Over the years numerous songs have been banned from the national airwaves for being critical of the government. This has included music by non-Zimbabweans. For example, South African group Freshlyground wasbannedfrom performing in Zimbabwe. Outspoken Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga explai...
MusicPolitical Science Urban Grooves| The performance of politics in Zimbabwe's hip hop music NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Barbara Browning BereWonderful GUrban Grooves is a genre which has been deliberately controlled by the state, and yet artists still manage to subvert the form and perform protest ...
“We also had a number of eligible entries that came in albeit after the closing of submissions. According to our rules, this is an automatic disqualification. Another challenge we have faced is the classification of songs into genres. Going forward we will need to work together with a...
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The young man shocked many when he released his first album with 8 songs in Afro Jazz music. Since then he has decided to take a stand in Afro Jazz music and he has been releasing hits each and every year. People are so much in love with his style which reminded them of Thomas Mapfu...
@_Uncle_TJ: You can almost touch the pain in Soul Jah Love's voice in his last songs. That man must have been in the darkest abyss of depression. - 4 years ago @ZaidAyady: RT @bbmhlanga: Mbare massive speak on Soul Jah Love a True Hero, Mbare, Zimbabwe Mourns | #HStvZim ...
In most of these songs, Fela Kuti’s influence is crystal clear in samples and the unequivocal lifting of various hooks. For many, it seemed like Burna was Kuti’s heir apparent. From the late 1960s, Nigerian musician and singer Kuti, along with his amazing bands, almost singl...
Econet is also showcasing Buddie Beatz – a digital platform that gives customers access to over 45 000 songs and 4 000 artists that offer several music genres, including Gospel, Hip-hop, House music, Mbira, Traditional, Sungura, Jazz, ZimDancehall and Afro fusion, leaving customers spoilt for...
On the album, Winky D collaborated with hip hop artiste Holy Ten on the song Ibotso which the latter later distanced himself from, saying he regretted being part of the project. While the “Dancehall President” has been getting the short end of the stick, other counterparts such as Holy ...
invites you to sit on the floor to experience a soundscape containing recent site recordings from Marikana, calls from the mineworkers to disamble peacefully, the entrapment of the workers by the police and chorus of anti-apartheid freedom songs lamented by the mineworkers moments before live am...