Singing nation and politics
Subtitle: music and the "decade of crisis" in Zimbabwe, 2000-2010
By: edited by Itai Muwati, Tyanai Charamba and Charles Tembo
Publisher: Midlands State University Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: [Gweru, Zimbabwe]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780797478961
Subjects: Music and state; Music; Cultural policy; Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; Singing nation: music and politics in the decade of crisis / Itai Muwati; title: Hoko: Simon Chimbetu and the Pungweesque prolongation of ZANU-PF's Chimurenga discourse in post-independence Zimbabwe / Andrew Tichaenzana Manyawu and Mandiedza Parichi; title: Metaphors of deprivation and plenty in Hosiah Chipanga's songs of the crisis / Oliver Nyambi; title: Lampooning political corruption: an analysis of selected songs by Thomas Mapfumo and Hosiah Chipanga / Reggemore Marongedze and Bridget Chinouriri; title: Politicians and political parties in troubled times in Zimbabwe, 2000-2010: an analysis of Hosiah Chipanga's selected songs / Charles Tembo, Itai Muwati and Emmanuel Chabata; title: Ambivalence in Hosiah Chipanga's music: a critical analysis / Tevedzerdi Gijimah and Vimbai Matiza; title: Protest and subversion in Zimbabwe's dancehall music: the case of Winky D / Tatenda Mangosho, Peace Mukwara and Dorricah Mhako; title: The political discursive practice of ZANU-PF during the third Chimurenga: the case of partisan political jingles / Mandiedza Parichi and Andrew Tichaenzana Manyawu; title: Canonising the fast track land reform as a crisis: engaging Thomas Mapfumo's selected post-2000 songs / Jacob Mapara; title: Political contestations in the music arena: the case of ZANU-PF and MDC / Beauty Muromo and Tendai Makaita Njanji; title: Manipulating the Pungwe in troubled times in Zimbabwe: an analysis of selected songs performed at Gales, 2000-2010 / Advice Viriri; title: Singing for self-defence or fanning political intolerance? an analysis of selected songs by pro-MDC musical groups / Wellington Wasosa; title: Singing the forbidden : an analysis of the political significance of Viomak's song, 'Gukurahundi' / Sambulo Ndlovu; title: Group animosity and social identity in Lovemore Majaivana's music / Progress Dube and Lickel Ndebele; title: Retrospecting the decade of crisis: an exegesis of selected songs by Ndolwane Supersounds and Mokisi connection / Raphael Nhongo; title: Human agency in selected Ndebele songs: countering the impact of the decade of crisis / Siphiwe Moyo; title: Echoing the Zimbabwean economic crisis through Gospel music / Tendai Fortune Muringa; title: A comparison of Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave's 'Mwanasikana Munhu' and Jah Prayzah's 'Tsviriyo': an Africana womanist perspective / Agnella Viriri; title: The ambivalence of Simon Chimbetu's Pan-African inclination: an analysis of selected songs / Michael Mazuru; title: Music, nation and politics: a critical engagement with Tongai Moyo's music in the decade of crisis / Charles Tembo, Itai Muwati and Willie Lungisani Chigidi; title: Interpreting and interrogating the regime change agenda of the movement for democratic change (MDC) as depicted in the song, 'ZANU yaora' / Tyanai Charamba and Philip Mpofu; title: Instant prosperity and the Shona socio-cultural and religious values in Kireni Zulu's song, 'Nyaya yekunhonga' / Macloud Sipeyiye and Elias G. Konyana; title: Postscript; music of the Shona people of Hwedza district / Perminus Maiture