Between the Bones and the Cross: The Sacred Story of a Hungwe Son
by James Gabriel Gondai Dziya

A powerful journey through faith, ancestry, and forgotten kingdoms.

In this deeply spiritual and historically grounded work, James Gabriel Gondai Dziya traces the sacred lineage of his ancestors—from the sacred stones of Great Zimbabwe to the vibrant faith of modern-day believers. Blending oral tradition, biblical insight, and personal reflection, Between the Bones and the Cross is both a memoir and a reclamation of history.

Born into the Hungwe tribe of the M'tisi line, Dziya offers readers a rare window into the spiritual architecture of his people: rainmakers, prophets, builders, and priests whose legacies shaped southern Africa long before colonial borders were drawn. With reverence and poetic precision, he recounts the lives of 13 ancestral forebears, weaving a tapestry of kingship, migration, sacred duty, and Christian awakening.

This book is a tribute to memory—ancestral, national, and spiritual. It speaks to readers of African descent seeking reconnection, to Christians navigating cultural heritage and faith, and to anyone drawn to the mysteries of Zimbabwe's ancient civilizations.

Come and listen where the stone still speaks.