In this new history of music in Zimbabwe, Mhoze Chikowero deftly uses African sources to interrogate the copious colonial archive, reading it as a confessional

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"This study examines the historical development, social, political and economic significance of gospel music in Zimbabwe. It approaches music with Christian the

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