Nemeso - a four eyed man-lived in southeastern Zimbabwe in the mid-17th
century. Stories about him are widely known by the Duma in southeastern
Zimbabwe as he left a legacy, a delicious dish - of edible stinkbugs
locally named harurwa. These insects, believed to be a gift to Nemeso by
the ancestors, thrive in a grove (jiri) where no one has been allowed to
meddle since the time of Nemeso, the medium through whom the stinkbugs
were gifted to the living by the living-dead. The insects are a source
of livelihood for the Duma people and for people beyond, and serve as a
drive for forest conservation in the area. The wealthy stories of
Nemeso's life have been passed on through oral tradition. This book,
generated from an ethnographic reconstitution in southeastern Zimbabwe,
documents the stories in a lively and fascinating thirst quenching
manner.