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Maraire, Dumisani. "The position of music in Shona mudzimu (ancestral spirit) possession /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11274.

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Rutsate, Jerry. "Performance of Mhande song-dance: a contextualized and comparative analysis." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002321.

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This thesis is an investigation of the significance of Mhande song-dance in two performance contexts: the Mutoro ritual of the Karanga and the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Competition. In addition, I undertake comparative analysis of the structure of Mhande music in relation to the structure of selected genres of Shona indigenous music. The position of Mhande in the larger context of Shona music is determined through analysis of transcriptions of the rhythmic, melodic and harmonic elements of chizambi mouth bow, karimba mbira, ngororombe panpipes, ngano story songs, game, hunting, war,

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Chipendo, Claudio. "Towards a changing context and performance practice of mbira dzavadzimu music in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/6357.

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Mbira dzavadzimu music and performance practice has been in existence since the pre-colonial era. It played a crucial role in ritual and non-ritual activities of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. However, political, social and global influences as well as technological advancement have resulted in change of context and performance practice. Unfortunately, these have not been recorded for future generations. The major aim of the study is therefore to examine the change of context and performance practice of mbira dzavadzimu in Zimbabwe. This was achieved by reviewing mbira dzavadzimu music and perf

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Latham, C. J. K. "Mwari and the divine heroes: guardians of the Shona." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004666.

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Mutate, Joe Kennedy. "A critique of the Shona people of Zimbabwe's concept of salvation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Maxwell, David James. "A social and conceptual history of North-East Zimbabwe, 1890-1990." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670267.

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Goodwin, David Pell, and n/a. "Belonging knows no boundaries : persisting land tenure custom for Shona, Ndebele and Ngai Tahu." University of Otago. Department of Surveying, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080807.151921.

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Aspects of customary land tenure may survive even where formal rules in a society supersede custom. This thesis is about persisting custom for Maori Freehold land (MFL) in New Zealand, and the Communal Areas (CAs) of Zimbabwe. Three questions are addressed: what unwritten land tenure custom still persists for Ngai Tahu, Shona and Ndebele, what key historical processes and events in New Zealand and Zimbabwe shaped the relationship between people and land into the form it displays today, and how do we explain differences between surviving customary tenure practices in the two countries? The rese

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Fort, L. Gregg. "Training churches in the Hurungwe district of Zimbabwe to deal with demonized persons through a contextualized Biblical approach." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Nguluwe, Johane A. "The "puny David" of Shona and Ndebele cultures a force to reckon with in the confrontation of the "Goliath" of violence /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.

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Friedson, Steven M. "The dancing prophets of Malawi : music and healing among the Tumbuka /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11238.

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Mugandani, Viola Nyemudzai. "Jangwa music and musical performance by the Manyika people of Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60400.

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Jangwa music is traditional to the Manyika people of Zimbabwe. The Manyika are a sector of the Shona people, occupying a portion of Manicaland Province in the eastern part of Zimbabwe. African societies carefully craft songs for different contexts to serve a functional and educational purpose. The aim of the study was to explore the origin and the structure of jangwa music, the sociological and social psychological functions of the music and its performance, as well as its aesthetic values among the Manyika people. The study utilised focused ethnographical methods. A large group of elderly Man

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Lebaka, Morakeng Edward Kenneth. "Psalm-like texts in African culture a Pedi perspective /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05302009-110332/.

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Chitakure, John. "Domestic violence among the Shona of Zimbabwe the Roman Catholic Church's role in combating it /." Chicago, IL : Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.033-0835.

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Vijfhuizen, C. "'The people you live with' gender identities and social practices, beliefs and power in the livelihoods of Ndau women and men in a village with an irrigation scheme in Zimbabwe /." Harare, Zimbabwe : Weaver Press, 2002. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/52525519.html.

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Mpola, Mavis Noluthando. "An analysis of oral literary music texts in isiXhosa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012909.

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This study examines the relationship between composed songs in isiXhosa and the field of oral literature. In traditional Xhosa cultural settings, poetry and music are forms of communal activity enjoyed by that society. Music and poetry perform a special social role in African society in general, providing a critique of socio-economic and political issues. The research analyses the relationship that exists between traditional poetry, izibongo, and composed songs. It demonstrates that in the same way that izibongo can be analysed in order to appreciate the aesthetic value of an oral literary for

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Chimbandi, Prisca Ruvimbo. "The experienced reality of married Shona women : the impact of their husband's sexual practices on them and the relationship." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86213.

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Thesis (MPhill)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the impact that culture has on individuals‟ behaviour and the relation that behaviour especially sexual behaviour has with the spread of HIV/AIDS, the research took a look at the Shona culture and the impact that the married Shona men and their sexual practices had on their wives and the overall relationship/marriage. Interviews were conducted with married Shona women with the aim of getting recent information on the Shona culture and the practices of married Shona men so as to establish the levels of risk and the unco

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Whitmer, Steven Michael. "Approaching benevolence in missions." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Pewa, Elliot Sagila. "The philosophical, behavioural and academic merit of uMaskandi music." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/277.

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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Music at the University of Zululand, 2005.<br>This document on umaskandi is about a vocal musical style that was created and nurtured by the Zulu people. Externally and, at a distance, the style may not appear to be artistically captivating, praiseworthy, and linguistically significant. It is but only on closer scrutiny that the aesthetic worth of the music can be realized. Even then, without a considerable research into a sizeable amount of the people's arts

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Schöpf, Jürgen K. "The Serankure and music in Tlôkweng, Botswana /." Berlin : VWB-- Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 2008. http://d-nb.info/986637866/04.

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Swarts, Karen. "Studie van die huidige musikale gebruike onder die jeug van die !Xun en Khwe San." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1942.

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Thesis (MMus (Music))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>This study was undertaken to determine the present state of the musical practices of the youth of the !Xun and Khwe San. The study formed part of the NRF project, Mother’s Milk Mother’s Muse, of which the objective was to document and preserve the music of South Africa’s indigenous cultures. This was done by recording the music of children during a series of mini-festivals. A further aim was to develop a renewed interest in their own traditional musical culture. The writer was chosen in 2003 as the project coordinator of the San people o

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Dlepu, Siziwe Everrette. "From song to literary texts : a study of the influence of isiXhosa lyrics on selected isiXhosa texts." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/943.

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Songs play a vital role in the everyday life of the AmaXhosa. Each and every occasion or gathering is accompanied by singing. Their anger or pain, sorrow or joy is reflected in their singing. Although these songs are composed for social purposes and entertainment, they are also educational. Songs may be composed and sung to comment on political affairs, complain against the abuse of power by the authorities, declare war, protest, praise a hero, encourage working together and ridicule the foolishness of someone. Vocabulary and diction used in the composition of these songs, relays the message i

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Durán, Lucy. "Stars and songbirds Mande female singers in urban music, Mali 1980-99 /." Boston Spa, U.K. : British Library Document Supply Centre, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.340348.

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Campbell, Corinna. "Gyil music of the Dagarti people learning, performing, and representing a musical culture /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1130865608.

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Eagleson, Ian. ""Nyatiti is my people" Music and the Reconstruction of Culture Among the Luo of Western Kenya." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1544696356736898.

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Burns, Carolyn Diane. "The relevance of African American singing games to Xhosa children in South Africa a qualitative study /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/burns/BurnsC0509.pdf.

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In post-apartheid South Africa there has been a strong emphasis on teaching traditional music in the schools. Previously the music was greatly influenced by Western European and English systems. New standards were developed in the Arts and Culture Curriculum 2005. The purpose of this study was to explore how children in South Africa could be taught African American singing games, their perception and preferences, and how these songs would meet the new standards. A qualitative study was conducted with 69 Xhosa children in grades five and six at Good Shepherd Primary School in Grahamstown, South

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Lewis, Mary Christine. "A cultural biography of Mantombi Matotiyana and Maxanjana Mangaliso : two contemporary African musicians." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52073.

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Thesis (MMus) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to present a cultural monograph of two contemporary South African musicians, Mantombi Matotiyana and Maxanjana Mangaliso. Both musicians are highly regarded and respected for their exceptional musical abilities within their community and society, as well as abroad. This study furthermore wishes to make a contribution towards the establishment of 'experience-based' ethnomusicological field research in South Africa. In keeping with these aims, the material, which has been assembled from personal inter

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Mphaphuli, Murembiwa Julia. "Tsenguluso ya kubveledzele kwa ndeme ya nyimbo dza sialala dza Vhavenda." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1240.

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Thesis (MA. (African Languages)) --University of Limpopo, 2013<br>Mushumo uno wo sumbedza ṱhalutshedzo dza nyimbo dza sialala dza Tshivenḓa, kukhethekanyele kwa nyimbo dza sialala, zwifhinga zwa u imba nyimbo dza sialala, tshakha dza nyimbo dza sialala dza Vhavenḓa na tsumbo dzadzo, vhathu vhane vha imba nyimbo dza sialala, zwilidzo na mutengo wa zwilidzo zwa nyimbo dza sialala, mishumo ya nyimbo dza sialala dza Tshivenḓa, nḓila dza u tsireledza nyimbo dza sialala dza Vhavenḓa uri dzi songo ngalangala.

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Tamirepi, Farirai. "Going back to my roots : a critical understanding of the interplay between Christian faith and Shona tradition in the quest to find meaning within the HIV pandemic." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6511.

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Thesis (MTh (Practical Theology and Missiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the study there was an attempt to understand the interplay between Christian faith and Shona tradition in the quest for meaning within the HIV and AIDS pandemic. It was revealed that HIV/AIDS has caused unimaginable suffering among all segments of society in Zimbabwe but impacts more on women and children. The suffering caused by HIV and AIDS has inevitably raised the question of meaning which is urgent and widespread, making people turn to the Christian faith or to Shona tradit

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Kamudzandu, Israel. "Abraham as a spiritual ancestor in Romans 4 in the context of the Roman appropriation of ancestors some implications of Paul's use of Abraham for Shona Christians in postcolonial Zimbabwe /." Fort Worth, Tex. : Texas Christian University, 2007. http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-12052007-125945/unrestricted/kamudzando.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, 2007.<br>Title from dissertation title page (viewed Dec. 11, 2007). Includes abstract. "Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Brite Divinity School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical interpretation." Includes bibliographical references.

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Gimenez, Amoros Luis. "Transnational habitus : Mariem Hassan as the transcultural representation of the relationship between Saharaui music and Nubenegra records." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017819.

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This thesis expands on primary field research conducted for my MMus degree. Undertaken in the Saharaui refugee camps of southern Algeria (2004-2005) that research - based on ethnographic data and the analysis of Saharaui music, known as Haul ¹- focussed on the musical system, the social context of musical performance and the music culture in Saharaui refugee camps. This doctoral research examines Saharaui Haul music as practised in Spain and is particularly focussed on its entry, since 1998, into the global market by way of the World Music label, Nubenegra records. The encounter between Sahara

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Wakaba, Philip N. "Preserving traditional Agikuyu music : the development of a comprehensive teaching guide." CardinalScholar 1.0, 2009. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1536757.

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Access to abstract permanently restricted to Ball State community only<br>Titles of accompanying sound discs. Kikuyu folk songs. Vol. 1, Muthunguci -- Aciari mutuge ngemi / by Nyamuga C. Troupe -- Kikuyu folk songs. Vol. 1, Adults only / complied and arranged by Joseph Kamaru -- Muna 2 / by Nyamuga Troupe -- Agikuyu traditional music.<br>Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only<br>Titles of accompanying sound discs: Kikuyu folk songs. Vol. 1, Muthunguci -- Aciari mutuge ngemi / by Nyamuga C. Troupe -- Kikuyu folk songs. Vol. 1, Adults only / complied and arranged by

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Webb, Adenike Ayana. ""The Full Has Never Been Told": An Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry Into the Academic and Professional Experiences of Black People in American Music Therapy." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2019. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/587254.

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Music Therapy<br>Ph.D.<br>The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which the academic and professional experiences of Black people in American music therapy reflect current attitudes within the field towards diversity and cultural awareness, and how understanding those experiences can lead to enhanced, culturally sensitive practice. An arts-based narrative inquiry methodology using poetry was employed as a means to understand the experiences of Black people in the field through artistic forms that invite readers to enter the affective worlds of the participants. A total of 10 music

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Dargie, David John. "Techniques of Xhosa music: a study based on the music of the Lumko district." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001975.

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Part 1.Thesis: Chapter 1: The people of the Lumko district (the villages of Ngqoko and Sikhwankqeni) are AbaThembu, mostly of the Gcina clan cluster. Their history has caused them to be linked with (now vanished) San peoples in special ways, which have undoubtedly influenced their music. Chapter 2: The music of these people is centred around their religious and social life. This affects the way they classify their songs; and song classifications (and the way songs are used) affect their performance, in particular, the dance styles associated with the song classes. Chapter 3: A variety of music

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Smit, Ineke. "Rekenaargesteunde musiekonderrig op hoërskool- en voorgraadse vlak met besondere verwysing na die gebruik van 'n multimediadatabasis van Xhosa musiekterme." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53571.

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Thesis (MMus) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the modern Western world, secondary and tertiary learners generally have ready access to the use of computers, multimedia and the Internet. As a means to strengthen traditional education, computer-based methods and materials are increasingly being used in the education system and are also strongly recommended by many educational experts. The use of such electronic educational means has however resulted in various changes to the education system. Music educators, too, are subject to these changes. The aim of this

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Mungadze, Jerry Jesphat. "A Descriptive Study of a Native African Mental Health Problem Known in Zimbabwe as zvirwere zvechivanhu." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332278/.

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This is a study conducted in Zimbabwe which compared a group of 50 zvirvere zvechivanhu patients and a group of 50 non-patients in age, sex, marital status, level of education and claims of spirit possession. Claims of spirit possessions and types of spirits, as pointed out by Bennel (1982), were used as symptoms of zvirwere zvechivanhu. The two groups were also compared in symptom dimensions of the SCL-90-R used in the study. The SCL-90-R, developed by Derogatis (1975), is a 90-item symptom check list used to screen people for psychological problems reflected in the nine symptom dimensions of

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Lawrence, Sidra Meredith. "Killing My Own Snake: Fieldwork, Gyil, and Processes of Learning." Connect to this title online, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1151067357.

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Kruger, Jaco Hentie. "A cultural analysis of Venda guitar songs." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002309.

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This thesis focuses on the articulation in music of human worldviews, and the social contexts in which they emerge. It suggests that people project various forms of social reality through symbolic systems which operate dynamically to maintain and recreate cultural patterns. The symbolic system investigated in support of this suggestion is that constituted by Venda guitar songs. In the performance of these songs, social reality emerges in a combination of symbolic forms: verbal, musical and somatic. The combination of these symbolic forms serves as a medium for individual self-awareness basic t

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Germiquet, Nicole Madeleine. "Religious musical performance as an articulation of transformation : a study of how the Tsonga Presbyterians of the Presbyterian Church of Mozambique negotiate their indigenous Tsonga and Swiss reformed church heritages." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020836.

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The Presbyterian Church of Mozambique (IPM) has its origins in the Swiss Mission and the European Reformed Church. An ethnomusicological study was conducted on the music of the IPM in order to uncover its musical influences. The musical influences were found to pertain to an indigenous Tsonga musical character, as well as to a Reformed Church musical tradition. By situating the discussion in this thesis within the perspective that music may reflect that which is not explicitly spoken about in words, the music of the IPM was shown to reflect the dual-heritage of the members of the IPM. Thus, th

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Gimenez, Amoros Luis. "Haul Music : transnationalism and musical performance in the Saharaui refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002302.

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The thesis presents ethnographic data and musical analysis (in the form of transcriptions) of Haul music which is the music style performed by Bedouin societies in Trab el Bidan region (Mauritania, Western Sahara, northern Mali, southern Algeria and northern Morocco). It is based on field research undertaken in Algeria in 2004-05 in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria, where Saharaui people (a Bedouin society)live in exile. This research is unique and original as Haul has not, until now, been explored in depth by any scholar. My research on Haul reveals that the changes in Saharaui music in

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Curtis, Marvin Vernell. ""The People Could Fly": An original musical composition to enhance the learning environment of African-American school students and provide an additional resource for elementary multicultural education." Scholarly Commons, 1990. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2813.

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The public school learning environment is based on the learning styles of white middle class children. When African-American students enter this environment, they become frustrated because aspects of their culture, which affect how they learn, are excluded. This frustration may be responsible for the high drop-out rates among black students. The research suggests that incorporating African-American cultural attitudes, values, and behaviors in curriculum will help these students achieve. Because folklore and music are important parts of the African-American culture, an arts-based education prog

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Joiris, Véronique. "La chasse, la chance, le chant: aspects du système rituel des Baka du Cameroun." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211984.

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Ndlovu, Caesar Maxwell Jeffrey. "Religion, tradition and custom in a Zulu male vocal idiom." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002315.

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The study is about a Zulu male vocal tradition called isicathamiya performed by 'migrants' in all night competitions called ingomabusuku. This is a performance style popularized by the award winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Isicathamiya, both in its symbolic structure and in the social and culturalpractice of its proponents has much in common with the ritual practices of Zionists. And Zionists are worshippers who integrate traditional beliefs and Christianity. This study will reveal that isicathamiya performance and Zionists are linked in three major areas:in the sqcial bases and practic

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Mbusi, Nokwanda Princess. "An investigation into the use of traditional Xhosa dance to teach mathematics: a case study in a Grade 7 class." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003499.

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This study seeks to explore mathematical concepts embedded in traditional Xhosa dance and how these concepts can be incorporated into a learning programme for the teaching and learning of mathematics. The study seeks to gain insight into whether learners could benefit from the implementation of such a learning programme. Learners from a Grade 7 class in a rural school performed traditional Xhosa dances and their performances were captured through video recording. The video recordings were then observed and analysed to determine the mathematical concepts embedded in the dances. These concepts w

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Chamisa, Vimbai. "Commodified versions of Shona indigenous music: (re)construction tradition in Zimbabwean popular music." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15750.

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This thesis examines Shona commodified songs in order to develop a set of criteria for critically determining whether a Zimbabwean popular song has appropriated a Shona traditional song and whether this enables the song to be categorised as “commodified Shona traditional music”. The study identifies and analyses Zimbabwean popular songs by selected musicians. It identifies strategies and patterns adopted by the musicians to reconstruct Shona traditional sources. The study also questions why the musicians draw from the indigenous sources in certain ways and how the commodified songs are m

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Chimbarange, Advice. "An analysis of gendered metaphors in selected Zimbabwean Shona songs." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26532.

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This qualitative study analyses gendered metaphors in selected Zimbabwean Shona songs. The study explores how musicians deploy gendered metaphors to propagate, reinforce or challenge gender views and positions held in the Zimbabwean contemporary society. The corpus of data comprised Shona popular songs released between 1988 and 2018 and down loaded from You-tube. The songs were transcribed, translated into English and metaphors identified and interpreted using a combination of the Pragglejaz Group (2007), Steen (2007) and Charteris-Black (2004) metaphor identification methods. Charteris-Black’

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Mudzanire, Benjamin. "An interrogation of the context referentiality of postcolonial Shona popular music in Zimbabwe : a search for the contemporary leitmotifs." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22600.

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The study interrogates the context reflectivity of postcolonial Shona popular music in Zimbabwe. It also explores the extent to which the legal environment in which the same music is produced, disseminated and consumed affects expressivity and artistic precision. The study is inspired by the New Historicism theory which assumes that every work of art is a product of the historical moment that created it and can be identified with the cultural and political movements of the time. The same is believed of popular music. The study is also beholden to the Marxist literary tradition for its assessme

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Muchemwa, Cyprian. "Building friendships between Shona and Ndebele ethnic groups in Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1532.

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Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Public Management (Peacebuilding), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.<br>Despite all the public pretences of projecting a united country, Zimbabwe is a divided country and this has made genuine peace and unity very difficult to attain. The bruised and polarised relationship between the Shona and Ndebele ethnic groups is deeply rooted in the annals of history, which makes it a protracted social conflict. The Gukurahundi campaign between 1982 and 1987 was part of a chain of catastrophic

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Dziva, Douglas. "A critical examination of patterns of research in the academic study of Shona traditional religion, with special reference to methodological considerations." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5931.

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This thesis is a critical examination of patterns of research in the academic study of Shona traditional religion, with special reference to methodological considerations. I analyse the methods and approaches used so far by prominent writers in the study of Zimbabwe's Shona traditional religion so that we may be able to develop better ways of researching it. I then discuss ways that ought to inform and direct the research methods that are most likely to yield adequate empirical studies of the Shona people. I analyse works of the "early writers", as well as those of Michael Gelfand, Gordon Chav

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Penzura, Crymore. "The African philosophical conception of personal naming among the Shona speaking people of Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27843.

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Text in English with summaries in English, Shona and isiXhosa<br>Bibliography: leaves 140-144<br>Personal names carry significant meaning in African cultures. The research critically argues that among the Shona speaking people of Zimbabwe, given names are not just mere tags or labels but carry and convey a significant message to the family or society of the named person. The message is often descriptive of the person named or their family. It describes the circumstances around the birth of the named or the conditions of their parents or their country and or their environment. The res

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Makondo, Livingstone. "An investigation in anthroponyms of the Shona society." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3045.

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Given names, amongst the Shona people, are an occurrence of language use for specific purposes. This multidisciplinary ethnographic 1890-2006 study explores how insights from pragmatics, semiotics, semantics, among others, can be used to glean the intended and implied meaning(s) of various first names. Six sources namely, twenty seven NADA sources (1931-1977), one hundred and twenty five Shona novels and plays (1957-1998), four newspapers (2005), thirty one graduation booklets (1987-2006), five hundred questionnaires and two hundred and fifty semi-structured interviews were used to gather ten

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