Musical Legacy of Leonard Zhakata

Munyaradzi Nyakudya is Associate Professor of History at the University of Zimbabwe. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law, Humanities and Social Science, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa, and the Editorial Board of Zambezia, University of Zimbabwe.Ezra Chitando serves as Professor, History and Phenomenology of Religion, University of Zimbabwe. He is also extraordinary professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Dr. Pauline Mateveke is Senior Lecturer of African Literary and Gender Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Matatu Journal for African Culture and Society and, Editorial Board member of Legon Journal of Humanities. Bridget Chinouriri is a Zimbabwean ethnomusicologist and Associate Professor at the University of Zimbabwe. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the University of Venda in collaboration with Kabarak University (Kenya) and sits on several cultural boards in Zimbabwe.

• INTRODUCTION.- CHAPTER 1.- Melodies of Justice and Rhythms of Resistance.-Harmonisation of Labour Rights in Leonard Karikoga Zhakata's Music.- CHAPTER 2.- Leonard Zhakata’s Mubikira.-A Voice of Advocacy for Socio-economic Equality.- CHAPTER 3.- Music and Subtle Protests.-Leonard Zhakata’s Selected Songs Against the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme.- CHAPTER 4.-Of Boundaries, Surveillance and Order.- “Dirt” and “Purification” in Leonard Karikoga Zhakata’s Music.- CHAPTER 5.- Leonard Zhakata’s “Mubikira” and the Critique of Selective Justice in Zimbabwe.-A Linguistic Perspective.- CHAPTER 6.- Reconnoitering Democratic Governance, Ethical Leadership, and Social Justice Through Leonard ‘Karikoga’ Zhakata’s Music.- CHAPTER 7.- Re-thinking Development and Social Justice within the Zimbabwean Crisis.-A View from Selected Songs by Leonard Zhakata.- CHAPTER 8.- Leonard Zhakata’s Works as the Intersection of Music and Positive Psychology in Zimbabwe.- CHAPTER 9.- Leonard Zhakata's Sungura Costumes.-A Cultural Lens on Social Justice and Development.- CHAPTER 10.- Transformative Masculinities and Gender Justice in Leonard Zhakata’s ‘Murume Chaiye’.- CHAPTER 11.-Diluting Misogynistic Ideologies.-An Analysis of the Portrayal of Women in Selected Leonard Zhakata Songs.- CHAPTER 12.-Chirere Chigozokurerawo.-Unpacking the Socio-Cultural Philosophy of Motherhood and Reciprocation in Leonard Zhakata’s Song, ‘Batai Mazwi’.- CHAPTER 13.- The Centrality of ‘Mwanangu’ (My Child) in Selected Songs of Leonard Zhakata.