Archival Dispatches

The Muroro Journal: Notes on Memory, History and Heritage

Explore the research, oral history, maps, genealogy and cultural questions that grew from the making of Muroro. Each entry looks more closely at the people, places and traditions behind the story.

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FROM THE RESEARCH

From Family Memory to Historical Record

HISTORICAL MAPPING

Tracing the Journey from Sena into the Interior

How family memory, geography and historical sources were brought together to reconstruct the world through which Muroro may have travelled from Sena towards the Zimbabwean interior.

LANGUAGE & ORAL TRADITION

Preserving Shona Praise Poetry

What is gained, and what can be lost, when praise poetry carried through the spoken word is written down and translated for a new generation.

FAMILY MEMORY

When a Name Carries a Story

A reflection on names, inheritance and remembrance — including the moment Aaron Chitsamatanga chose to add Muroro to his own name, carrying an ancestral name into another generation.

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