Performing Zimbabwe : a transdisciplinary study of Zimbabwean music / edited by Luis Gimenez Amoros and Maurice T. Vambe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gimenez Amoros, Luis, editor.

Vambe, Maurice Taonezvi, editor.

Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

Series:

Thinking Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mbira music.

Dance halls.

Ndebele (African people).

Shona (African people).

Zimbabwe.

Music--Zimbabwe.

Music.

Popular music--Zimbabwe.

Popular music.

Shona (African people)--Songs and music.

Ndebele (African people)--Songs and music.

Dance halls--Zimbabwe.

Mbira music--Zimbabwe.

Genre:

Songs and music.

Physical Description:

xviii, 343 pages : black-and-white illustrations, music ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2018.

Contents:

Preface. Understanding Zimbabwe : the Shona and the Ndebele in Zimbabwe and beyond / Barbara Mahamba and Luis Gimenez Amoros

Introduction. The study of Zimbabwean music by Zimbabwean scholars / Luis Gimenez Amoros. Part I. Indigenous music and its transformations. 1. Mbira in urban spaces : Mbira-making and the multiple contexts of Zvirimudeze Mbira Ensemble performances in Zimbabwe / Perminus Matiure

2. The Shangwe and Tsonga idioms in Xinombela musical arts for the adolescents in Gokwe and Chiredzi, north-west and south-west Zimbabwe / Renias Ngara and Doreen Sibanda

3. Performing subversion : negotiating social and political space in Zimbabwe through Chinyambera traditional dance / Innocent Tinashe Mutero

4. Shangwe Mukwerera : systems and hierarchies of communication in Gokwe, Zimbabwe / Renias Ngara

5. If vagina had teeth : song, film and the reshaping of female identities through rituals of rainmaking ceremonies among Shona people of western Mozambique / Maurice T. Vambe

6. Doing the 'serious business of older people' correctly : Zimbabwean Mbira popular adaptations / Vimbai Chamisa. Part II. Zimbabwean urban popular music across time. 7. The middle class and the popularisation of musical concerts in Harare Township, Salisbury, from the 1940s to 1970 / Barbara Mahamba and Azon Twala

8. The promotion of popular music in the major cities of Zimbabwe : a contested terrain by musicians and promoters / Victoria Blessing Butete

9. Chimurenga music and the narrative of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle(s) : rethinking Simon Chimbetu's 'Zimbabwe Iyoyi', 'Ndarangarira Gamb' and 'Pane Vasipo' / Urther Rwafa

10. Music and violence : discordant siblings? A study of political music in the Land Reform Programme of Zimbabwe, 2000-10 / Bridget Chinouriri and Munyaradzi Nyakudya. Part III. The rise of the dancehall in Zimbabwe : regarding transdisciplinary studies. 11. Dancehall music in Zimbabwe : youth activism or subalternity? Some notes on the politics of music based on select songs at the 2014 Zimdancehall Awards / Rekopantswe Mate

12. Performing manhood in Zimdancehall : music as a patriarchised space in Zimbabwe / Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Sandra Bhatasara

13. The depiction of the unsung African s/hero or heroine in post-2000 Zimdancehall music lyrics : a critical analysis / Ruby Magosvongwe

14. The political underpinnings of Zimdancehall music : analysing selected songs of Winky D and Tocky Vibes / Itai Muwati, Tinotenda Mwamuka and Charles Tembo

15. Patterns of Ndebele Zimdancehall music / Zifikile Makwavaara and Albert Nyathi

Conclusion / Luis Gimenez Amores.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781869143961

1869143965

OCLC:

1052796678