Surname · chiShona · iKalanga · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Moyo
Also spelled Nhliziyo.
Carried by the vaShona, BaKalanga and amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
chiShona
A mutupo of the vaShona, which the sources also call Shona.
- PeoplevaShona
- Totem Heart
Recorded Praise Names
These are praise names, not a full recitation.
MoyondizvoChiranduSinyoro iKalanga
A clan name of the BaKalanga, which the sources also call Kalanga.
- PeopleBaKalanga
- Totem Heart
- Recorded as, in the languages Kalanga families live in Pelo, Mbilu, Nhliziyo, Mthunzi, Nkiwane
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Heart totem; Lozwi/Rozvi and Kalanga lines
- Surnames recorded Moyo
- Places recorded Matabeleland, Midlands, Zimbabwe-wide
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- zimboriginal.com (read 2026-08-12)
- TG Silundika Cultural Community Centre — tgsilundikaculturalcommunitycentre.org (read 2026-08-12)
- Mzala Tom, The Sotho people of Zimbabwe (Part 2) (Sunday News; cites Joseph Mujere and Pathisa Nyathi's Babirwa history), 2022-10-16, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/the-sotho-people-of-zimbabwe-part-2/
- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State (African Studies Quarterly 10(2-3)), 2008, University of Florida Center for African Studies — https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/Ndlovu-Gatsheni-Vol10Issue23.pdf
- Mloyiswayizizwe Sokhela, Reconstruction of the Kalanga history welcome but beware of distortions! (opinion column, Bulawayo24, reprinted on ka…, 2012-05-09, Bulawayo24 / kalanga.org — https://kalanga.org/blogs/reconstruction-of-the-kalanga-history-welcome-but-beware-of-distortions/
- totems.co.zw (Zimbabwean community heritage site, uncredited), totems.co.zw - Ndebele Totems category (about thirty entries: Ngwenya, Khumalo, Nyoni, Dlamini, Mthunzi, Gumbo, Mnkan…, 2023-2025 (post dates), totems.co.zw — https://totems.co.zw/category/ndebele-totems/ (Moyo)
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