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LEONARD ZHAKATA Zimbabwe: Musician asks: why do you ban my music? In an open letter, musician Leonard Zhakata asks the country's ruling party ZANU-PF: "Why do you ban my music from being played on ZBC tv and radio?" 11 August 2008 Zimbabwe: Censorship does not silence music Many songs of Zimbabwean music star Leonard Zhakata have been blacklisted by the state broadcaster. This has not silenced him, though 03 June 2008 Zimbabwe: Blacklisted – My Personal Experience Article prepared in connection with a seminar on Music Censorship in Zimbabwe, April 2005 12 May 2005