Harinda BaRozwe

Description

A woman always held the Moonstone of the royal Buhera clan of the Shona in Zimbabwe. This was an opal pendant that embodied the spiritual power of the Shona people. Harinda BaRozwe first acquired the sacred stone in a shamanic encounter with the Python, who coiled around her, imbuing her with healing power. Harinda then cured her ailing father, who had promised the throne to whoever was able to cure him. She succeeded where her brothers had failed, and so became the first Shona queen to rule in her own right.