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Paper 2 · November 2022 · Indigenous Knowledge Systems

In indigenous Zimbabwean society, what title is given to the leader of a single village, who keeps the village register and allocates land within it?

Model answer

sabhuku

Also accepted: village head, usobhuku, kraal head, samusha

Explanation

The village head, sabhuku in Shona and usobhuku in Ndebele, is the lowest rung of traditional authority. He keeps the register of households, allocates residential and arable plots inside the village and reports to the ward headman, who in turn answers to the chief.

Derived from ZIMSEC Heritage Studies 4006/2 Paper 2, November 2022, Q1

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