Tracing The Line of Mwatipedza — 27th Son of Gandidzanwa
Gandidzanwa, patriarch of the Marange clan, fathered 31 sons in the Makoni area before his family was expelled — giving rise to the clan name Marange (from "Marangwa" — "you have been disciplined"). He led his sons to the current Marange area, divided the land into 31 Matunhu (districts), and assigned each son one dunhu. His 27th son, Mwatipedza, received the dunhu that is our village today. Because Mwatipedza was young, his older sister Tete Amaruza governed as caretaker before handing leadership to Mwatipedza's son — beginning the village headman line that continues with Ishe David Marange today.
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