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Verse 1
Upon the hills awakens the voice, Mbuya Nehanda, the people's choice.
Spirit ancestral, fierce and divine, Her song resounds through space and time.

Verse 2
The land will not sell its beating heart, The fight ignites, the flames will start.
Against the chains and shadows of might, Her fire burns with endless light.

Chorus
My bones will rise again!
Echoing through every plain.
Freedom shall be my shrine,
My spirit will never decline.

Verse 3
Captured, yet never truly subdued, Her words remained, her flame renewed.
In Harare her echo grew,
And a free nation was born anew.

Bridge
Mother of people, guardian bright, Your strength still guides, your endless light.
From prophecy the truth was found, Zimbabwe rose on sacred ground.

Final Chorus (choral)
My bones will rise again!
In every song they will remain.
Independence shines on high,
Mbuya Nehanda will not die.

Story
Mbuya Nehanda
Spiritual Origins... Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana (c. 1840–1898), known as Mbuya Nehanda, was a svikiro (spiritual medium) of the Zezuru Shona people. She was said to be possessed by the ancestral spirit Nehanda, a female mhondoro, protector and guide of the community.
Leadership in the Resistance... During the First Chimurenga (1896–1897), Nehanda became one of the main spiritual and political leaders who mobilized the Shona against the colonization by the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes.
Symbol of Struggle... She used her religious authority to unite the tribes, inspiring warriors with the conviction that the land and the ancestors had to be defended. Her figure became a bridge between the spiritual and the political.

Tragic fate... Captured alongside other leaders like Sekuru Kaguvi, she was executed in 1898 in Salisbury (present-day Harare). Before dying, she uttered words that became prophetic: “My bones will rise,” a phrase that later inspired the second Chimurenga and Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980. Eternal legacy... Today, Mbuya Nehanda is revered as the mother of the nation, a symbol of resilience and justice. Her statue in Harare and her presence in songs, poems, and stories keep her memory alive.

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