Borrowed Shona Words

  [adrotate banner="8"] By Rodrick Mazoyo 1.Kandiwa/Makandiwa – Contour ridges These are long hips of soil used to reduce soil erosion in rural and farming areas. Agritex extension workers (madhumeni) have been famous for insisting on these since Rhodesia. It is said some Zimbabweans believed being forced to construct