Kaguvi or sometimes, Kagubi (the latter confusion due to the unique nature of the pronunciation of the "v" in the Shona language as contrasted with Bantu languages), was a a nationalist leader in pre-colonial Zimbabwe Shona Rebellion against European rule in 1896-1897.

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  • Kaguvi or sometimes, Kagubi (the latter confusion due to the unique nature of the pronunciation of the "v" in the Shona language as contrasted with Bantu languages), was a a nationalist leader in pre-colonial Zimbabwe Shona Rebellion against European rule in 1896-1897. The name is also given to a man who claimed to be the original Kaguvi's spirit's medium, called Gumboreshumba (c1870-1898) who was one of the many people claiming to be mediums to famous First Chimurenga mediums during the socalled Second Chimurenga. Gumboreshumba also known as Kagubi, lived in Chikwaka's village in Goromonzi Hill, near Harare Zimbabwe. He had four wives one of whom was Chief Mashonganyika's daughter, the other three were given to him by a headman named Gondo. It is alleged that he was known as a supplier of good luck in hunting and that he was able to speak to trees and rocks. He was believed to be the spirit husband of the other great Shona spirit, Nehanda. He was a powerful spirit medium and, along with Nehanda and Mukwati, he was instrumental in organizing the first Mashonaland resistance, known as the Second Matabele War in the West and as the First Chimurenga in Zimbabwe. When the rebellion collapsed, Kaguvi was charged with the murder of a policeman (whom he had accused of collaborating with the Colonial authorities), found guilty and hanged.
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  • Kaguvi or sometimes, Kagubi (the latter confusion due to the unique nature of the pronunciation of the "v" in the Shona language as contrasted with Bantu languages), was a a nationalist leader in pre-colonial Zimbabwe Shona Rebellion against European rule in 1896-1897.
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