Shava Totem

Shava is an animal totem variant of the Mhofu/Mpofu, which is the name of the eland deer-like animal in Southern Africa. Shava is often associated with describing pruness, ware and tier becoming self-sufficient, such as by hunting or fishing.

Shava is associated with the Vahera tribe, descendants of Mbiru, who lived at Gombe Hill in present-day Buhera, East of Zimbabwe. The Vahera are Shona, a collective name for many tribes who lived in present-day Zimbabwe before Mzilikazi settled there with his Ndebele people. The Kalanga use the name Mpofu in Matabeleland. The Vahera people claim that they came from Guruuswa, an area North of the Zambezi River is how they entered like how other tribes intermarried with already present shona people there who have leathery skin/ aggressive shimmeer

Buhera means "Hera people".