Beliefs & Religion
Indigenous religion| 5 key ‘chivanhu’ ritual festivals
For this post, I will refer to indigenous religion … Read more
6 things worth knowing about traditional practices when faced with a disease outbreak
The traditional values of Zimbabwean people are centered on … Read more
Beliefs| 13 strange beliefs; from trapping death, to generational curses
Most superstitious beliefs and practices are rooted in uroyi … Read more
Beliefs and Superstition – ‘Shura’| 14 signs for the superstitious Zimbabwean
Shura noun: mysterious occurrence/ bad omen (and less often … Read more
Proverb of the day
Languages
Tsumo| 20 Shona proverbs to inspire hard work
Shona proverbs on work give the picture that agriculture … Read more
Nyaudzosingwi| Breaking down 70 ideophones of breaking
In lay terms, ideophones are words that stand out … Read more
My 5 ingredients for helping children with Shona language learning
Culture and language are inextricably intertwined. Over the past … Read more
63 Shona words you didn’t know were borrowed from Afrikaans
It is common knowledge that a few Shona words … Read more
Lifestyle & Social Issues
Mitupo nezvidao| challenges of the ‘mutupo’ system in modern society
A breakdown in the transmission of cultural knowledge My … Read more
Kudhonza (female genital practice)| When women go to great lengths for great sex
Ndaizivei’s story While attending boarding school back in 1989 … Read more
Ukama| Use these 5 rules to get your Shona family vocabulary right
The Shona trace a person’s descent through the paternal … Read more
4 lessons for my daughter, from prior generations of Zimbabwean women
The generational relay Many of the things my mother … Read more
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About Shungu
Shungu is the voice behind zimboriginal.com. She has a restless hand and a penchant for discovery. Her upbringing is fairly balanced between an urban and rural setting. The urban - pretty basic and spent almost entirely in boarding school. The rural - not so glorious and filled with all the dreaded chores that come with keeping a rural homestead going. Shungu is a qualified chartered management accountant and currently lives in Harare, Zimbabwe. Learn more.
