O Nehanda Nyakasikana!
O Nehanda Nyakasikana!
Kunozove riniko,
Isu VaNyai tichitambudzika;
Mweya Unoera!
Kunozove riniko,
Isu VaNyai tichidzvinyirirwa?
Ko, inga taneta wani nokunwa misodzi;
Ko, toshirira kudzamara kuve riniko?
Ko, inga panguva yechando miti inozvizorodza,
Inokuhumuka mashizha yombowana rudekaro,
Kwozoti nokuchena kwokunze yodombera;
Mashizha yovawo nenhenhere inoyevedza;
Shiri nemhuka nenyuchi dzokwezvwa nehwema,
Ko, isu rugare ruchatisvika riniko? Read more
Unlocking the silence of the mind that dreamed the dream
(Excerpts from Spirit Talk: The Wisdom of Stone Revisited, work in progress based on newspaper articles)
Give us a thousand,
another thousand,
and a million years
and seal the wisdom of our forefathers
inside stone
Musaemura B. Zimunya, “Zimbabwe Bird”
…one begs to ask what is education? I would argue that an education system that limits, blinds, cuts off indigenous knowledge systems, tongues and perpetuates ignorance of one’s socio- historical and cultural heritage is not an education at all. Indeed, an education system that teaches that the past is dead can only create a nation of the walking dead. An education system that that teaches that our history is nothing but darkness before the coming of colonialism is a form of racial suicide. It is a form of selling away a nation’s soul, a people’s heritage, down the river over and over again… Read more
