Word: shona
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...until this week, it seemed almost certain that the largest number of seats would be won by the biggest of the black parties, the United African National Council (U.A.N.C.). As the party's chief, Muzorewa, 54, who is both an ordained Methodist clergyman and a leader of the majority Shona tribe, would be called on to form the new government...
...insurgency, which the guerrillas call chimurenga (liberation war in Shona, the principal Bantu language in Rhodesia) is now in its fifth year. It is spreading like a malignancy. "It's worse this week than last," an off-duty "troopie" (soldier) declared in a Salisbury bar, "and worse this year than last." Nearly 2,600 guerrillas have been killed since the war began, but at least 2,000 remain active inside Rhodesia, 3,000 are based just outside the borders and thousands more are undergoing training in neighboring countries. The government's defense effort has benefited from the performance...
...Shona, the language of Zimbabwe...
...Cushitic or Semitic languages of the Horn; a specialist in Swahili who can handle some other important eastern-central languages of Africa (e.g. Kikuyu); a specialist in Hausa who can handle some of the important languages of western Africa; and a specialist in Zulu, Soth-Tswana, or Shona who can handle some of the important languages of southern Africa...
...African nationalists have long called Rhodesia. Among these, the best known-and probably the most moderate-is Joshua Nkomo, 59, who negotiated inconclusively with Smith for two months earlier this year. Another is Robert Mugabe, 51, a largely self-educated teacher, who is a member of the powerful Shona tribe (which makes up about 80% of Rhodesia's black population), and who has a wide following among Rhodesian guerrillas based in Mozambique...