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Great Zimbabwe's Mambo Chikanda and the Ancestral Pilgrimage of 1335
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known but pivotal moment in Great Zimbabwe's later years: the ancestral pilgrimage of Mambo Chikanda to the Matopo Hills in 1335. After decades of drought, economic decline, and political pressure, the mambo sought guidance from the svikiro mediums and the mhondoro spirits at the sacred caves of Njelele and Dula. They discuss the role of the pilgrimage in shoring up Chikanda's legitimacy, the tensions between the royal dzimbabwe and the spiritual authority of the hills, and how the journey reshaped the relationship between the capital…
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