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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

 music genre. It derives its name from the Shona word which means an Arrow. This is generally so because the music is considered to have a very fast tempo, especially the beat and is characterised by fast dance routines such as 'Borrowdale dance" popularised by Alich macheso. Artists include Simon Chimbetu

Simon Chimbetu

Simon Chopper Chimbetu was a Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist and composer. He was the founding member his band Orchestra Dendera Kings.-Early life:...

 with his brand of sungura, Nicholas Zachariah known as Madzibaba or Senior Lecturer who has nurtured most of today's artists, Mitchell Jambo, Tongai Moyo

Tongai Moyo

Tongai Moyo was a contemporary Zimbabwean musician, often referred to as Dhewa. Born and raised in Kwekwe, Dhewa rose to fame in the late 1990s as a solo-artist with the Utakataka express...

 and Alick Macheso

Alick Macheso

Alick Macheso is a contemporary musician, often referred to as the king of sungura. Born and raised in Shamva, Alick rose to fame in the late 1990s as a solo artist with Orchestra Mberikwazvo. He is well known throughout all of Africa as one of the most successful African singers and ranked among...

. Earlier groups/musicians include Leonard Dembo

Leonard Dembo

Leonard Tazvivinga Dembo was a Zimbabwean guitar-band musician who became extremely popular in Zimbabwe during the 1990s with his band the 'Barura Express'.-Early life and education:...

 now late whose hit song Chitekete broke sales records and was played at a Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 contest, James Chimombe

James Chimombe

James Chimombe was a Zimbabwean vocalist and a guitarist. His career included stints with OK Success, the Acid Band, the Ocean City Band, and the Huchi Band. His music melded Kenyan, South African, and Congolese influences into Zimbabwean music...

, late as well, Biggie Tembo, Marshall Munhumumwe leading the Four Brothers

Four Brothers

"Four Brothers" is a jazz standard composed by Jimmy Giuffre and performed by the Woody Herman Orchestra.The song features four saxes in an arrangement that gives each "brother" a solo and culminates in a hard-swinging sax section chorus.The song so typifies the sound of Woody Herman's second...

 (they were not brothers and were more than four) and the Bhundu Boys

Bhundu Boys

The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco, country, and pop influences...

 playing Jit

Jit

Jit is a style of popular Zimbabwean dance music. It features a swift rhythm played on drums and accompanied by a guitar. Jit evolved out many diverse influences, including domestic chimurenga, Congolese rumba and Tanzanian guitar styles...

.

The more famous names include Oliver Mtukudzi, internationally acclaimed and a Kora Award winner. There is also Thomas Mapfumo

Thomas Mapfumo

Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo is a Zimbabwean musician known as "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, including his sharp criticism of the government of President Robert Mugabe...

 now based in the United States of America who plays Chimurenga

Chimurenga

Chimurenga is a Shona word for 'revolutionary struggle'. The word's modern interpretation has been extended to describe a struggle for human rights, political dignity and social justice, specifically used for the African insurrections against British colonial rule 1896–1897 and the guerrilla war...

 music. Another big musician is Leonard Zhakata

Leonard Zhakata

Leonard Karikoga Zhakata is a Zimbabwean musician and singer. He writes and performs songs mainly in his native Shona tongue....

 who began as part of the Maungwe Brothers with his cousin the late Thomas Makion before they went their separate ways in 1994.

The Ngwenya Brothers is another group who were popular not only in Zimbabwe but regionally in the '90s even touring countries like Mozambique. Other musicians like Alick Macheso have lost band members when touring the United Kingdom where there are many Zimbabweans living there who enjoy a good dance from music from home.

There s also Mbira led by musicians such as Chiwoniso, Mbira DzeNharira and their splinter group Maungira eNharira, Ambuya Stella Chiweshe among others.

Other leading female musicians include Busi Ncube

Busi Ncube

Busi Ncube is a female Mbira singer from Zimbabwe, who sings in six African languages.Busi Ncube was a member of the Afro-Fusion group Illanga; the group released three albums during the 1980s, and played during the 1988 Human Rights Now! concert....

 formerly of the popular 80's group Ilanga which split up and had members such as Don Gumbo, Andy Brown

Andy Brown

Andy Brown may refer to:*Andy Brown , former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association*Andy Brown , Indy Racing League winning chief engineer* Andy Brown , UK football player...

 among others.

Solomon Skhuza, Nduna Malaba or Ndux Malax, Christopher Shoko, Ndolwane Super Sounds sing or sang in the other languages of the country Ndebele

Northern Ndebele language

The Northern Ndebele language, isiNdebele, or Ndebele is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe. It is commonly known as Sindebele....

, Kalanga

Kalanga

Kalanga may refer to:* BaKalanga people* Kalanga language* Kalanga, Togo...

 etc.

Paul Matavire

Paul Matavire

Paul Matavire was a blind Zimbabwean musician and songwriter born in Maranda, Mwenezi District. He rose to prominence in the 1980s when he joined the Jairos Jiri Band based in Bulawayo at the Jairos Jiri Rehabilitation Centre. He was then elected to lead the Jairo Jiri Band, as one of Zimbabwe's...

 now late was one of the more recognised disabled but brilliant musicians of his time fronting the Jairos Jiri

Jairos Jiri

Jairos Jiri was born in 1921 in the Mutenyami Village in Bikita, Masvingo,close to Chitsanga Primary School. He was a philanthropist.In the early day of his childhood he had a dream of helping the disabled people...

 band before branching out on his own.

Gospel

Gospel

A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

 is also big in Zimbabwe for the social conscious with musicians such as Jordan Chataika, Brian Sibalo and Mechanic Manyeruke among the pioneers. Lately female artists now dominate with names like Fungisai, Mercy Mutsvene, Spiwe Chimuti, Shingisi Suluma, Olivia Charamba, Armanda Sagonda and Primrose Simeti just to name a few