Covid-19 hit us so hard and its repercussions continue to reverberate across all spheres of life globally. The pandemic impacts have also been conditioned by geographic, political, cultural and socio-economic variations. In certain instances, experiences are shared because of similarities in health measures adopted. The measures with far-reaching consequences were national lockdowns, which almost drew everything to a complete halt. Since the year 2019, anthropological research was under siege and Zimbabwe was no exception to this. However, this was also the best time to pause, reflect, dig-deep and re-imagine creative ways of doing indigenous research. Being a fanatic of the Rozvi subject, in particular, their precolonial state (AD 1685-1830) and associated archaeological identities, it was imperative to quickly resort to alternative research approaches during this crisis. In pursuit of the Participatory Action Research (PAR) targeting Rozvi descendants, a “Rozvi-Cyber community” was eventually birthed and it continues to rapidly expand. This virtual community largely comprises of Rozvi descendants that have never met in person. Through Zoom and Whatsapp platforms, the Rozvi continue to conglomerate with great ease and alongside this development, a wealth of knowledge is being acquired. Although social media platforms like Whatsapp remain restricted in use academically, they constitute some of the best research tools today. Thus, this paper advocates for their recognition, wise and professional usage along ethical lines and continuous dreaming to maximize on their benefits as emerging alternative research tools.
