Mbuya is a hill in southeastern Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The hill rises 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level. The name also applies to the upscale residential neighborhood that sits on that hill, as well as the government military installations located there. [1]

Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana also known as Mbuya Nehanda (c. 1840–1898) was a svikiro, or spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. She was a medium of Nehanda, a female Shona mhondoro (a powerful and respected ancestral spirit). [1] .

The Statue of Mbuya Nehanda is a bronze monument of a Zimbabwean Shona spirit medium and heroine of the 1896-1897 First Chimurenga war against British colonists. The monument is erected at the intersection of Samora Machel Avenue and Julias Nyerere Way in Harare's central business district.

2023年12月10日 · Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, also known as Mbuya Nehanda, was a Svikiro or spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. She was also one of the leaders of the Chimurenga Uprising in the 1890s against the British South Africa Company under the leadership of Cecil John Rhodes, which was attempting to gain control of much of Southern Africa.

2023年10月13日 · Mbuya Nehanda was a powerful spirit medium, and heroine of the First Chimurenga revolt against the British South Africa Company in Matabeleland. Her leadership played an integral role in the uprising against British colonizers, ultimately leading to her execution by hanging and decapitation.

2022年3月10日 · Legend has it the hero of Zimbabwe’s first revolutionary struggle against colonial rule, Mbuya Nehanda, was captured by the British in 1897, hanged and then beheaded. Her skull, together with other remains and spiritual items, were shipped in …

2021年5月26日 · Zimbabwe’s government has erected a ten-foot-tall statue of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, a spirit medium who led a rebellion against British occupation in the 19th century. Better known as Mbuya...

2021年5月25日 · Zimbabwe’s president vowed to ensure the repatriation of the skull of a 19th-century anti-colonialist heroine who was hanged for leading resistance to white occupation, as he unveiled her bronze statue. Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, more widely known as Mbuya (grandmother in Shona) Nehanda, was hanged in 1898 for leading an anti–colonial rebellion.

Mbuya is a hill in south-eastern Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The hill rises 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level. Location of Mbuya Area in Kampala City

2021年5月26日 · Mbuya Nehanda is a heroine of the first war of liberation, known as the First Chimurenga (1886-97), who bravely led uprisings by indigenous Zimbabweans against British settler occupation and rule. She was executed on April 27, 1898 by the British South Africa Company, which was responsible for the country's colonization.