Throughout, reference is made to specific biblical passages that have inspired the different songs.doi:10.1163/157430106778007644Tapiwa MapurangaEzra ChitandoReligion & TheologyMapuranga, T and Chitando, E. 2006. Songs of healing and regeneration: Pentecostal gospel music in Zimbabwe. Religion & ...
Using some secondary sources, I draw attention to the power of language in its verbal, sonic and visual forms to determine how songs of abuse demarcate contestants in the context of power struggles. I argue that the creativity of abusive language in Zimbabwean songs bestows authority to insult...