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Chimurenga music
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| Cultural origins | 1970s Shona people |
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Chimurenga music is a Zimbabwean popular music genre coined and popularized by Thomas Mapfumo. Chimurenga is a Shona-language word for liberation, which entered common use during the Rhodesian Bush War. Mapfumo developed a style of music based on traditional Shona mbira music but played using modern electric instrumentation, with lyrics characterized by social and political commentary.[1]
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[edit]- ^ "What Is Chimurenga?". zambuko.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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