{"id":3361,"date":"2022-06-20T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2022-06-20T17:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T17:53:52","slug":"wigi-yambuya-nehanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wigi-yambuya-nehanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigi yaMbuya Nehanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vamwe mai nemwanasikana wavo vasvika pandiri na<strong>Samora naNyerere<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vanditarisa vachizvitora <strong>mapikicha,<\/strong> mai vati, \u201cNehanda bho here?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwana akati pwati achiti, \u201cMusoro waNehanda unoda wigi\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nhai Samora newe Nyerere, <strong>wigi<\/strong> ndiko kusununguka kweAfrica here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ndashurwa neverudzi rwangu &#8211; kuda kundiisa vhudzi revarungu!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vati vhudzi rechirungu ndiko kuti runako rwemunhukadzi\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asi runako rwenyu runakoi rwunoti <strong>kamba<\/strong> ramba makwati ako?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mafa, kana mafarira rusununguko rwevhudzi idzo pfungwa <strong>dzakasungwa?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chihera, MaDhuve, Maposa, Magumbo,<br>MaSibanda, MaMoyo, Manyoni, aChihoro MaSiziba, MaNgwenya, MaChuma, aMaromo, Shonga newe Soko Mwenewazvo &#8211; runako harusi kunze,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koshesa munhu wemukati,<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koshesa mhuri, nyika, rudo, nduramo, kuzvininipisa, mwoyo murefu,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koshesa kushanda nesimba, kuvimbika, kubatsira vamwe, kuzvibata&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pfeka hunhu kwete wigi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vamwe mai nemwanasikana wavo vasvika pandiri naSamora naNyerere Vanditarisa vachizvitora mapikicha, mai vati, \u201cNehanda bho here?\u201d&nbsp; Mwana akati pwati achiti, \u201cMusoro waNehanda unoda wigi\u2026\u201d Nhai Samora newe Nyerere, wigi ndiko kusununguka kweAfrica here? Ndashurwa neverudzi rwangu &#8211; kuda kundiisa vhudzi revarungu! Vati vhudzi rechirungu ndiko kuti runako rwemunhukadzi\u2026 Asi runako rwenyu runakoi rwunoti kamba ramba [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nehanda-re-imagined","7":"category-poetry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wigi yaMbuya Nehanda - The POVO Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wigi yaMbuya Nehanda is a poem by Ignatius T. 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