A Shona In Zimbabwe? 

You’re right in all accounts regarding Afrikans. Divide and conquered is still strongly at work! Unfortunately, any unifying among Afrikans have been hampered by interracial relationship with mzungus. Who encouraged separation from ourselves.

Perhaps the inability to “build strong communities” proclaimed with such certainty is caused by people manifesting disunity when they speak so negatively, with clear disdain about our people on a public forum. I don’t understand how anyone who “loves” themselves and their own people would go on forums like RU-vid and disparage, “curse” and limit all “Zimbabweans in diaspora” with statements such as this. People who go on social media and speak negatively about our people such as those lost black men who frequently denigrate black women on Twitter, often without cause or provocation, are doing incredible harm. Get on code people. Let’s love one another and even if we want to encourage better behaviour, let’s treat each other with love and dignity...

@@evetats235 well said.

There is something which we don't understand in terms of building Zimbabwean community the hatred and fear upon one another was probably started by whites but lets not be naivy as to under estimate the division caused by Kukurawundi in Matebelaland .l am young but based on history l also know that the ppl in Zimbabwe did not have such distrust prior to this among one another however the killing of the Ndebele in the 80's is something causing great mis trust now .l was young then and not directly personal affected but growing up with family members who suffered it and the torment they still feel today is pulpable and heart breaking mind these ppl have never come across such documentation so this was not the foundation and only instiller of hatred between our society .l am keen to see and compare further research as a Ndebeleof Swati leaneage from my fathers side with surname Mkhwananzi and my mother is from Abesuthu with a surname Mafu.and l grew up in my mothers side of grandmothers clan of the Hlatshwayo's. I say this as someone disturbed by so much loyality and hatred between us but as a Nation and l can only speak for the Ndebeles who are presumed to be dangerous and full of hatred those ppl are in sorrow with no answers or justification of why did their killing happen and thats what has turned into disrespect of their fellow ppl and distrust as well as vulnerability of living side by side with their tormenters which is the driving force from my experience having been brought up by this ppl mistrust and anger brought by grief of the lost souls some who where never buried to this day this is a raw sore wound in the hurts of many who had to pound or kill their families under orders of Kukurawundi. Truth be told trust and loyalty is very important in any relationship as we all know and when its lost its hard to gain back thats not to say it can never be gained .Strangely l had a the document owner saying ppl say Situngwiza instead of Chitungwizda but he did not make reference to those who say Burawayo for Bulawayo or Ndebere for Ndebele maybe one reference was what he needed. Instead of only correcting what the white wrote to divide us only maybe we should also ask ourselves why did we then decide to cull other humans our own ppl.To think that such scripts are the only cause is tunnel vision or more like selective definition of the division within Zimbabwe.

@Ja ProsperTrue and easy with a strong foundation and building bridges by truthful representing our nation's history as well as appropriate dialogue and appreciation for one another as people among the nation but we be realistic as well as be honest with ourselves about what lies ahead of us this will therefore mentally prepare all of us about the work we trying to undertake as a nation

But Vhitori comes from Victoria though right? As in Queen Victoria, the ruling Monarch at the time of all this colonial divide. This is why Victoria falls should be renamed or reverted to its original name "Mosi oa Tunya"

So Ngoni sounds like Shona with some Ndebele culture

Our totem from Tanganyika was tsivo or tsiwo

All these are Shona words the meaning is the same

Even mhagama means miracles or mashura

Absolutely! absolutely like minded. Awesome presentation.

MaSena haasi vana saManyika here? Ndaona kunge vaisa Manyika on the list ye the so called “Shona” wani...

There are many totems.... apologies for not including all it would b too much..look it's already almost 20 min and average You tube is 16....you are one of us full time

@@khamitithank you. Makes sense.

Sounds strinkingly like "MANdinka". There is also a tribe by the name of Ga! All in Western Africa.

@@khamiti I wish we could go through the effort of documenting all our totems for our descendants. Even though most of our culture has been diluted, I think most Zimbabweans/Southern Africans have maintained our totems ( both paternal and maternal) . Perhaps we need to at least document this since most of us know this info...

@@kmu3795 yes that is very wonderful idea maChiefs could spearhead that

I thought so too...that it was a typo of Nyanja...

What does it mean

@@dumisanishelembe951 I believe Nyanja is a group of “Bantu” people who speak ChiChewa. I’ve always heard they are mainly in Zambia and Malawi but I’m guessing they are spread throughout Southern Africa because there are some in Zim. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I’m happy to be corrected by someone more knowledgeable - I’m just going by what I heard in passing since childhood...

He spoke ChiKaranga not Shona.

@@calvintichaonamantsebo9849 And shona people are called VaKaranga or Karanga people.

@@calvintichaonamantsebo9849 what about Zezuru I kikkkkk 🤣

@@chiyenyumba7135 zezuru is a dialect of ChiKaranga.

@@calvintichaonamantsebo9849 what about chimanyika and chikorekore

Please stop using and normalising the term Shona. It confuses and distorts our history . The language spoken by all those that came from Guruuswa is ChiKaranga. Why do we behave as if someone is forcing us to continue the distortion and lies of colonialists who dreamt up the term Shona? We need to be strong in reclaiming our stolen identity as the Karanga.

Many many exoduses....the name Kush..is root word for kushayi/kusha....meaning spread allover...like sowing seeds as a sower...the problem with the biblical exodus us that it's one...and via a sea of reeds..yum suph....

Shona similar to Swahili lol you out of your mind .Shona is even closer to Zulu than it is to Swahili

they are isrealites that I know and we are one big family

there is mixing up... R and L in ancient bantu languages are interchangeable just as B and V... P and B... Vanhu Banhu....

Dr Chigwederu relied on National Archives .. we Use hieroglyphics... Missionaries used European Boundaries drawn for Africa by European Christan homosexual cartographer who by the way never visited africa.... Rozvi Lozi!

@@khamiti Yes language evolves over time but you can't tell me that just 100 years ago "Shona" had an L sound? How did it vanish in just under 100 years? By the time "Shona" was consolidated, the dialects never had an L. B and V are and were never interchangeable. The real problem is Bantu languages didnt have a written form, so Europeans, especially Portuguese and Missionaries transliterated using their own alphabets. If there was no letter corresponding to the sound they heard, they would substitute it with something else. But from orthography, we can deduce the correct spellings and pronunciation of the language.

@@khamiti National Archives were consolidated by whites and like indicated above they tried to transliterate our language to their alphabet. Until today we use it and still have problems spelling some sounds of our language, eg kudya (eating), n'ombe (cattle) etc. Hieroglyphics evolved over time and ended up being extinct as a written form of language. This means it can only form a base but can't extend to Bantu. Remember Bantu is much more recent than hieroglyphics. Chigwedere provides a firm background I think ,though.

Careful about this Chigwedere chap. What were his sources? He claimed to divine information through contacts with spirits. Codswallop!!! Beware, the fellow was a conman!

Ate you listening? There is nothing called Shona. It is ChiKaranga.

@@calvintichaonamantsebo9849 what do you mean ate you listening?

You are dead wrong... The whole script is based on a well meaning and UBuntu driven forum ...that is championing Our quest for identity.....the book we flighted is not an obligation for to order...it's your choice to buy it notbut for your own benefit the smartest people running this Earth read over 19books a month.. knowledge is not limited to books yes but it's also in many books too ...and lastly...we learn from many scholars...for your own information Hieroglyphics were deciphered by a European...this civilisation was built by Eurogentiles and is run by Eurogentiles...if you insist that we teach unverifiable facts we end up making claims...in order to share information we deem beneficial to the hearers analyse it and give our interpretation....In any case you still have a choice NOT to VIEW our videos... otherwise your comments are just like a troll .. trying subtle attempt to contain our goal...and even discourage secondary research..and stifle progress..thank you and GOODBYE!

Check in the description...if not I will share

We are all the same people I did research on google and noticed in Sudan they have the same totems like us in the South, we r the same people who were migrating.

Sounds like Igbani...NIGERIAN. This is getting so interesting. Whats so much more fascinating is that I have seen these same tribes in the East and Central all the way to the South in the 1500s on many maps. Emugi Monomantapa empire days. I saw kingdoms by the name "Herodi", Agag, El Elife (just like the one is Nigeria). They were surrounding the Congo/Zaire waters. At that time it was a large body of water name Galalila. There is a people then called the "galekas" and there was a great war in the 1800s.

@@Melanin_Move one of my ancestors children was called IGBO. 👀

@@collenblack9915 yep, went to Sudan for work and visited a few places that had names that sounded like Shona/Karanga words. Even had to ask them what it meant. Pronunciation was same as my language. Could tell there is a link....

I just started reading about mbire people.

what is in the video is not theoretical.. your words betray your paradigm the video did not in any way or fashion mention the Word Surnames.. and then your utterance that its "just incident kuphela" is so shocking i have no further discussions with you thank you- goodbye..

Ok thanks

Nguni /Shona(Karanga) are divisions that have manifested recently, we were all part of the same nation many moons ago.... we just need to open our eyes . I have had the pleasure of exploring southern, central and east Africa and I can tell we are very much related. Of course there are many differences but we are actually the same people.

You clearly don't understand anything do you. The surnames you mentioned are not Shona

are u stupid? shonas were created by mugabe?

Our ancestors were speaking shona before mugabe was born

The answer is in the video...kikikik

@@khamiti kikiki went ahead of myself.

Where websites you got totems

Plz

@@thulanimyeza9045 I know some of them.....kikikik Toots

It is never too late... These things are generational...

Listen carefully...the missionaries invented all these tribal classes...

You provided nothing zero evidence to substantiate your shrill noise... 😃😃😃😃

@@khamiti here is one ☝️ For example Sibanda people Sibanda Dawu Duna Madlezinye not Shumba yes all are lions But Dawu or Tau are sotho name originally from Southern Africa Lesotho they came in Zimbabwe with King Mzilikazi Dawu Sibanda was a right man For Mzilawegazi likamasthobani now you’re telling lies stop it that’s your opinion and yes most of African surnames are animals but you can’t say if Tanzanian person is called Mamba and ngwenya from South Africa are same No stop lies you’re misleading people i say it again I can tell you more to prove your lies but I can’t argue with you because you believe what you believe bye bye 👋

@@sbukubheka4009 I don't follow your eurocentric borders... They are paddocks for those imprisoned by narrow imagination ...in our understanding we have only one country ...and you are busy with zonal differentials

@@khamiti No man im one of people who support one Africa for all My girlfriend is a shona but what your video is saying it’s misleading people a lie including how we pronounce names us Ndebeles in Ndebele we can’t pronounce some names in shona properly and shonas can’t pronounce some names in Ndebele properly too (example )they call Bulawayo Bhurawayo so does it mean they’re following colonisation No its the way how they pronounce it and it’s good. But Your video seems to be targeting some people putting history in a wrong way stop it brother

@@sbukubheka4009 definitely colonial borders rule in many academics.. as you stated goodbye ... for good!