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Month: June 2019

Mwedzi| Shona names of months and Zimbabwean life in traditional society

March 21, 2025June 20, 2019 by ZimbOriginal

This post was last updated on 5 July 2022. A tale of the moon, cycles and the seasons The names of the months tell a … Read more

Categories Language, Shona Language Tags mazita emwedzi, months of the year in Shona, Shona months with more than one name, Shona names of months 26 Comments

There’s a hundred and one Shona nouns to describe ‘her’: mazita anoreva vakadzi

January 25, 2025June 15, 2019 by ZimbOriginal

The below are only some of the many Shona nouns used to describe women, including a few gender neutral ones. Most of the descriptions given … Read more

Categories Language, Shona Language Tags mazita 6 Comments

Still trying to figure out why they just won’t speak Shona? Well, picture this.

February 20, 2025June 7, 2019 by ZimbOriginal

They have no idea how to convey their thoughts in Shona I imagine the times I have tried to use Shona in phrasing a thought … Read more

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5 death premonitions – spirits, the afterlife and indigenous religion in Zimbabwe

February 20, 2025June 3, 2019 by ZimbOriginal
coffin in hearse

Premonitions Not so long ago, I got to know about the philosophy of stoicism and learned how it could be practiced to figure out the … Read more

Categories Beliefs & Religion Tags kurova guva, ngozi, svikiro, vadzimu

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