows, while the enemy used guns.
When the rebellion failed she was among the last of the leaders to be captured. Together with another leader of the rebellion, the medium of Kaguvi, she was sentenced to death and hanged by the British on April 27 but her heroic role has
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