Author Question: State three important facts about the history of the Shona. (Answers will vary.) What will be an ... (Read 61 times)

nummyann · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

State three important facts about the history of the Shona. (Answers will vary.)

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The mbira tradition shows another way African music can transform a group of separate individuals into ___________________ _______. Explain you answer.

What will be an ideal response?

jharrington11 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The Shona who live in present-day Zimbabwe, are among the sixty million Bantu-speaking people who predominate in central and southern Africa.
The Shona have become a more decentralized, agricultural people.
At the turn of the twentieth century English-speaking settlers imposed colonialism on the Shona area (former Rhodesia). As a result of this colonialism, many local people came to doubt the traditional ways of their ancestors.

Answer to Question 2

a participatory polyphonic communitymeaning that the participants create many (poly) sounds (phonic), or independent voices, that collectively fit together to create the music.