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4 unusual facts about Chimurenga


Boubacar Boris Diop

He contributes to numerous publications among which Internazionale, Chimurenga

Chartwell Dutiro

Chartwell Shorayi Dutiro started playing mbira when he was four at the protected village, Kagande, about two hours drive from Harare where his family was moved by the Salvation Army missionaries during the Chimurenga.

Fay Chung

In 2006, she authored Re-Living the Second Chimurenga: Memories of the Liberation Struggle for Zimbabwe, her memoir.

Jameson Raid

Seizing on this weakness, and a discontent with the British South Africa Company, the Ndebele revolted during March 1896 in what is now celebrated in Zimbabwe as the First War of Independence, the First Chimurenga, but it is better known to most of the world as the Second Matabele War.


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Matabele War

The Second Matabele War (1896–97); also called the Matabeleland Rebellion or the First Chimurenga

Thomas Mapfumo

His Chimurenga style of music influenced other Zimbabwean musicians, including the Bhundu Boys and Stella Chiweshe.


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