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CHAPTER ONE

MY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY LIFE

‘Panodya Ishe varanda vanodyawo.’ – ‘When the chief eats the subjects eat as well.’ (i.e. the office of the chief benefits his people)

Zimbabwean Proverb

This chapter provides background and contextual information about my family structure and childhood years in Zimbabwe.

The name Zimbabwe literally means House of Stone. It is derived from dzimba dzamabwe (great stone houses) or dzimba waye (esteemed houses or venerated houses) in the Zezuru dialect of Shona. It dates back to the 12th century. Archaeological findings suggest that the ancestors of modern day Shona people built Great Zimbabwe and hundreds of other smaller stone walled sites in Zimbabwe. These ancient stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe are recognised as a World Heritage site by UNESCO.

Located in Central Southern Africa, Zimbabwe is land-locked and covers an area of 390,580 square kilometres. It is sandwiched between the Zambezi River to the north and the Limpopo River to the south, and is surrounded by Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia. Most of Zimbabwe is rolling plateau, known as veld. The country is divided into 10 provinces. The largest province is Mashonaland which covers the eastern two-thirds of the country. Its capital city is Harare. The second largest province is Matabeleland in the west and its capital city is Bulawayo. The third largest province is Midlands. Midlands Province is situated in the centre of the country, roughly equidistant from Harare to the northeast and Bulawayo to the southwest. It stretches from Chiwundura up to Binga Town. It is primarily rural and has an area of 18,300 square kilometres and a population of approximately 500,000 people. The main languages spoken are Tonga, Ndebele and Shona.

According to the latest United Nations estimates in 2018, the country has an estimated population of around 17 million people. The Shona-speaking peoples make up just over 80 per cent of the population and are comprised of the Manyika, Zezuru, Karanga, Korekore, Rozwi, and Ndau groups. They mostly inhabit Mashonaland. The second largest ethnic group is the Ndebele people. They comprise about 14 per cent of the population and they mostly live in Matabeleland, the western third of the country. About 70 per cent of the population live in rural areas. Most of the rest live in Harare and Bulawayo. Zimbabwe made its first commercial relations with Swahili traders on the Mozambique coast from around the early 12th century and the Shona kingdom became one of Southern Africa’s wealthiest and most powerful societies.

My traditional home is in the Midlands province in Gokwe. My late father belonged to the Korekore ethnic group in Nemangwe clan – part of Vahera tribe. He was called Chief Mangisi Marumisa of Nemangwe. My father was one of a number of chieftains in Gokwe. Other prominent chiefs and leaders in the district included Chireya, Njelele, Tjabi, Pashu, Nkoka, Mashame, Gumunyu and Nembudziya. Chief Nemangwe is an inheritance dynasty, a leadership role that is passed down from one generation to another. My father inherited his dynasty from his father who had inherited it from his father, and so on. He was affectionately known as Machinda, which means ‘the men who surround him and whom he leads’. As a chief, my father was one of the most influential persons in the region. He oversaw the use of communal land and was in charge of all community affairs. He was the custodian of our customs, traditions, values, language and all aspects of our culture. Members of the community would consult him on any issue that affected them. As a chief he was able to make judgements and hand out penalties. He reported to the government of the day and was the main link between the government and the villagers.

We grew up knowing that the traditional institutions and values, which our people held dearly, had changed in the 1880s when the British arrived with Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company. My mother was my idol. Her name was Esnath Keresia Marumisa Mhlanga knee Mashame. She died in October 2018 at the age of 96. Between them, my parents had 11 children and I am the seventh-born child. My mum told me that the land and other resources were owned communally before the whites colonised the country. Land was seen as a gift from Musikavanhu (the Creator) God to be used and enjoyed by everyone.

The British colonised the region’s land and claimed it as private property, took control of the mineral resources and exploited the population. They disturbed our way of life, introduced their own institutions and laws, criminalised local traditions, disrespected elders and traditional leaders, and angered the ancestral spirits. White people presided over all of our institutions and owned most of the land and other resources in the country. My mother told me that droughts, cattle diseases and other diseases were attributed to the presence of the white invaders. We therefore grew up associating our problems with white people and dreamt of a day when our country would be free from white minority rule.

I was privileged enough to have an almost full primary and secondary school education. This was briefly interrupted by the liberation struggle of the 1970s, which finally led to Zimbabwe’s independence in April 1980. Schools were closed for a whole year during the peak of the conflict. Some were destroyed and vandalised as the warring parties thought the enemy was hiding in them. Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) gained the upper hand in the struggle and his party, Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), emerged as the dominant force in the country’s post-independence history.

Although women were subordinate to men in this highly patriarchal society, my mother was a very strong and independent woman. She was a large landowner, trader and community midwife nyamukuta who was active until her sad passing on in October 2018. We owned in excess of a thousand acres of land.

Thursday was a traditional holiday – ‘Chisi’. One day a week, village people would volunteer to work on our compound for a small reward, usually a bag of maize meal or clothes. We owned huge maize and cotton plantations. We also owned a large herd of cattle. We lived in a large house, which was made from concrete blocks, stone materials and zinc roofing. Most of the houses in the village were made from mud, wattle, sun-dried bricks and thatched roofs. In a separate building, we had a large kitchen with seats for up to several dozen people, even though it was customary for women to sit on the floor.

Mealtime was very important in our household. Food was eaten communally from a large dish or bowl while sitting on the floor in a circular formation. We were taught to wash our hands before eating and always to eat with our right hand (rudyi). Our staple diet was a cornmeal-based dish called Sadza. This could be prepared in a number of ways and was usually eaten with meat and vegetable stew, and mashed beans (rupiza). Fruits and vegetables of all types were abundant and cheap. Beef and meat from antelopes and wild animals were readily available. Caterpillars (madora), mopane worms, a variant of madora, and flying ants (ishwa) were usually on the menu. We would also share the birds, which we hunted with catapults and snares. These would be eaten roasted or fried on open-air wood fires. It was forbidden to eat the meat of our clan’s totem or any type of food that bore their family name. Our totem is Chihera.

I was born on 23rd February 1967 in Gokwe district, Gwehava Village. I grew up in Rhodesia under white minority rule. My parents named me Fungai Rutendo Marumisa. I was given a Christian name, Faith, at the age of 6 when I began to attend Gwehava missionary school, a primary school established by the Methodist church. This was routinely applied to anyone who did not have a western name or who had a name which the whites considered ‘strange’ or difficult to pronounce. I was allowed to keep my other traditional names. Marumisa literally means ‘take a deep bite’ and Gakanje is my married name, which means

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