{"id":3525,"date":"2022-06-20T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2022-06-30T22:24:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T22:24:51","slug":"handikanganwe-mbuya-nehanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/handikanganwe-mbuya-nehanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1254477064&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/povoafrika\" title=\"POVO Afrika\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">POVO Afrika<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/povoafrika\/pauline-handikanganwe-mbuya\" title=\"Pauline - Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Pauline &#8211; Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a girl in the world and you had to be strong, a warrior, a woman.<br>To be queen in the home and the queen on the throne,<br>for this you were chosen.<br>Vasina mabvi ndokuuya nengarava<br>Kuzoparadza pfuma, pfuma yedu vatema.<br>Tipangeiwo mazano. Tipangeiwo mazano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus<br>Handikanganwe shoko ramakasiya Mbuya Nehanda, Ambuya Nehanda<br>Handikanganwe hondo yamakafira Mbuya Nehanda, Ambuya Nehanda<br>Mukati tora gidi tora gidi, tora gidi uzvitonge, nekuti chaa Chimurenga<br>Mukati tora gidi tora gidi, tora gidi uzvitonge nekuti chaa Chimurenga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many years have passed us by and many people don\u2019t know why Ambuya Nehanda had to die.<br>Oh, she died for peace, she died for our freedom, liberation for the struggle,<br>For you and me, for you and me to live in peace<br>Iyahondende, ho ah ho, vana vanochema Nehanda<br>Iyahondende, ho ah ho, aiwa vana vanochema vanogwara<br>Iyahondende, ho ah ho, vana vanochema Nehanda Nehanda<br>Nehanda Nehanda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus x 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"651\" src=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nehanda_Pauline.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nehanda_Pauline.jpg 650w, http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nehanda_Pauline-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nehanda_Pauline-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nehanda_Pauline-419x420.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POVO Afrika \u00b7 Pauline &#8211; Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda Just a girl in the world and you had to be strong, a warrior, a woman.To be queen in the home and the queen on the throne,for this you were chosen.Vasina mabvi ndokuuya nengaravaKuzoparadza pfuma, pfuma yedu vatema.Tipangeiwo mazano. 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