Southern Africa

Sekuru Kaguvi

Zimbabwe

Gumboreshumba, the medium of Kagubi (right), with Charwe, the medium of Nehanda in prison, 1897

Sekuru Kaguvi (Kagubi, Kakubi), was a svikiro (medium), a traditionalist leader in pre-colonial Zimbabwe, and a leader in the Shona rebellion of 1896-1897 against European rule, known as the First Chimurenga. The sobriquet “Kaguvi” was a designation given at times those who were said to speak for the traditional Shona supreme deity Mwari.

Resources to learn more

History of Sekuru Kagubi, a.k.a Gumboreshumba http://www.bulawayo1872.com/history/kaguvisekuru.htm

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