Paper 2 · Specimen D 2026 · Heritage, Taboos and Totems
Give the Shona term for the bride price paid by a man's family to a woman's family as part of traditional courtship and marriage.
Model answer
roora
Also accepted: lobola, bride price
Explanation
Roora (lobola in Ndebele) is paid in cattle or cash to the bride's family, and it formalises the union between the two families rather than being a simple purchase of the bride herself.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/2, Specimen Paper (a third specimen booklet, distinct from the two already held), Q1