ZIMBABWE is a multi-cultural country that has a rich and diverse cultural heritage that is portrayed through its traditional music and dances. Local traditional music is heavily reliant on the use of instruments such as the mbira (thumb piano), ngoma (drums) and hosho (rattles). Zimbabwe’s ...
Thomas Mapfumo's adaptations were basically in two forms; the mirror and the partial adaptations. In the mirror adaptation, the artist fuses the mbira with western instruments in such a way that the music is a reflection of the original one. This is achieved by maintaining its melody, general...
Written documents provided by Arab and European explorers Stone and terra cotta portrayals of musical instruments Iron bells discovered in Zimbabwe and Congo Bronze plaques with images of musical instruments Worksheet 1. What structure does African music employ?
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The role of traditional healers in HIV management in Zimbabwe remains undocumented; thus the paper investigated the role of traditional healers in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Random sampling was used to select 80 community members who were recruited as study participants. Eight interviews were ...
This cohort study examined the impact of phytotherapy (PT; traditional herbs) on neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV disease progression to antibody immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), CD4 counts, and viral load in adult patients in Harare, Zimbabwe. This is a community-based and nonintervention cohort stu...
The chapter concludes by noting how most of the Shangaan women who participated in the study were already aware of their essential role in giving birth to a child and how they felt proud to fit into that role.Ingwani, ViolaUniversity Great Zimbabwe UniversityMagwa, Simuforosa...
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