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1 online resource |
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Intro; The Legendary Nehanda Nyakasikana; About the Author; About the Book; Dedication; Copyright Information; Chapter One; Introduction; Punctuating a cultural equilibrium; The guardian angel; Strategy and anxiety; A fistful of sterling notes; The Structure of a paramount chieftainship; The Development of the Chimurenga; Alliances that made the difference; Nehanda Nyakasikana (c.1450-1480); Ndebele Raids; A prayerful myth; The structure of the RTR; Duality in structure; The characteristics of a Chimurenga; Emphasis on local knowledge; The Hwata Paramount Chieftainship |
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The debut of MatabelelandHwata's limited fortunes; Authority derived from the Chaminuka; A child with many names; Chapter Two; The 1884 Chaminuka Wake; An opportunity to strategize; The life of a Chaminuka; The great offerings; The role played by food in the Rozvi story; Chihuri Nyachuru:; Mapondera:; Gombwe Goredema interjecting:; Gombwe Changamire Mutsahuni:; The way back home; Chapter Three; The Pioneer Column; Following in the footsteps; Zimbabwe's First Martyr Bernard Mizeki; The First Bishop of Mashonaland G.W.H. Knight-Bruce; The Salvation Army Enterprise Wagon |
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The death of Captain Edward CassPioneering free enterprise; Developing British Imperialism; From England to Rhodesia; Chapter Four; Daylight Intrusion; Annexation strategy; The Battle of Mazowe; The strategy; British revenge; Chapter Five; Nehanda's Arrest and Trial; How it could have started; Importance of household dynamics; Hut taxation and chibharo (forced labor); Reputation of the spiritual mediums; Nehanda: myths and reality; Advisory capacity; A tale from Negomo Nyota Village; A Princess at the helm of the struggle; Defending the remnants of a magnificent empire; A leadership blunder |
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How the villagers rebelledInsinuations about Nehanda and her religion; Creating an awareness of the resistance; Accusations; Avoiding arrest; The arrest of Nehanda; The trial of the freedom fighters; The applied English legal system; Contaminated evidence; The charges amounted to murder; Conveyances of meaning; Native Commissioner Pollard; Gender discrimination; No direct evidence; The legacy of Nehanda; Paving the way for equality; Shifting the balance of power; References |
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| Subject |
Nyakasikana, Nehanda
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Mediums -- Zimbabwe -- Biography
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Mediums
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Zimbabwe -- History -- Chimurenga War, 1896-1897.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006765
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Zimbabwe -- History -- To 1890 -- Biography
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Zimbabwe
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Mupepi, Mambo
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| ISBN |
9781528952040 |
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1528952049 |
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