Shona (icon) is the name collectively given to two groups of people in the east and southwest of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

, north eastern Botswana and southern Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

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The Shona people are classified as Western Shona (Bakalanga) and eastern Shona. The western Shona are called the Bakalanga and is agreed that it is the oldest Shona cluster. They are found in South western Zimbabwe and Botswana. They have been assimilated by the Ndebele people.