Josiah Mushore Chinamano
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Josiah Mushore Chinamano (died 1984) was a towering leader of the Zimbabwean Liberation struggle. A dedicated African patriot, he embodied in life the determination and struggle for equality and justice in the then-undemocratic Rhodesia.
Chinamano was second-in-command to Joshua Nkomo, and shared many of the same ideological and political beliefs. The two, along with Chinamano's wife Ruth and J. W. Msika, another leadership figure in the struggle, were detained by the Smith regime in 1964. Their influential role at the forefront of the movement proved threatening to the Rhodesian Government.
The four leaders spent several years in a detention camp called Gonakudzingwa, separated from their young families.
Political pressure on the Smith Government resulted in their release and Chinamano resumed his statesman duties. In later years, he was renowned for his diplomatic stance in relation to conflict resolution and served as Minister of Transport in the years following Zimbabwean independence.
Chinamano died in 1984 and was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. He was survived by two sons, a daughter and three grandchildren.
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