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Matemai Mbano- is a totem of the shona people of Chikwaka,Goromonzi .The Matemai's totem animal is the elephant(Nzou)and they originated from the Nzou Samanyanga of Dande of the korekore people. The name Mbano means first born of which it was Mutiwaora who was murdered in a succession battle by his half sibling Chipfumba who then assumed the throne.His two sons Benhura and Chaza went into exile ending up in Goromonzi where there would become Mate mavi meaning bad words. As with enternal Zimbabwean Migration the Matemai are found all over Zimbabwe but mostly in the Mashonaland provinces with most tracing their origin back to Goromonzi.The chief in Goromonzi is called by the venerable title Chikwaka also the village name.