• Shona music is the music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. There are several different types of traditional Shona music including mbira, singing, hosho...
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    The Shona people (/ˈʃoʊnə/) are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily living in Zimbabwe where they form the majority of the population...
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    Shona Bernadette McGarty (born 14 October 1991) is an English actress and singer, known for her portrayal of Whitney Dean in the BBC soap opera EastEnders...
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    Paul Berliner International Library of African Music Makwayera Zimbabwean Marimba Mbira Shona music Hugh Tracey List of Zimbabwean musicians Zimbabwean...
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    gourds with seeds. They are used as major instruments in many traditional Shona music genres, such as in mbira ensembles and in mhande. They typically contain...
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  • Chimurenga (section In music)
    Chimurenga is a word in Shona. The Ndebele equivalent is not as widely used since most Zimbabweans speak Shona; it is Umvukela, meaning "revolutionary...
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    Mbira (redirect from Mbira music)
    (/əmˈbɪərə/ əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a...
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    In Zimbabwean Shona music, a deze is a halved calabash gourd that an mbira is placed into to amplify its sound. It is typically round and has bottle caps...
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  • 2023. International Library of African Music Xylophone Music of Africa Shona music Hugh Tracey "Theory of Music". Bhatnagar, Dipti (21 March 2023). "Remembering...
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    Thomas Mapfumo (category Shona people)
    name of his clan in the Shona language) for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, including his sharp criticism...
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    Shona Laing (born 9 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician. Laing had several folk hits in her native country and in the 1980s became internationally...
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  • Mhande (category Shona)
    among the Shona people, involving music and dance. It is a vital element of the mutoro ceremony, an annual rain ritual of the Karanga. The music and dance...
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    the case worldwide, and languages such as modern Indonesian (musik) and Shona (musakazo) have recently adopted words to reflect this universal conception...
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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...
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  • sex-obsessed colleague, Steve; their up-tight, antagonistic chief stewardess, Shona Spurtle; and the eccentric pilot, Captain Hilary Duff. Sebastian and Steve...
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    Xylophone (category Music of Mozambique)
    marimbas were introduced to Zimbabwe in 1960. Zimbabwean marimba based upon Shona music has also become popular in the West, which adopted the original use of...
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    music style: mohabelo Sotho: Birwa, Northern Sotho (Pedi), Southern Sotho (Sotho), Lozi. Sotho–Tswana languages; Tswana, Tswapong, Kgalagadi. Shona music...
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  • Shona Kathryn Fraser (born 9 July 1975 in Newcastle, England) is a music journalist in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France, having worked for the BBC...
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    National Anthem of Zimbabwe (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    The National Anthem of Zimbabwe, also known by its incipit in Shona, "Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe" (English: "Raise our flag of Zimbabwe"), and the...
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  • becomes a successful racer, and later marries Radhika "Shona" Shekar Rai Bannerjee, a pianist and music major at Columbia University, despite the disapproval...
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    National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) Afropop Chimurenga Mbira Music of Zimbabwe Shona music Khan, Khatija (February 2021). "Censorship and the Cultural...
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  • Shona is a female name of Gaelic origin. (Scottish and Irish) Shona (singer), French singer Shona Auerbach, British film director Shona Banda (born 1978/9)...
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  • remembered 25 years on. Albums Music of Zimbabwe Shona language Mbira, the non-profit organisation devoted to Shona Mbira Music https://www.discogs...
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  • Chazezesa Challengers (category Music of Zimbabwe)
    mechanic business. Music of Zimbabwe Shona music Zimbabwe Music Guide A website about the Music of Zimbabwe Dandemutande Shona Music site and mailing list...
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  • Shona Mooney (born c. 1984) is a Scottish fiddle player and composer. Shona Mooney was the winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician...
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  • and First Nations Nordic Romani Sami Baganda Ewe Hausa Igbo Ndebele Pygmy Shona Sotho Swazi Tswana Wolof Xhosa Yoruba Zulu Arapaho Blackfoot Dene Iroquois...
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    Trending Song Music Video - 'Laila' Sung By Tony Kakkar". The Times of India. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020. "Shona Shona: Sidharth Shukla...
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  • Kushaura (category Music of Zimbabwe)
    In Shona music, the kushaura is the leading part. Compare with the kutsinhira part. The kushaura can be thought of being the first part, with the kutsinhira...
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  • Hallelujah Chicken Run Band (category Shona people)
    sound to include electric arrangements with traditional Shona music. In 1974 they won a national music competition organized by the South African label Teal...
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    Zimbabwe (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    Zimbabwe (/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ, -wi/ ; Shona pronunciation: [zi.ᵐba.ɓwe]), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between...
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