Chimurenga music is a Zimbabwean popular music genre coined by and popularised by Thomas Mapfumo. Chimurenga is a Shona language word for struggle. The word's modern interpretation has been extended to describe a struggle for human rights, political dignity and social justice. Mapfumo developed a style of music based on traditional Shona mbira music, but played with modern electric instrumentation, with lyrics characterized by social and political commentary.[1] Thomas Mapfumo is a Zimbabwean musician known as The Lion of Zimbabwe for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Shona (or ChiShona) is a native language of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; the term is also used to identify those Kintu speaking peoples in Southern Africa who speak one of the Shona languages. ... Mbira Dzavadzimu in deze (top), Mbira Nyunga Nyunga (bottom), Hosho (bottom left). ...
Afrobeat | Apala | Benga | Bikutsi | Chimurenga | Highlife | Isicathamiya | Jit | Jùjú | Kwaito | Kwela | Makossa | Marrabenta Mbalax | Mbaqanga | Mbube | Morna | Palm-wine | Raï | Rumba | Sega | Soukous/Congo/Lingala | Taarab African popular music, like African traditional music, is vast and varied. ... Afrobeat is a combination of Yoruba music, jazz, and funk rhythms, fused with African percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa in the mid to late 1960s. ... Apala is a musical genre, originally derived from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. ... There is also Benga in the province of Nyanga, see Benga, Gabon Benga is a musical genre of Kenyan popular music. ... Bikutsi is a musical genre from Cameroon. ... Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana and Sierra Leone in the 1920s and spread to other West African countries. ... Isicathamiya is a singing style originated from the South African Zulus. ... JIT can stand for Just-in-time compilation - a technique for improving the performance of interpreter in computing Just in time - the business technique Jabber-ICQ-Transport This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... Jùjú is a style of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kwela is a happy, often pennywhistle based, street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings. ... Makossa is a type of music which is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon. ... Marrabenta is a form of Mozambican dance music. ... Mbalax is a genre of popular music developed in Senegal and Gambia. ... Mbaqanga is a style of South African music that is usually sung by people from rural areas. ... Mbube is a form of South African vocal music, made famous by the South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. ... A typical morna group. ... Palm-wine music (known as maringa in Sierra Leone) is a West African musical genre. ... Raï (Arabic: راي) is a form of folk music, originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African-American and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture. ... Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated in Africa and traveled via the slave trade to Cuba and the New World. ... This article has been temporarily vandalised. ... // Soukous is a musical genre that originated in the Congos during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa. ... Taarab is a kind of East African music, most popular in Tanzania and Kenya. ...
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