# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nehanda-charwe-nyakasikana
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:58:39.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nehanda-charwe-nyakasikana"
name: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana"
slug: "nehanda-charwe-nyakasikana"
description: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana also known as Mbuya Nehanda was a svikiro, or spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. She was a medium of Nehanda, a female Shona mhondoro. As one of the spiritual leaders of the Shona, she was one of the leaders of a revolt, the Chimurenga, against the British South Africa Company's colonisation of what is now Zimbabwe led by Cecil John Rhodes in 1889. She was a Hera of the HwataShava Mufakose Dynasty. She and her ally Sekuru Kaguvi were eventually captured and executed by the company on charges of murder. She has been commemorated by Zimbabweans by statues, songs, novels, and poems, and the names of streets and hospitals. The legacy of the medium continued to be linked to the theme of resistance, particularly the guerrilla war that began in 1972. Her name became of increasing importance to the nationalist movements in Zimbabwe."
tagline: "Zimbabwean rebel (1840–1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nehanda_Nyakasikana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1840"
deathDate: "1898"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.584273333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehanda_Nyakasikana"
    title: "Nehanda Nyakasikana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehanda_Nyakasikana"
    title: "Nehanda Nyakasikana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehanda_Charwe_Nyakasikana"
    title: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehanda_Charwe_Nyakasikana"
    title: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Неханда Чарве Ньякасикана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehanda_Charwe_Nyakasikana"
    title: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehanda_Charwe_Nyakasikana"
    title: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehanda_Charwe_Nyakasikana"
    title: "Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6987768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump