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Chimurenga music

Music genre
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 usage during the Rhodesian Bush War. Wikipedia
Parent genre: African popular music
Cultural origins: 1970s Shona people
Stylistic origins: Mbira; Electric blues
Typical instruments: Vocals - electric guitar - bass guitar - drums