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Give the Shona word for the moral quality of full personhood, expressed in the saying 'munhu munhu nekuda kwevanhu'.

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unhu

Also accepted: hunhu, ubuntu, vumunhu, buntu

Explanation: Unhu in Shona, ubuntu in Ndebele and vumunhu in Xitsonga name the same idea: that being fully human is shown in how a person treats others. It is the moral core of Indigenous Religion and is treated as the standard of Zimbabwean character.

Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/2, Specimen Paper, Q2

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