Ebook: Songs That Won the Liberation War

This book consists of liberation songs sung by the people of Zimbabwe, both inside and outside the country during the war; for the most part between the early 1970s up to independence in April 1980.

The song texts, in both chiShona and isiNdebele are accompanied by translations in English, with each song followed by a discussion in which its message and place in the whole book is explained.

The songs were sung at different times, places and under varying circumstances, but brought together as they are here, they reveal a singularly living unity of purpose. They were all a necessary part of the struggle for the total liberation of Zimbabwe from colonial rule. In the darkest days of the struggle these songs helped to instill grim determination among all the people in their fight against the settler.

The texts constitute a guiding thread by which the reader may follow closely in song, the political history and development of the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle for freedom and national independence.