Zimbabwean Music

During the time of white colonization and Christian missionary work in Zimbabwe, there was a significant decline in traditional music. Then, in the 1960s, along with emerging Zimbabwean nationalism and world-wide recognition of black culture, there was a new recognition and valuing of traditional Shona and Ndebele music (the two main tribal groups in Zimbabwe). The classic instrument of Zimbabwe is the mbira. The mbira has been in use by the Shona people since at …

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