Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Township Music

This full colour, densely illustrated publication is a celebration of popular urban music in Zimbabwe, traditional and new, by Joyce Jenye Makwenda. Tracing the evolution of township music from the 1930s, the author provides an overview of this always avant-garde urban musical phenomenon, which today finds its place in the mainstream culture. She considers the traditional, contemporary and western influences which have moulded the township music of today, typified by such variants as kwela, tsabatsaba, marabi and afro-jazz.