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The Mbira Resistance: Music as War at Great Zimbabwe
In the 1330s, the vaShona kingdom of Great Zimbabwe faced an unexpected threat: not from neighbouring armies, but from the mbira, a thumb piano whose music carried coded messages of rebellion. Mambo Chikanda had exiled the mbira players to the Dande region under Dzivaguru, but their melodies only grew louder, spreading from village to village. This episode follows the Mbira Resistance of 1334–1336, a cultural war fought with wooden keys and hidden lyrics, as the svikiro mediums and mhondoro spirits rallied against the king's reforms. We explore how the mbira's hypnotic rhythms…
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