Zvamutsanatsana

Background

This is a very popular metaphor used to tease those that fight, roughly transltaing to; the dog and rabbit are now fighting after putting up a united front. 

"Shona children grew up playing the game zvamutsana-mutsana tsuro nembwa (the dogs are chasing the hare) in which they explored the survival driven intelligence of the hare and how it used its wits to avoid being caught. The game prepared them psychologically and physically for hunting from a tender age and gave them visual, mental and physical comprehensions of hunting hares with dogs. Before embarking on a hunt experienced hunters gave their dogs some herbs for them not to release the animals they would have caught" - I. Dande, p.74

From 'A Social History of African dog-owners in Zimbabwe, 1890-2018' by Innocent Dande

English Translation

The rabbit and the dog have started fighting each other

Shona Lyrics

 Zvamutsana Tsuro Imbwa

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