Chimurenga

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title: Chimurenga
text: Chimurenga is a word in Shona. The Ndebele equivalent is not as widely used since most Zimbabweans speak Shona; it is Umvukela, meaning "revolutionary struggle" or uprising. In specific historical terms, it also refers to the Ndebele and the Shona insurrections against administration of the British South Africa Company during the late 1890s, the First Chimurenga—and the war fought between African nationalist guerrillas and the predominantly-white Rhodesian government during the 1960s and the 197
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description: Shona word meaning "struggle"
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimurenga
date created: 2004-03-02T10:33:04Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T21:45:47Z
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