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The history of the Shona protest song: a preliminary study
Zambezia • 9 (2) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 79-101
By: Kahari, George P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document traces the history of Zimbabwe protest songs sung in the Shona language. It identifies six protest song cycles that broadly coincide with important political periods in Zimbabwe's history since the advent of British colonialism in 1890. It is argued that each period influenced the structure of protest songs, and that the songs served as a barometer in the mobilization of political support.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Verbal arts
- Revolution
- Political movements
- External relations
- Warfare
- War veterans
- Family relationships
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Inter-ethnic relations
- History
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi A. Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeastern Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. P. Kahari
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73642270
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)