Voice: Roy Guthrie

The word "Chapungu" is the Shona word for the Bateleur eagle.

It's an eagle which still exists in Africa in many of the low lying

areas and we find it in Zimbabwe along the Zambezi valley and the

Limpopo valley.

For the Shona people it's a mythical bird, it's a protecting bird, it's

a spirit bird, it's a bird which the Shona revere and depict over and

over again in their sculptures. So, its a very important omen much

like the Native Americans revere the bald eagle in Africa and in

Zimbabwe we revere the Bateleur eagle, the Chapungu.