Shona is one of the main languages spoken in Zimbabwe and has recently been proved to be the world’s most spoken language.
This observation is cited in a book written by US based Zimbabwean author Mambo Mupepi, the book entitled “British Imperialism In Zimbabwe”. The book is a narration of the Organizational Development of the First Chimurenga (1883-1904).
An extract from the book states:
Chaminuka is an ancestor of the Shona people, who include VaZezuru, VaKaranga, VaManyika, VaNdau, VaKorekore, BaNambiya, BaVenda, and VaKaranga.
According to Bauer (2007), there are more than 15 million Shona language speakers, making it one of the most spoken languages in the world. The above groups make up the Shona people and could have started to grow during the First Emperor Munhumutapa Chaminuka’s reign.
He is regarded as a religious figure and is best understood in relation to his place in the Shona lineage as a family and the role that he played as a founder of Zimbabwe. The original Chaminuka belongs to the lineage of Tovera (or Tafara), the earliest known ancestor of the Shona according to their history.
“British Imperialism In Zimbabwe will be published by Cognella in San Diego, CA and will be released in April-May 2014 to be available for courses on Understanding Africa, Civil Conflict in Africa and International Organization Development as well as African history.
The book will be available at Amazons, Barnes and Noble as well as Kingstons book store in Second Street in Harare.
The aim of the book is to provide a dimension to Zimbabwe’s history that deserves closer scrutiny and which can be discursively understood in constructing African perspectives on how the First Chimurenga (1883-1904) was strategized and implemented. The discourse draws attention to features of oral traditions that can be positively identified as materials and methods that can be applied to understand fluid colonial environments. While the book deploys stories from villagers and the African novel to generate knowledge useful in building better institutions, it also incorporates the nationalism histology and national history.
Chapter One defines what a Chimurenga is all about and provides insight on how the First Chimurenga (1883–1904) could have been designed and executed by the highest spiritual leadership of Zimbabwe: Nehanda Charwe (c1864–1898), Gumboreshumba Kaguvi (c1860–1898), and Mukwati Murenga (c1840–c1904).
The book is packed with lots of information on Zimabwean history and is a must have for all who seek to know more on Zimbabwe, historians students and those interested in knowing more about Africa in the olden days.
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