Spirit-Medium of Nehanda

Classed as mortal: the historical human medium of the Nehanda spirit, distinct from the spirit itself (shona_nehanda). Included because Shona tradition deliberately distinguishes the immortal mhondoro from its mortal vessel.

Domains

• spirit mediumship

Powers

• is entered by and gives voice to the Nehanda mhondoro

Relations

• companion: Female Lion Royal Ancestor-Spirit

Sources

• Beach, D.N., 'An Innocent Woman, Unjustly Accused? Charwe, Medium of the Nehanda Mhondoro Spirit, and the 1896–97 Central Shona Rising in Zimbabwe', History in Africa 25 (1998)
• BlackPast.org, 'Mbuya Nehanda (c. 1840-1898)'