Guerillas and Spirit Mediums in Zimabwe

It was through the support of these mediums, Lan makes clear, that the scale of the war expanded into a wide-scale act of collaboration between the living and the dead, between generations of ancestors and generations of their descendants. The book focuses on one area of operation in the Zambezi valley, taking its title from LanÆs explanation of the meaning of both war and independence for the Shona people, who came to independence through the guns used by the nationalist guerillas as well as the mediums of the spirits of the Shona royal ancestors, who are the bringers of rain in a part of the world in which rain is vital and eternally life-giving. The war became a convergence of forces in which the guns that brought death were transformed by the help of the mediums into life-giving forces as well an

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ashona (who are also called Shona) who constitute at least 70 percent of the total population, and the Ndebele (or Matabele), who constitute about 15 percent of the total and are concentrated in the southwestern regions. The country also has small minorities of Europeans, Asians, and persons of mixed race that are in of much more recent stay in the country and are of little importance in understanding traditional categories and practices. Zimbabwe's capital and largest city is Harare (formerly known as Salisbury) and the country has another of other major urban centers, including Bulawayo, an important railroad junction and manufacturing center; Gwelo, or Gweru, a mining center; Umtali, or Mutare, located in an agricultural and lumbering region; and Que Que, or Kwekwe, an industrial and mining center. It is important to acknowledge these urban centers because they are a defining part of the culture of Zimbabwe in the 20th û and 21st û centuries, and all aspects of the culture are now defined both in terms of the fact that there is a split between rural and urban life and also the fact that individuals have to try constantly to mend this split in their own lives. English is the official language of Zimbabwe, and continues to be a
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Approximate Word count = 1976
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)