# Great Zimbabwe's Mambo Chikanda and the Mbira Exile of 1336

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Podcast: [Great Zimbabwe: The Lost African Kingdom of Stone — Fexingo History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-zimbabwe-the-lost-african-kingdom-of-stone-fexingo-history-7829648)
Published: 2026-06-30T12:55:26+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/history/great-zimbabwe/episode-0131.mp3
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Duration seconds: 418

## Resource

After the mbira purge of 1335, Mambo Chikanda faces a spiritual crisis as the exiled musicians gather at Dzivaguru's shrine in the Dande region. This episode follows the fragile truce that emerges when the Mambo realizes his kingdom cannot thrive without the mbira's sacred music. We explore the role of the mbira in vaShona cosmology, the power of spirit mediums like Nyamuzuwe, and the political calculus behind Chikanda's reversal. What begins as a crackdown on dissent becomes a negotiation over the soul of Great Zimbabwe itself. #GreatZimbabwe #MamboChikanda #mbira #vaShona #Dzivaguru #Dande #svikiro #mhondoro #Mwari #muraya #dhlandhlo #nganga #ZimbabweBird #HillComplex #GreatEnclosure #SouthernAfrica #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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