Josiah Mushore Chinamano (October 29, 1922 – 1984) fought in the

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as a guerrilla of the

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. He later served as the Minister of Transport.Hanlon, Joseph. ''Beggar Your Neighbours: Apartheid power in Southern Africa'', 1986. Page 189. Chinamano was second-in-command to

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, and shared many of the same ideological and political beliefs. The two, along with Chinamano's wife

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, Joseph Msika, another leadership figure in the struggle, and Daniel Madzimbamuto, one of the longest serving detainees, and

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were detained by the Smith administration in 1964. Their influential role at the forefront of the movement proved threatening to the Rhodesian government; the five leaders spent several years in Gonakudzingwa Restriction Camp, separated from their young families. Political pressure on the Smith administration resulted in their release; Chinamano resumed his political career. Chinamano died in 1984 and was buried in the National Heroes Acre in

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