gemhu park
a family unit comprising of children with different totems (mitupo) because mommy has multiple baby daddies.
This slang phrase is derived from how in a wildlife preserve you will find a wide variety of animals all belonging to their respective groups (e.g. zebras, lions, elands, elephants, etc).
In Shona culture these groups would be called family clans (dzinza) and each unique group associated with a specific animal is referred to as mutupo ("totem").
Hence, in the context of a woman with multiple baby daddies you'll have something like this:
a family unit comprising of children with different totems (mitupo) because mommy has multiple baby daddies.
This slang phrase is derived from how in a wildlife preserve you will find a wide variety of animals all belonging to their respective groups (e.g. zebras, lions, elands, elephants, etc).
In Shona culture these groups would be called family clans (dzinza) and each unique group associated with a specific animal is referred to as mutupo ("totem").
Hence, in the context of a woman with multiple baby daddies you'll have something like this:
- 1st child's totem (m) = Mhofu ("eland")
- 2nd child's totem (f) = Madhuve ("zebra")
- 3rd child's totem (m) = Sinyoro ("heart")
- 4th child's totem (f) = Masivanda ("lion")
