Category: Mhanzi
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Thomas Mapfumo and the Language of Zimdancehall
Click or not: Thomas Mapfumo and the Language of ZimdancehallThomas Mapfumo and the Language of Zimdancehall “You may say I do dancehall but do you know this name? Can you explain to us what dancehall means? It’s a Jamaican word,” said Mapfumo. “We don’t discourage our youths from entering music. But when you step into other people’s culture, do it in their language so… …
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Thomas Mapfumo, Mbira Masters and Rhodesian Gatekeepers
Click or not: Thomas Mapfumo, Mbira Masters and Rhodesian GatekeepersThomas Mapfumo, Mbira Masters and Rhodesian Gatekeepers Mbira poetics in the moonshine, mid-century township culture, chimurenga renaissance, gospel, jit, sungura and dancehall are all genealogies of the Zimbabwean spirit. Today, the mbira may assure the country a proud category in world music but to get there, it had to survive repression by Rhodesian gatekeepers. Zimbabwe’s… …
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Three Gospel Singers
Click or not: Three Gospel SingersTakesure Zamah Ncube performs with Joyous Celebration They have kept us posted with mellow jams, but popular credit has been long time coming for Zimbabwean gospel music’s trending acts. We look at recent arrivals and persistent pilgrims on the Christian entertainment circuit, and the journeys that took them to acclaim. More than just torching up… …