Forget El Nino, global warming, regional weather patterns. The reason why there's no rain in much of Zimbabwe is, locals say, because of the blood spilt in the Chiadzwa diamond fields. Up to 200 illegal panners were killed in late 2008 when police and soldiers moved into the rich seam. There have been sporadic killings ever since.
The ancestors are holding back the rain in anger, says my son's Shona teacher.
There's another explanation, according to the local Manica Post newspaper. Twenty-five members of an Apostolic sect danced naked on Zimunya Mountain. The guilty were brought to court (presumably clothed). "If you look up to the sky it is clear: there are no rains, it is because of people like you," court assessor Benny Madanhire told the group.
They said they were just taking a bath.
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