Murozvi was declared chigovanyika, the allocator of territories. If it had been the present, he would have been called the Minister of Land. But he was called Murozvi, because they said, “You finished all out honey, yet you have none of the chiefly regalia, or hwize, associated with the title to rule. So your hwize will be an axe, and you will use it to demarcate territorial boundaries for whomever enters this country. That will be the nature of your chieftainship.”
So he was the Minister of Land. He knew, “The boundary of the person who lives here extends this far, and the boundary of the person who lives here extends this far.” Because they said, “You have subjugated us, you have eaten all of the honey. You have finished our honey.”
So as they stayed here they became increasingly scattered. Each was given a place to live. Chigovanyika was there demarcating the boundaries – “You are the chief, and this is your territory. You, this is your territory, and you, this is yours” – until each of them had acquired territory.
They say that people in Zimbabwe wanted to expand their rule over a vast area. We took all the land reaching from Mozambique to Zambia.
All of Barotseland belongs to the Rozvi. Luwanika was a Rozvi who left here and settled in Zambia. So long ago, there were two kings. The one who came from Malawi was named Mwase, and Luwanika came from Zimbabwe. So Barotseland had two rulers.
So once that they were living there, they began to say Marozi. Here we say MaRozvi, but they are all of the Moyo totem. When they left here, they were called Moyo Mateere, and there they were called Moyo Mate. They didn’t complete the rest of the word, Mateere. They are Rozvi, yes. So the entire province known as Barotseland is the province of the Rozvi, from Mosi Oatunya, up to where it ends there.