Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music
The chapter is premised on the discursive nature of African indigenous popular music and the way Zimbabwean artistes engage in self-censorship in articulating and promoting democratic and egalitarian culture in post-independence Zimbabwe. The central focus is entrenched upon the development that the...
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| description | The chapter is premised on the discursive nature of African indigenous popular music and the way Zimbabwean artistes engage in self-censorship in articulating and promoting democratic and egalitarian culture in post-independence Zimbabwe. The central focus is entrenched upon the development that the Zimbabwean artists’ target audience is bifurcated in two heterogeneous camps: the sublime suspect group constituting the central force being called to right a wrong and the marginalised subgroup. The chapter engages the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) theory to examine the effect of a marginalised and hybridised Zimbabwean music genre: Theological-Sungura and its discursive articulation towards the propagation of a virtually utopian and democratic socio-political terrain. Qualitative purposive sampling of Zimbabwean Theological-Sungura artists is carried out. This chapter argues that Theological-Sungura can be truncated from both porous mains as an emergent daughter genre and that this genre is inwardly militant in its promulgation of democracy and socio-political pluralism. The genre acquires a more conciliatory and euphemistic censure for a rhetorical function promoting harmony and conflict-free socio-political landscape. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-49892022-07-21T09:09:29Z Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music Mutingwende, Andrew Jakaza , Ernest Popular music Theological-Sungura music Zimbabwean music Political discourse Critical Discourse Analysis The chapter is premised on the discursive nature of African indigenous popular music and the way Zimbabwean artistes engage in self-censorship in articulating and promoting democratic and egalitarian culture in post-independence Zimbabwe. The central focus is entrenched upon the development that the Zimbabwean artists’ target audience is bifurcated in two heterogeneous camps: the sublime suspect group constituting the central force being called to right a wrong and the marginalised subgroup. The chapter engages the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) theory to examine the effect of a marginalised and hybridised Zimbabwean music genre: Theological-Sungura and its discursive articulation towards the propagation of a virtually utopian and democratic socio-political terrain. Qualitative purposive sampling of Zimbabwean Theological-Sungura artists is carried out. This chapter argues that Theological-Sungura can be truncated from both porous mains as an emergent daughter genre and that this genre is inwardly militant in its promulgation of democracy and socio-political pluralism. The genre acquires a more conciliatory and euphemistic censure for a rhetorical function promoting harmony and conflict-free socio-political landscape. 2022-07-21T09:09:29Z 2022-07-21T09:09:29Z 2022 Book chapter Mutingwende, A., Jakaza, E. (2022). Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music. In: Salawu, A., Fadipe, I.A. (eds) Indigenous African Popular Music, Volume 2. Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98705-3_7 978-3-030-98704-6 978-3-030-98705-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98705-3 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4989 en Indigenous African Popular Music;Volume 2, pages 109-126 open Palgrave Macmillan Cham |
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| title | Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music |
| title_full | Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music |
| title_fullStr | Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music |
| title_full_unstemmed | Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music |
| title_short | Singing Democracy and Politics in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-censorship in Zimbabwean Indigenous Theological-Sungura Music |
| title_sort | singing democracy and politics in post-independence zimbabwe: a critical discourse analysis of self-censorship in zimbabwean indigenous theological-sungura music |
| topic | Popular music Theological-Sungura music Zimbabwean music Political discourse Critical Discourse Analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98705-3 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4989 |
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