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 usage during the Rhodesian Bush War .

chimurenga, Zimbabwean popular music that delivers messages of social and political protest through an amalgam of Western popular styles and assorted musics of southeastern Africa—particularly those featuring the Shona mbira (thumb piano).

Chimurenga also refers to a style of music first branded by Thomas Mapfumo, who mixed indigenous African rhythmic patterns and instruments such as mbira (thumb piano), drums, gourd rattles with Western styles (electric guitar) in songs that achieved wide popularity among the protest movement against white minority rule.

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"The Chimurenga songs helped to instil grim determination among all the actors in the revolutionary process. The gallant fighters themselves drew tremendous inspiration from these songs. Whenever...

Chimurenga Music (i.e. music for the people’s struggle) is timeless and adaptable music with deep-seated roots in the African culture and causes. It is promoted and served with a purpose by Chimurenga Music Company. As a unique genre, it entertains, informs, educates and raises awareness of the social issues of the day.

We also have the only known live recording (on audio CD) of Chimurenga Music from the 1970's, which is also available from our web site. During the Rhodesian War, or 2nd Chimurenga, music played an...

Similar to other styles in areas impacted by colonialism, Chimurenga music is a mixture of traditional elements and Western popular styles. The music protested the apartheid rule, though the nature of its commentary shifted after the establishment of the Republic of Zimbabwe.

This marked the birth of a music which came to be known as Chimurenga music, after the Shona and Ndebele uprisings of 1893 and 1896, which had come to be known as the first Chimurenga. According to oral tradition the tag Chimurenga was coined after a great Shona traditional warrior and legendary hero, Sororenzou Murenga who was renowned for his ...

Chimurenga music emerged during a period of intense political upheavals in Zimbabwe, marked by the struggle for independence from British colonial rule. The music became a crucial tool for expressing the people’s frustration and grievances against the ruling regime, and a catalyst for mobilizing resistance against colonialism and oppression.