User:Michael Ndimba/MUKUNGUMA FAMILY HISTORY

History of the Mukunguma Clan The ancestor, Nyamuchareka was born in a family of the Mutasa clan based in Bingaguru area near Watsomba in Mutasa. Nyamuchareka is believed to have migrated from Mutasa and settled in Bocha. He settled in an area called Mutsago. Mutsago took him and introduced him to Chief Marange after discovering that he was a good fighter. During that time, Chief Marange was fighting battles with Dzviti people who came from Makoni and Buhera areas and most of his territory had been taken away. Nyamuchareka was a good fighter, hence chief Marange sought help from him and he helped to fight and drive away the the Dzviti people from Makoni. He was given to marry a daughter of Chief Marange as his second wife and had a son called Mutombo. From his first wife he had a child called Mukweyi. He later married a third wife from a family called Mugumisi in Bocha area. The name of the wife was Makambanga and he bore 3 sons and 2 daughters with this wife namely, Ndimba, Kanjera and Shiriyapenga.#/refer to family tree/ The daughters, were Muzonzwa (Mai Mukundu) and Dzamutsa ( Mai Madheu). During that time, Namuchareka had another son called Sengwe with another wife from Makoni. His name was Vanopada, but was also given another name as Sengwe or Zisengwe. During those days of fighting the Dzviti people, people used to stay and hide in a mountain called Zumbare and would come down to do farming. The mountain is said to have a lot of caves and springs. During one incident, there was a fierce battle so much that Nyamuchareka and his team were subdued by the enermy and Nyamuchareka was killed. He died in a kneeling position with his head bowing down, but his colleagues did know that their commander had been killed. A search team was sent to look for him. The search team saw his corpse, but because of the posture in which it was, they thought it was an enemy waylaying them, and ran away. They became more curious when they found that the person was in the same position and investigated further only to find out that it was Nyamuchareka’s dead body that was in a the kneeling position (changa chakati kunguma). From there on, he was referred to as Mukunguma. As a reward for the great works done by Nyamuchareka, Chief Marange gave Nyamuchareka’s son an area to rule. To this day there is a village and two schools known as Mukunguma (Mukuni divison) in Bocha.