The elephant totem, nzou/zhou/ndlovu has a number of classes (zvidawo). Affectionately known as Mhukahuru, meaning the big animal. The elephant clans are scattered across the country some in the north along the Zambezi valley. These are the Tonga, Tavara, Korekore, Karanga, Ndebele and Remba. The totem represents mighty people who are well built, big in stature and destructive. They are also great hunters mostly the Karangas, Remba and Tonga, whereas the Ndebele produce great fighters. The elephant clan produce people with great skill in arts, sports and academics, exmples being; the Ndlovu brothers in football (Peter, Madinda and Adam), Oliver Mutukudzi in music. They are composed with athleticism and intelligent although they are few in population. Their dialectical classes comprises of Samanyanga, Suwani, Mushavi.
Maita nzou, maita nzou mhukahuru
Mutsika panotinhira
Vakaita hasha vanodzura miti
Maita mhukahuru
Dzese mbwende dzinopatiza masvika
Vasina hanganwa
Vana mutyora sango
Vakakubata iyewe wedzoro huru
Unotochiona chete
Vanorangarira
Maita nzou
Machengeta sango
Ivo zhou
Vanadzo dzisingabhende
Dzinoti dzikabaya dzinosvika kuhongonya
Maita madyemhihwa
Magutsa vana
Vakuru vomusha
Mhuka isina mushishi
interesting
Mhurura munanga
Samanyanga mhuka huru
Samanyanga vemanyanga
Mhukahuru
Vakadzi vanodeedzwa kuti vanani
Samanyanga
Mandlovhu
Vanonzi vana AChihoro
Mandlovu
Mandlovu
Ana a chihoro
vana achihoro or mandhlovu
Do we have nzou samanyangas from Mozambique
Thats so true … Thats where my husband comes from
What about Zhou unending
Some are anaChihoro
Pane aneye englisn here andipowo …is there an english version of this poetry , if there is can i have it .
ko dzinza ranaSamanyanga takabva kupi
Ndokumbirawo nzou navedzenge
This is my totem , and i learned something
Nyanga dzisinga*bhende*??(bend)
Haizi Shonaka iyi?
Dai zvanzi dzosingakombame pamwe zvakangodarowoka.
Question. I’m referred to as nyamasvisva by my aunt and une ndoro by my grandmother. Women of our side are called AChihoro. But I’m not called Samanyanga. I was told toyera nzou but it’s not samanyanga. It’s one that branch off from samanyanga a few years back