Mbano Matemavi

Mbano Matemavi has for long been used as a form of identity; identifying people who belong to that totem with a unique social, economic, or historical background and past. It was thus a common unifying factor which bound together individuals, families and clans. Totems in Zimbabwe are not a thing of the past despite the changes that have come with time, people are still identified by their respective totems.

See Totems, Zimbabwe.

Mbano Matemavi

Evo Nzou, Makunda,
Maita Mbano, evo Musiyiwa,
Mwoyowevhu, zvaitwa Madzorera.
Maita zvenyu vomuGoromonzi, vokwaChikwaka.
Zvaitwa vemvuto chena, vomuDzimwe.
Maita Matemavi, Mbano yangu yiyi.
Chiuya chinenge mukaka,
Chinodyiwa navasina meno,
Mhuka isina mutumbi,
Chiuya chavachafema.
Maita vari pamhiri paNhora,
Vari Dzimwe, muGoromonzi,
VokwaChikwaka, VaChivakanamabwe,
Kuvaka nomuti unosakara
Kana kudyiwa nomuchenje.
Maita zvenyu vari Mutiwaora.
Waita waCheza naBenhura,
Zvaitwa maKorekore, VaChipahomwoyo.
Aiwa tatenda Musenda,
Zvaitwa, zvaonekwa vari Dzimwe.^[1]