Chimurenga music

Chimurenga music is a Zimbabwean popular music genre coined and popularized by Thomas Mapfumo. Chimurenga is a Shona-language word for liberation, which entered common use during the Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979). Mapfumo developed a style of music based on traditional Shona mbira music but played using modern electric instrumentation, with lyrics characterized by social and political commentary.