List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Part I: From the Past to the Present: Music, Dance, Power, Memory, and Heritage Introduction: Musicking and Dancing Politics: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Solomon 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 Countries Alfred 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 Africa Josephat 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 Justice 4. 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 Zimbabwe Solomon 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 State Pedzisai 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 Nigeria Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria) and Florence Ewomazino Nweke (University of Lagos, Nigeria) Part III: Performing Political Transition and Electoral Politics 8.
The Sounds of Politics: Popular Music in Malawi's Political Transitions Since 1964 Richard Gracious Gadama (Mzuzu University, Malawi) 9. Music and Dance as Election Campaign Strategies in Nigerian Elections Florence 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 Nigeria Toyin 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) Index List of Contributors.