News / National
'It's not Nehanda and Kaguvi only who liberated Zimbabwe'
04 Oct 2017 at 08:58hrs | Views
Musikavanhu constituency legislator Prosper Mutseyami said marginalisation of some Zimbabwean tribes is historical requiring the re-writing of the liberation struggle and post-independence narrative.
He was contributing to a parliamentary debate launched by Priscilla Misiharabwi-Mushonga on a motion which beamed the marginalisation of the region and women in the awarding of tenders in local government and parastatals.
"There were ancestral spirits from Mazezuru, Ndaus and Ndebele, it is not Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi only who liberated the whole country and that should be rectified," he said.
"If you look closely, what they are referring to as Shona is Zezuru and in this Zezuru there is no other languages incorporated like Ndau or Ndebele and yet they say our national language is Shona."
Misihairabwi vowed to continue debating the issue despite its sensitivity.
He was contributing to a parliamentary debate launched by Priscilla Misiharabwi-Mushonga on a motion which beamed the marginalisation of the region and women in the awarding of tenders in local government and parastatals.
"There were ancestral spirits from Mazezuru, Ndaus and Ndebele, it is not Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi only who liberated the whole country and that should be rectified," he said.
"If you look closely, what they are referring to as Shona is Zezuru and in this Zezuru there is no other languages incorporated like Ndau or Ndebele and yet they say our national language is Shona."
Misihairabwi vowed to continue debating the issue despite its sensitivity.
Source - newzimbabwe
