Kanyemba began assembling a private army known as the Chikunda in the 1870s and settled in the region of Bawa, two hundred kilometers west of Tete, from which he either traded with or raided the surrounding countryside.
[2] Andrade died in the late nineteenth century and his descendants have retained the village's chieftainship to the present time.
In 2018, the government of Zimbabwe set up a 200 hectare irrigation scheme for the local communities including Chansola village.
The major tribes found in Kanyemba are the Chikunda and Doma people.
Kanyemba is the rural home of prominent Zimbabwean personalities such as Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation National FM radio producer / presenters Kanyemba"KB" Bonzo and Phillip "Bla Phidza" Makazhu as well as news presenter Sabastian Kanhema and former Commissioner of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Emmanuel S. Ruzario.