By HRH Princess Eugene Majuru – Princess of Harare Kingdom.
Understanding the Spirituality of Matapi police station, Matapi flats in Mbare.
When British arrived in Zimbabwe they built churches in sacred areas, they also built government buildings as a way of reducing the power of the sacred areas, see how Cecil John Rhodes was buried at sacred Matopos, which is an important area for Zimbabwe but today Zimbabweans have not removed his remains from there and as a result the country is paying dearly for that, all in the name of keeping his remains there for tourism purposes where they only get as little as $2000 USD a month. During colonialism the colonisers got to know about the powers of African Kingdoms and researched to find out how things worked and where the powers came from, this information was passed onto them by Africans who sold out the secrets of their Kingdoms.
The word Matapi comes from mbeva (Mice) which in singular is called dapi, when they are many they are then called Matapi. In the Matapi area in Mbare lived the Mbari clan under King Mbari who ruled in the Harare Kingdom, when enemies arrived in the area the Mbari people would disappear people would see dutu rembeva even when they saw dutu rembeva they would try to follow it but could never find mbeva , the people appeared and disappeared like Matapi and this caused the enemy to get very confused. There was Zumba (traditional hut) where they practiced tradition where they would examine whoever came in that area. All visitors to the area were screened spiritually in the Zumba not by King Mbari but by other spirit mediums of the Mbari clan.
Residents of Matapi flats in Mbare can confirm that there are supernatural activities which take place as if there are people running u and down in the ceilings of their houses and in general in the area. These activities take place because of the cultural or traditional practices that used to happen in that area The ceilings which were used in the olden days would always crumble and fall until they had to build the flats using cement like ceilings such that these things do not happen, these activities still take place in Mbare.
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