Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian

Historical Recordings

latest news & developments
Redemption song: Bob Marley on stage during the Viva Zimbabwe independence celebrations at Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury (later Harare), Zimbabwe, on 18 April 1980. Photo: William Campbell/Getty Images
1980 INDEPENDENCE

Songs of freedom in a dancehall in Zimbabwe

Bass culture is as old as Zimbabwe itself

  • Percy Zvomuya
5 min read