3. Presentation Objectives
To understand the pedagogy of teaching using
national heritage.
To know your role as teachers as we embrace
national heritage.
Assisting the achievements of vision 2030 from
heritage based teaching.
To be ideologically and economically oriented and
active whilst we teach
4. Thought Provoking
What is patriotism, should a teacher be patriotic?
What is the link between patriotism/heritage and economic, scientific-technological
development?
What is the nexus between civil servant and politics?
What is political neutrality, politics partisan?
Should teachers defend country’ sovereignty yet (God says Voparara nekushaya zivo) and
teachers give zivo (Banabas)
Mother’s sovereignty lies in giving birth –Ndaka gomera.
Mother before Solomon doesn’t allow perishing.
If you are mother to your child, who is the mother to/of sovereignty.
Your child/country cant be given in feud whilst biological mother is alive.
A child given to wrong/surrogate mother is killed (Over my dead body mantra)
You can steal mwana amai vakakotsira/kuvarairwa asi pavanomuka inoenda kwamambo Solomon
(2000 referendum exercise)
5. Introduction to National
Heritage
Every country has its own historical, cultural heritage riallities (chimurenga
heritage) ‘Chimbetu- vakamirira Kubvongodza muto’ ‘kufunga nedumbu vachisiya
musoro’
As teachers (civil servants) do you appreciate the gruesome experiences (wars
which brought Zimbabwe 1893,1896,1960s-80s.
Heritage is worth dying/fighting for ‘huchi nemukaka hwacho’ tinoda Zimbabwe
nehupfumi hwayo. ‘history of crossing to Canaan from Egypt’ ‘converting people
to death at pungwe’.
Musacheme kusiya mai nababa vachichema, kuita mhuri.
Two made boys fighting for a girl.
6.
7. Zimbabwe National
Heritage
Teachers as administrators at assemblies doing pledge (Uk-passport).
Heritage as encompassed in the pledge ;
-Gold-our African gold, religion spirituality (prophesies helped Zimbabwe).
-saluting those who died in the defense of heritage.
-nhaka yestand inogarwa-hence proud inheritors of the richness
-proud creators/participants of our vibrant cultures and traditions.
Does a teacher call himself a murungu despise own culture, language, skin.
8. ‘Leadership is spiritual’
NB If leaders are installed by God he does that through the culture
and religion he gave those people whites started to scout their
puppet leadership from the students they taught theology (Reverent
Abel Muzoriwa, Sithole .....)
Two religions at war (RF soldiers going to war blessed in western
churches to go and murder a Chimoio, Freedom Camp.
Vaibhombwa chiimba Mbuya Nehanda tungamirai vana
vachiisa fodya pasi (Song)
Two religions at war (why sniper at Matopo, why spiritual leaders
were targeted by cambel )
9. Inheritance Of poverty
vs Wealth
Western religion demonized our spirit mediums.
How churches splitted people at funerals which was unheard before (needzo concept)
(who defines spirit mediums as a demon-what do they know about our religion.
If you ignore this they will say your skin is dirty, the color of death is black, black book,
language haiite, daddy, mom.
You end up being an assimilado self denial (Lucifer Mandengu)
Mweya wemadzinza munoda mweya waani iye mwari iye akasika madzinza
“god of Abraham, Isacc”(Marcus Garvey)
Our God loved us to inform us the coming of the kneeless. “sadza pamuhacha “” hove
mubani” “God stopped menstruation”
NB-Spirit mediums helped in wars eg Chaminuka & Nehanda
10. Other components of
national heritage
Spirit mediums (tovera)
Icons, artifacts, symbols
Indigenous churches
Chiefs and communities own their heritage
Sports, tourism, music
12. CONCLUSSION
premised on economic ideology, sustainance and resilience of
communities.
Divided we fall, united we stand in our communities
Leave no one behind
13. REFERENCES
1. Dzviti,M (et al) . 2020.History . Harare: Gramsol
2. Gwezhira,J (2017) Heritage studies.Harare. college Press
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