Zimbabwean music is heavily reliant on the use of instruments such as the mbira, Ngoma drums and hosho. Their music symbolizes much more than a simple...
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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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The Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA) is an annual award ceremony to acknowledge and honor musical excellence and creativity in Zimbabwean music. https://zimmusicawards...
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Oliver Mtukudzi (category 20th-century Zimbabwean male singers)
the Music of Zimbabwe (World Music Network) 1999 Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World (World Music Network) 2000 Unwired: Africa (World Music Network)...
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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 Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe is a world music compilation album originally released in 1996. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series...
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The Zimbabwe Academy of Music, founded in 1949, is a music school and non-profit organization in the Famona suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. "The Academy"...
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The national flag of Zimbabwe consists of seven even horizontal stripes of green, gold, red and black with a white triangle containing a red five-pointed...
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Thomas Mapfumo (category Zimbabwean musicians)
music, including his sharp criticism of the government of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe. He both created and popularized Chimurenga music...
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The president of Zimbabwe is the head of state of Zimbabwe and head of the executive branch of the government of Zimbabwe. The president chairs the national...
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influencing the dances of the Zimbabwean culture. These dances are self-reflective, for the entire community because all music and dance are communal...
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Zimbabwe Rhodesia (/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ roʊˈdiːʒə, zɪmˈbɑːbwi roʊˈdiːʒə/), alternatively known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, also informally known as Zimbabwe or Rhodesia...
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White Zimbabweans, also known as Rhodesians, are a Southern African people of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, these people...
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The Zimbabwean dollar (sign: $, or Z$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies) was the name of four official currencies of Zimbabwe from...
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Rhodesian Bush War (redirect from Zimbabwe War of Liberation)
the Zimbabwean War of Independence, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia...
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Masvingo Polytechnic Mutare Polytechnic Speciss College Zimbabwe College of Music Zimbabwe Institute of Legal Studies Mutare college Trust Academy Herentials...
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Anthem of Zimbabwe, also known by its incipit in Shona, "Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe" (English: "Raise our flag of Zimbabwe"), and the final line of each...
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known for playing mostly Zimbabwean traditional music and a mix of African music. Until 2000, Radio Zimbabwe was a state-sanctioned monopoly. During the state...
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Charles Charamba (category Zimbabwean musicians)
gospel music in Zimbabwe since the early 2000s. He has toured both Great Britain and the United States, and throughout southern Africa. One of Charamba's...
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self-amusement. There are many Ndebele songwriters and bands, mainly Zimbabwean artists, who have been heavily influenced by the Ndebele story telling...
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Winky D (category Zimbabwean musicians)
Zimbabwean reggae-dancehall artist, popularly known as "The Big Man" (stylized as "Di Bigman"). His music provides social commentary about Zimbabwean...
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The politics of Zimbabwe occurs in a society deeply divided along lines of race, ethnicity, gender and geography. The ZANU–PF party has historically been...
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The following is a list of holidays in Zimbabwe: Public holidays in Rhodesia, for historical holidays Public holidays are as detailed in the Public Holidays...
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Zimdancehall (category Music of Zimbabwe)
Zimdancehall is a subgenre of reggae and dancehall music from Zimbabwe. The traditional way of message delivery is through chanting. Zimdancehall became...
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The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) are the military forces responsible for the defence of Zimbabwe against external threats from other countries, and also...
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as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union). Zimbabwe has been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992. As of May, 2023, Zimbabwe was ranked...
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roughly 2,000 years ago, what would become Zimbabwe was populated by ancestors of the San people. Bantu inhabitants of the region arrived and developed ceramic...
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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...
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Zimbabwe has many different cultures, which may include beliefs and ceremonies, one of them being Shona. Zimbabwe's largest ethnic group is Shona. The...
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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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