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Murowa River: The Sand, the Well, and the Path North

Tags: African Water Wells, Mazowe River Tributary, Mupararano, Murowa River, Pfungwe Dynasty, Pfungwe Heritage, Pfungwe History, Rural Life Zimbabwe 1970s, Thomas Feremenga, Zimbabwe Landscape, Zimbabwe Oral History

Published March 8, 2026 by Mike Thomas

Murowa River: The Sand, the Well, and the Path North
Murowa River, a tributary of the Mazowe River. This sandy riverbed became part of daily life for the Pfungwe family after Mupararano moved the dynasty further north. Beneath …

Thomas Feremenga and Nyauyanga: Names Across the Colonial Divide

Tags: African Naming Traditions, Colonial Identity, Colonial Zimbabwe, Cosmas Mupararano, Family Lineage, Feremenga, Mazowe River, Mupararano, Nyauyanga, Oral History, Pfungwe Dynasty, Pfungwe History, Portuguese Influence, Portuguese in Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Shona Names, Thomas Feremenga, Tomasi, Zimbabwe History, Zimbabwean Heritage

Published March 8, 2026 by Mike Thomas

In the history of the Pfungwe people, the names Nyauyanga and Thomas Feremenga appear to mark two different eras: the period before colonisation and the period after foreign …

Ndikiye: The Namesake of the Dynasty’s Northern Journey

Tags: African oral history, Chokurota lineage, Lancelot Mupararano, Mupararano, Ndikiye, Pefeniya, Pfungwe dynasty, Pfungwe history, Thomas descendant, Zimbabwe heritage, ancestral migration, clan history, dynasty expansion, dynasty legacy, family ancestry, genealogy records, historical figures, lineage descendants, lineage stories, northern migration

Published February 22, 2026 by Mike Thomas

This account forms part of the documented oral history of the Pfungwe dynasty. For historical background on the lineage and its earlier migrations, see The Lost Dynasty of Pfungwe: The …