ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors begin by grounding themselves in "Southern" Africa. They consider the employment of the community, creating livelihoods, not simply cycles of mass (un)employment. The story of Chinyika, in particular, demonstrates the contemporary meaning of community as solidarity, in a way that reveals activated communitalism in the South. Spiritual belief systems equally lay at the heart of Chinyika's evolution in rural Zimbabwe. Both Muchineripi, based in Karanga, and Kada, based in Baremba, saw themselves as connected with those ancestors to whom super-sensible power had revealed the land and how to prosper. In relation to Chinyika, the Ngoma Lungundu besides being an artefact, has a spiritual power of renewal for the Lemba and Chinyika community in Gutu. This is an opportunity for the local community to look outside and connect with a global platform. Following from Chinyika, the authors conclude with their Illustrative Case of creating community through the projects of Habitat for Humanity.
