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Chirungu chakauya nechirungurira

Shona Definition

Chirungu chakauya nokupindura tsika dzavatema zvokuti vanhu vava kutotora kupinduka uku sechirwere chakafanana nechirungurira.

English Translation

European ways displaced African custom so thoroughly that the upheaval is spoken of as a sickness spreading through the people.

Cultural Context

“Used as a remark on the disruptive changes Western influence brought to traditional practice.”

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