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Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa
The Shona people (/ˈʃoʊnə/), sometimes historically referred to as the Karanga, are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily living in
Shona_people
Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Shona (/ˈʃoʊnə/ SHOH-nə; endonym: chiShona [tʃiʃona]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Shona people of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The term is variously
Shona_language
Bantu ethnic group found in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe
language in the country, however, being recognised as a Western Shona branch of the Shona group of languages. It is likewise used in mass media. The most
Kalanga_people
Calendar used in South Africa
The Shona calendar is used by the Shona people in Southern Africa. The original calendar had 13 months and was based on the lunar cycle. The months in
Shona_calendar
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Shona in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shona often refers to: Shona people, a Southern African people Shona language, a Bantu language spoken
Shona
Overview of music traditions of the Shona
Shona music is the music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. There are several different types of traditional Shona music including mbira, singing, hosho
Shona_music
Weather modification ritual
the Shona people of present-day Zimbabwe, a culture renowned historically for their rain shrines and ceremonies involving ancestral spirits. The Shona have
Rainmaking_(ritual)
Bantu language family
Western Shona group Kalanga (S.16) Nambya Glottolog classiefies the Shona languages as follows: Shona Core Shona Ndau Plateau Shona Central Shona Shona Tawara
Shona_languages
Ethnolinguistic group in Africa
populations of several million, e.g. the Baganda people of Uganda (5.5 million as of 2014), the Shona of Zimbabwe (17.6 million as of 2020), the Zulu of
Bantu_peoples
Ethnic group in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
other ethnic groups in the region, including the Kalanga, Venda, and Shona peoples, particularly through their common historical association with the Mapungubwe
Ndau_people
English actress and singer (born 1991)
Shona Bernadette McGarty (born 14 October 1991) is an English actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of Whitney Dean in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Shona_McGarty
Zimbabwean spirit medium
A svikiro is a spirit medium of the Shona people in Zimbabwe. A svikiro is an ancestral spirit primarily known to possess a living human and will give
Svikiro
Ruins of an ancient/medieval city in southeast Zimbabwe
16th or 17th century. The edifices were erected by ancestors of the Shona people, who are currently located in Zimbabwe and nearby countries. The stone
Great_Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean rebel
was a svikiro, or spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. She was a medium of Nehanda, a female Shona mhondoro (a powerful and respected ancestral spirit)
Nehanda_Charwe_Nyakasikana
British-Zimbabwean education activist
100 Women list in 2023. Kativhu was born in Zimbabwe and grew up speaking Shona. At the age of seven, following the death of her father, she and her sister
Vee_Kativhu
Country in Southeast Africa
by the San, and was settled by Bantu peoples around 2,000 years ago. Beginning in the 11th century the Shona people constructed the city of Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean musician (born 1945)
"The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" (the praise name of his clan in the Shona language) for his immense popularity and for the political influence he
Thomas_Mapfumo
American businesswoman
Shona L. Brown (born c. 1966) is a business executive and consultant to non-profits and corporations. She was an executive at Google from 2003 to 2012
Shona_Brown
Bantu ethnic group in Southern Africa
1893, Lobengula sent warriors to Fort Victoria to raid cattle from the Shona people. Although Lobengula's armed warriors won, the British South Africa Company
Northern_Ndebele_people
Supreme deity in the traditional religion of Shona people
Mwari is the supreme creator deity according to Shona and Venda traditional religion. It is believed that Mwari is the author of all things and all life
Mwari
English actress (born 1972)
a Zimbabwean mother and an English father. Her mother was a member of a Shona chieftaincy family, and her father worked as a laboratory technician and
Thandiwe_Newton
Zimbabwean band
band was an early pioneer of a style of music called chimurenga, from the Shona word for “struggle.” The band was founded by trumpet player Daram Katanga
Hallelujah_Chicken_Run_Band
British–Zimbabwean fashion designer
Farai Simoyi (born 1983) is a British–Zimbabwean fashion designer, television personality, educator, and entrepreneur. She appeared on the first edition
Farai_Simoyi
Zimbabwean musician (1946–2023)
and playing of the mbira dzavadzimu, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. She was one of few female players, and learned to play from
Stella_Chiweshe
American singer (born 1993)
Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a first-generation Zimbabwean immigrant of Shona descent, while her mother, who is of Danish, Norwegian, and Irish descent
Tinashe
President of Zimbabwe since 2017
Mnangagwa family were members of the Karanga people, the largest subgroup of Zimbabwe's majority Shona ethnic group. As a child, Mnangagwa herded cattle
Emmerson_Mnangagwa
African musical instrument of the lamellophone family
Shona pronunciation: [ᵐbira]), also known as kalimba and zanza (or variant spellings), are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people
Mbira
Leader of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017
They belonged to the Zezuru clan, one of the smallest branches of the Shona people. Mugabe's paternal grandfather was Chief Constantine Karigamombe, alias
Robert_Mugabe
South African serial killer
incarcerated at an unnamed prison in Cape Town. Born as the only child of a Shona man Adam Wapaka and Xhosa Jacqueline Sedumedi, he was named Kangai at birth
Khangayi_Sedumedi
Zimbabwean boxer
Charles Manyuchi (born 19 November 1989) is a Zimbabwean professional boxer who briefly held the WBC Silver welterweight title. Manyuchi made his professional
Charles_Manyuchi
British musical artist (born 1981)
escape plan. I want people to realise that there's so much more." Her first name, Shingai, means "be bold/courageous/strong" in the Shona language. She first
Shingai_Shoniwa
Religions native to Zimbabwe
and spiritual phenomena. The Shona and Ndebele people believe that spirits are everywhere, spirits coexist with people. Zimbabweans believe in God the
Indigenous religion in Zimbabwe
Indigenous_religion_in_Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean-American actor (b. 1981)
Nyasha Hatendi ("Ñah-shah, nya-sha") (born 14 September 1981) is a Zimbabwean-British-American actor, director, writer and producer. Hatendi was born on
Nyasha_Hatendi
Leader of a tribal society or chiefdom
– of the Shona people of Zimbabwe Agwam – of the Atyap and Bajju people of central Nigeria Eze – an elective monarch among the Igbo people of Nigeria
Tribal_chief
Administrative areas
corresponds roughly to the precolonial territory of the Shona people and the Matabele people, although there are significant ethnic minorities in most
Subdivisions_of_Zimbabwe
Form of divination
Metropolitan Museum of Art displayed bone "dice" (hakata) used by the Shona people of Southern Africa. Astragalomancy is often considered to be a branch
Astragalomancy
celebrated by Shona people from Zimbabwe in which members of an extended family call on ancestral spirits for guidance and intercession. Shona people believe
Bira_ceremony
Zimbabwean-American actress (born 1978)
world as an African girl, I never understood the absence of voices and people who were similar to me, it never made sense to me that I couldn't see that
Danai_Gurira
Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa. The country's main languages are Shona, spoken by over 70% of the
Languages_of_Zimbabwe
Founder of Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU–PF (1935–2004)
the Dutch Reformed Church. He comes from the Karanga subgroup of the Shona people. In 1960, Zvobgo won a scholarship to Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts
Eddison_Zvobgo
Name list
Shona also has a meaning “God is gracious” as well as female name for John. Shona (singer), French singer Shona Auerbach, British film director Shona
Shona_(given_name)
Town in Central Province, Zambia
also relatively large settlement of people from the west and north west such as the Lozi, Nkoya and Luvale, Shona people from the then Southern Rhodesia who
Mumbwa
District in Zimbabwe
and includes the village of Uzumba. The area is inhabited by the Budja Shona people. The staple food crop is maize, with secondary vegetable crops. UMP is
Uzumba–Maramba–Pfungwe
Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate (born 1968)
Rudolf Nyandoro (born 11 October 1968) is a Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate is the Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe since September 2020. Before that from January
Rudolf_Nyandoro
American musician
musician. He plays the mbira (thumb piano) and the ngoma drum, from the Shona people of Southern Africa. His records with the band Panjea have gone platinum
Chris_Berry
Emigrants from Zimbabwe and their descendants
extremely diverse and consists of Shona people, Ndebele, white Zimbabweans, mixed-race people, Asians, Jewish people and other minority groups. The diaspora
Zimbabwean_diaspora
Asteroid
Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. It was later named after the native Shona people of Zimbabwe. Mashona orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance
1467_Mashona
Zimbabwean dancehall musician (born 1987)
open to various interpretations, it was not political. Pfee, which is a Shona idiophone that describes sudden action, was popularised as a Zanu PF slogan
Ninja_Lipsy
Zimbabwean politician (born 1955)
formed the new Zimbabwe People First party. Runaida Mugari was born in Zimbabwe's Northeastern district of Mount Darwin, a Shona from the Korekore language
Joice_Mujuru
Motswana actor and film producer (1974–2021)
Arthur Ferguson (30 April 1974 – 30 July 2021), professionally known as Shona Ferguson, was a Motswana actor based in South Africa, executive producer
Shona_Ferguson
Animal totem variant of the Mhofu
intermarried with already present shona people there who have leathery skin/ aggressive shimmeer Buhera means "Hera people". Mbiru was identified by his totem
Shava_Totem
was part is usually referred to as “Shona sculpture”, although some of its recognised members are not ethnically Shona. Joram Mariga died in December 2000
Joram_Mariga
New Zealand singer
Shona Laing (born 9 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician. She was raised in Eastbourne, a suburb of Lower Hutt, and was a student at Hutt Valley High
Shona_Laing
Variety of plant
Some (more traditionally, the Shona people) add beef, pork and other meat to the umbhida mix for a type of stew. Most people eat umbhida on a regular basis
Collard_(plant)
Zimbabwean politician
northwest of Harare, to a Malawian-born father, Gabriel Matibili and a Shona mother, Bona. Sabina Mugabe left Rhodesia under an assumed name in 1975
Sabina_Mugabe
Zimbabwean musician
was a master performer of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. He specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga
Dumisani_Maraire
Region in northern Zimbabwe
nearly half of the population of Zimbabwe. Most of the Mashonaland people are from the Shona nation while the Zezuru and Korekore dialects are most common
Mashonaland
Zimbabwean politician
remaining in South Africa for the time being out of safety concerns. He said, "People can say I ran away. Yes, I did. It's better than to wait to be killed."
Patrick_Zhuwao
English ethnomusicologist (1903–1977)
African folk music. He popularized the mbira (a musical instrument of the Shona people) internationally under the name kalimba. Hugh Tracey saw the importance
Hugh_Tracey
Southern African philosophy
a person through people. Munhu munhu nevanhu (Shona). A person through people. Ndiri nekuti tiri (Shona). I am because we are. Munhu i munhu hivanwani
Ubuntu_philosophy
Shona royal spirits
in Shona traditional religion. They correspond to territorial domains, and are regarded as guardians who mediate between Mwari (God) and the people. The
Mhondoro
Zimbabwean politician (born 1952)
Manicaland native, settled in Bulawayo in 1915 and was one of the city's first Shona residents, but became "Ndebele by osmosis." He was raised Christian. His
Muchadeyi_Masunda
Striped animal in the equid family
San people connected zebra stripes with water, rain and lightning, and water spirits were conceived of having these markings. For the Shona people, the
Zebra
British–Matebele conflict, 1896–1897
British South Africa Company (BSAC) and the Matabele people, later expanding to include the Shona people in the rest of Southern Rhodesia. In March 1896,
First_Chimurenga
Name list
Tendayi, also spelled Tendai, and its long form Tendayishe or Tendaishe, is a Shona given name from the phrase Kupa kutenda, meaning 'give thanks to God', that
Tendayi
Zimbabwean popular music genre
popular music genre coined and popularized by Thomas Mapfumo. Chimurenga is a Shona-language word for liberation, which entered common use during the Rhodesian
Chimurenga_music
has been documented among the San people, the Khoikhoi people, the Ndebele people and the Shona people. The San people, who have lived in Southern Africa
LGBTQ_rights_in_Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean sculptor
Balaksi is represented by York's Shona Gallery in New York and Ukama Gallery in Vancouver, BC. "Coster Balakasi". Yorks's Shona Gallery: One of a Kind African
Coster_Balakasi
Shona chief
Chief Kadungure Mapondera helped to lead the Shona people of Southern Africa against the British South Africa Company (BSAC) in the 1890s. He missed the
Kadungure_Mapondera
Shona dialect of central Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Bantu language spoken by 2,400,000 people. Ndau is a Shona language and it is mutually intelligible with other Shona languages such as Manyika, Zezuru
Ndau_language
Crime in Rhodesia
of Rhodesia's two primary ethnic groups. He once had an argument with Shona people—the other major ethnic group—which motivated his shooting. The first
1977_Bulawayo_shooting
Ethnic group in Southern Africa
ancestry who gradually Africanised and came to speak Shona. As they integrated more into Shona life they eventually lost their Muslim faith and culture
Lemba_people
American ethnomusicologist (born 1946)
the Zimbabwean mbira, The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe, for which he received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. He also
Paul Berliner (ethnomusicologist)
Paul_Berliner_(ethnomusicologist)
Zimbabwean politician
trials could be completed. Mzembi was born to a Ndebele mother and a Karanga Shona father. When the ZANU-PF–Movement for Democratic Change national unity government
Walter_Mzembi
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Harare (1932–2003)
The Most Reverend Patrick Fani Chakaipa (25 June 1932 – 8 April 2003) was the Archbishop of Harare from 1976 until his death in 2003. He was born in Chirundazi
Patrick_Fani_Chakaipa
Zimbabwean economist, politician, writer (1927–2002)
line. His mother Agnes Munhumumwe was from the Shona people. Chidzero grew up primarily speaking chiShona, though by adulthood was also fluent in English
Bernard_Chidzero
Totem of the Zumba Shona people
Mufakose is the totem of the Zumba Shona people of central Zimbabwe who settled in the Mazoe valley in the early nineteenth century. Three brothers of
Mufakose
Mbira / Music of the Shona People (reissue) 79704 Explorer Series: Africa: Zimbabwe: The Soul of Mbira / Traditions of the Shona People (reissue) 79705 Explorer
Nonesuch_Records_discography
Zimbabwean author (born 1948)
Simango (née Hlatywayo) is a Zimbabwean author. She became the first female Shona novelist when she published Zviuya Zviri Mberi, or "Good Things are Ahead"
Joyce_Simango
Ethnic group of Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe
autocephalous Sena people were those between the two large cultures of Shona people – a major ethnic group of Zimbabwe, and the Nyanja-Chewa people – a major ethnic
Sena_people
Tribe in the north of Zimbabwe
Shona dialects. Living alongside Shona and Kunda people in Kanyemba, they also speak Korekore Shona and Kunda. According to vaDoma mythology, their ancestors
Vadoma
Mangwende of Nhowe. It is the royal dynasty of the Nhowe people, who are a part of the Shona tribe now living in Murewa, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. The
Mangwende
Central African biome
different largely Bantu peoples such as the Bemba people, Lozi people, Yao people, Luvale people, Shona people, and Luba people. Gambiza, J; Bond, W; Frost
Miombo
Bantu drum
Berliner, Paul. (1978). The Soul of Mbira: music and traditions of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. Berkeley: University of California Press. Howard, Joseph
Ngoma_drums
Obligatory marriage between a widow and a brother of the deceased
deceased spouse. In Zimbabwe, levirate marriage is practiced amongst the Shona people, and provisions are made under Zimbabwe customary law, with regard to
Levirate_marriage
Zimbabwean prophet, founder of the Gospel of God Church, and Izwi raMwari
daughter born to Jack and Efie Masedza, of the Manyika subgroup of the Shona people. The area was part of the former Rozvi confederation, and traditional
Johane_Masowe
Shona word meaning "struggle"
Chimurenga is a word in Shona. The Ndebele equivalent is not as widely used since most Zimbabweans speak Shona; it is Umvukela, meaning "revolutionary
Chimurenga
Ruling political party of Zimbabwe
disproportionate support among the Ndebele people and ZANU drawing its base largely from the Shona people. Compared to ZAPU, ZANU branded itself as taking
ZANU–PF
of Dreams and Spirit Possession in the Mbira Dza Vadzimu Music of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. Complexity in the domain of expressive culture, music, and
Robert_Garfias
Species of zebra
various societies would paint much of their bodies in stripes. For the Shona people of Zimbabwe, the zebra is a totem animal, along with the eland, buffalo
Plains_zebra
Type of lamellophone played in North-Eastern Zimbabwe
primarily played by the Sena Tonga and the Kore-Kore peoples which are subgroups of the Shona people. It is one of the five main types of mbira played in
Matepe
Organization of Emerging African States. Manicaland Province Ethnic group: Shona people Proposed: autonomy for Manicaland Province List of conflicts in Africa
List of active separatist movements in Africa
List_of_active_separatist_movements_in_Africa
Town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
of Murewa. It is dominated by traditional African agriculture of the Shona people. Only the southern quarter of the area is covered with commercial farms
Murewa
Zimbabwean sculptor
Zimbabwean sculptor. His work, though derived to an extent from that of the Shona people, is highly personal in nature. Chirume lives and works at the Tengenenge
Sanwell_Chirume
Berliner, Paul (1981). The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 0-226-04379-7
List of national instruments (music)
List_of_national_instruments_(music)
Zimbabwean musical instrument
gourds with seeds. They are used as major instruments in many traditional Shona music genres, such as in mbira ensembles and in mhande. They typically contain
Hosho_(instrument)
American Egyptologist
which provided the first solid evidence that the site was built by Shona peoples. Randall-MacIver was educated at The Queens College, Oxford. He graduated
David_Randall-MacIver
Zimbabwean sculptor
helping his father finish his work. He was trained in the art of the Shona people, which informed his style. He began sculpting full-time after completing
Daniel_Mariga
African Christian missionary and martyr
among the Shona people in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He was sent to work in the Marandellas (Marondera) district among the Nhowe people, and settled
Bernard_Mizeki
Form of singing
singers use yodels within their elaborate polyphonic singing, and the Shona people of Zimbabwe sometimes yodel while playing the mbira. The Mbuti of the
Yodeling
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