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  • Hela naVaChivhaivhai – True Story from our village

    Hela naVaChivhaivhai – True Story from our village

    Hela naVaChivhaivhai Fistfighting was always a part of the closely-knit society I grew up in, the Chivi District of Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. On a typical day, our community was cohesive, respectful, and hierarchical. However, fistfights were an unfortunate yet predictable outcome of excessive drinking of home-brewed beer. On working days, villagers would often drink beer Read more

  • Earliest Musical Consciousness

    Earliest Musical Consciousness

    This is the third of my musings on the musical journey of my time and how I experienced it. Ours was a Christian family and we would sing and pray at night before we went to bed. My elder siblings constituted themselves into a choir and they would practice on and on and then ask Read more

  • Our Joyful Elders

    Our Joyful Elders

    In the last instalment, I related my early consciousness to music in our rural area. This second instalment traces the music that our elders enjoyed in the rural areas as I grew up.  Older people in our rural areas entertained themselves in several ways. Harvests were huge those days because of plenty rain and sheer hard work. The Read more

  • Music Musings

    Music Musings

    In the Beginning This article the first in a series I wish to publish on my blog. I believe I was partly made by music and I want to share my raw experiences from as early as I can remember, with regards to interaction with organised noise. It is raw in the sense that I Read more

  • VaNhinhi – My Family Tree

    VaNhinhi – My Family Tree

    I have decided to put together what I have traced over some years as my roots. I will not claim 100% accuracy because of the lack of a verifiable, recorded early history of the clan. A lot has been gained in conversations with other clansmen and people who interacted with my clan over generations. I Read more

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Hela naVaChivhaivhai – True Story from our village

by Pedzisai Mufara, posted in From the Village

Hela naVaChivhaivhai Fistfighting was always a part of the closely-knit society I grew up in, the Chivi District of Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. On a typical day, our community was cohesive, respectful, and hierarchical. However, fistfights were an unfortunate yet predictable outcome of excessive drinking of home-brewed beer. On working days, villagers would often drink beer … Continue reading Hela naVaChivhaivhai – True Story from our village

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