Case file · Apparition / miracle
Mbuya Nehanda: 'My bones will rise'
Charwe Nyakasikana, medium of the spirit Nehanda, was hanged in Salisbury on 27 April 1898 for her part in the 1896 rising; tradition says she declared her bones would rise again.
1898 CE · -17.83, 31.05 · status: account
The account
She was executed alongside the medium of Kaguvi. During the liberation war of the 1970s guerrillas sought the guidance of Nehanda's later mediums, and the war came to be seen as her prophecy fulfilled. A statue of her was unveiled in Harare in 2021.
The sceptical view
The famous last words are recorded in later tradition rather than in court documents.