THE LIFE AND SOCIAL VISION OF OLIVER MTUKUDZI

448pp., paperback, Langaa RPCIG, Mankon, 2025

ISBN: 9789956003754

A study of the life and music of Zimbabwean musician and human rights activist Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (1953-2019). Mtukudzi achieved global recognition for his fusion of Korekore sounds into a cosmopolitan style that addressed socio- political injustices and amplified marginalised voices.

Contributions include:

"Tuku's Life and Career Development: A reflection" by Martison Nhamo, Rabson Wuriga and Jairo Gonye

"Dande Autochthony and Korekore Ethnolinguistic Obsessions in Tuku's Music" by Benjamin Mudzanire

"Tuku's Spiritual Locations" by Fortune Sibanda and Bernard Pindukai Humbe

"Ghetto Identities and Urban Deprivations in Oliver Mtukudzi's Music" by Jairos Gonye and Jabulani Moyo.

Munyaradzi Mawere is Professor Extraordinarius of Interdisciplinary Research at UNISA, Full Professor of African Studies at Great Zimbabwe University, and Sabbatical Fellow at The Reformed Church University in Zimbabwe.

Benjamin Mudzanire is a senior lecturer in the Department of Languages, Media and Communication Studies at Great Zimbabwe University.

Kizito Muchemwa is a former Associate Professor of English at Great Zimbabwe University and the author of the Nation: Father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society.