Some notes on the tribes in the Mount Darwin, Rushinga and Centenary districts

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Title:	Some notes on the tribes in the Mount Darwin, Rushinga and Centenary districts
Author:	Latham, C.J.K.
Year:	1975
Periodical:	Nada: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual
Volume:	11
Issue:	2
Pages:	168-180
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zimbabwe
Subjects:	Shona African religions
Abstract:	Documents all the known facts on shamanism as it is practised in the original Darwin district in the north-east of Rhodesia. Since ethno-history and oral traditions play such a significant part in the shamanistic scheme of the present day, the author discusses in part 1 the legend of Mutota and the migration from the south; the religion of spirit possession: shamanism; and the ecstatic religion of the Shona. In part 2 he describes the chiefdoms and tribal structure in the Mount Darwin district.