Polygamy in traditional Shona society, as told in ‘Tambaoga Mwanangu’
A polygamous family I’ve just started reading ‘Tambaoga Mwanangu.’ This is a story about how an eighteen year old boy, Tambaoga, went about trying to … Read more
Family
4 stories on ‘mutupo’ and modern society
1. A breakdown in the transmission of cultural knowledge My grandmother is over a hundred years old. Now too old to live alone, she lives … Read more
The Tembo-Shumba Samaita clan
1. Why Tembo-Shumba? I have come across a number of differing accounts on this clan. In one of them, it is stated that Tembo-Shumba (‘Zebra-Lion’) is … Read more
Mutupo| 6 interesting things you should know about Shona totems, praise names and poetry
This post was last updated on 11 April 2024. Mutupo, chidao and detembo redzinza The mutupo system is an important source of ancestral and family … Read more