 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(July 2025) |
| Chimurenga | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| 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]
