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12 May 2005

Six articles on on music censorship in Zimbabwe

Prepared in connection with a seminar on Music Censorship in Zimbabwe held Thursday 28th April 2005 at Mannenberg Jazz Club, Harare

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Content of the pdf document:

1. Musicians and Censorship in Zimbabwe
by Albert Nyathi

2. Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings’ Policies on Censorship of Music
by Musavengana Nyasha

3. Tracing the Footsteps - Censorship and Music in Zimbabwe
by Nyasha Nyakunu

4. Censorship of Locally Recorded Music in Zimbabwe
by Emmanuel Vori

5. Blacklisted - My Personal Experience
by Leonard Zhakata

6. Zimbabwe: A Case of Music Censorship Before and After Independence
by Omen Muza
Harare's famous Mannenberg Jazz Club hosted the seminar



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