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ShonaCluster of Bantu-speaking peoples living in eastern Zimbabwe, west-central Mozambique, and southern Zambia. Numbering about nine million, they cultivate corn, millet, and sorghum and keep cattle. Their villages consist of mud-and-wattle huts, granaries, and common cattle kraals. Shona traditional culture, now fast declining under Christianizing and urbanizing influences, was noted for its ironwork, pottery, and music. Magic, witchcraft, and sorcery remain important. The Shona are believed to have built Great Zimbabwe. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Daneel, Old and New in Southern Shona Independent Churches, 3 vols. Research leader Shona Bass hypothesises that 'exercise will have a positive effect on bones in terms of strength and that a significant amount of that benefit in girls will be achieved before puberty, whereas boys will get the benefit right throughout the growth span" The study is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Age, 20/2/06, Education supplement p. At puberty a Shona (Zimbabwe) boy's urine and semen are examined to assess his potency, and the eventual necessity of special foods (Gelfand, 1979, 1985) is assessed. |
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