Musicking and Dancing Politics in Africa

Solomon Gwerevende is a research associate at the Music and Minority Research Centre at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria.Trust Matsilele is Senior Lecturer of Journalism in the Department of English and Media at Birmingham City University, UK and Research Fellow in the Communication Science Department at the University of South Africa, South Africa.Wonder Maguraushe is Senior Lecturer in the Music Business, Musicology and Technology Department at Midland State University, Zimbabwe.

• List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: From the Past to the Present: Music, Dance, Power, Memory, and HeritageIntroduction: Musicking and Dancing Politics: An Interdisciplinary IntroductionSolomon Gwerevende (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria), Wonder Maguraushe (Midland State University, Zimbabwe), and Trust Matsilele (Birmingham Cit University, UK)1. Memory in Song: Whose Memory and to What End?Jacob Mapara (Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe)2. The Politics of Liberation Heritage: Commemorative Practices and Remembering Revolutionary Musicians in Two Southern African CountriesAlfred Ndlovu (University of Pretoria, South Africa) and Solomon Gwerevende (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria)3. Singing and Dancing Dubula Ibhunu: Maintaining Liberation Heritage Versus Challenging Hate Speech in South AfricaJosephat Mutangadura (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa), Khatija Bibi Khan (University of South Africa, South Africa), and Solomon Gwerevende (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria)Part II: Performing Political Discourse, Democracy, and Activism for Justice4. The Apolitical Musician? Oliver Mtukudzi’s Contribution to Zimbabwe’s Political Discourse Through Music (1970s-2019)James Hlongwana (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe) and Liketso Dube (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)5. Zimdancehall as Youth Voices: Winky D’s Recruitment of Young Musicians in the Chimurenga Against Economic and Political Challenges in ZimbabweSolomon Gwerevende (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria), Alois Maluleke (Independent Scholar), and Shadreck Dzingayi (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)6. Singing for Democracy: The Politics of Music in Zimbabwe’s Securocratic StatePedzisai Ruhanya (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Bekezela Gumbo (Zimbabwe Democracy Institute, Zimbabwe), and Linda Mujuru (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe)7. Breaking the Loud Silence of Oppression through Theatrical Dance and Music Activism in NigeriaOluwatoyin Olokodana-James (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria) and Florence Ewomazino Nweke (University of Lagos, Nigeria)Part III: Performing Political Transition and Electoral Politics8. The Sounds of Politics: Popular Music in Malawi’s Political Transitions Since 1964Richard Gracious Gadama (Mzuzu University, Malawi)9. Music and Dance as Election Campaign Strategies in Nigerian ElectionsFlorence Ewomazino Nweke(University of Lagos, Nigeria) and Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)10. The Politics of Spectacle: Music and Dance as Election Campaign Strategies in NigeriaToyin Segun Onayinka (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria), Omolola Oluwasola (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), Mustapha Olalekan Rufai (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria), and Chinyere Mercy Ignatius (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria)IndexList of Contributors