Zimbabwe Township Music Documentary
Zimbabwe Township Music Documentary 1930’s-1960’s is an award winning documentary produced and directed by Joyce Jenje Makwenda in 1992 (www.joycejenjearchives.co.zw)
Joyce Jenje Makwenda was born on the 24th March 1958 in Harare (Salisbury) - An award winning Journalist/Producer and Artist. She is also an Independent Scholar, Archivist, Historian, Researcher, Author, Lecturer and Ethnomusicologist. She has more than 30 years of working experience covering areas of early urban culture, music, politics, education, religion, media, fashion, sexual (taboos) and cultural issues and women’s histories in Zimbabwe.
She produced and directed several other documentaries on music and she is also a renowned writer who has written a number of books and novels that includes, Zimbabwe Township Music (2005), and Women Musicians of Zimbabwe 1930's to 2013 -A Struggle for Voice and Artistic Expression (2013).
Joyce Jenje Makwenda owns one of the biggest private social history collection/archive in Zimbabwe at her house, which consists of interviews on music, on audio, video, and most of it transcribed and also press cuttings, photos, LP’s and music artifacts, such as gramophones etc.
I also own a vast music catalogue of music dating from the 1930s on Zimbabwean and international artists. The music is also found in different formats such as cassette, cd, vinyl and video. The Collection/Archive also have artefacts which include - music instruments going as far back as the 1940’s, gramophone, 1970s stereo, typewriters which date back as far as the 50’s.
Find more on www.joycejenjearchives.co.zw
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This music is a treasure. It should be re-recorded and/or digitized and publicized so the the whole world can have access to it. Not to do so would equate criminal negligence.®®®
Beautiful history. Never tire of watching this. I have shared it many times.
I am Rhodesian born, proud Rhodesian and Zimbabwean. This was an amazing time in African Jazz - thank you very much Joyce. I wish I had experienced in my youth in the 60s.
I remember watching this when it was first broadcast on ZBC. Excellent viewing which brought joy & nostalgia to my parents
Come on this is some documentary 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This needs to be played in Cinemas for young Zimbabweans to understand our music history
@joycejenjemakwenda6626
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the encouraging words, its a brilliant! I will see what I can do and come back to you. Apologies for coming back to you so late.
@benmoyo2002
4 жыл бұрын
Joyce Jenje Makwenda Thank you.This needs to be seen by many Zimbabweans with no knowledge our music
@MrGilliganz
3 жыл бұрын
You are so right. Its a shame many of these died in absolute misery..... A national museum should be made of the places they started
Priceless
Classic
Oh my God... Thank you for this... I have watched it and absolutely luv musical heritage from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 sent to my Mum and Dad..
Thank you Joyce this is great!
This is important and I so glad that someone took time to put it together. I only wish more ppl could be exposed to this..a lot more.
Thank you for this!❤
Thank you for sharing the history of our music
@joycejenjemakwenda6626
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and for getting in touch. My apologies for comeing back to you so late
Thank you for sharing this historical gem.
@joycejenjemakwenda6626
4 жыл бұрын
Thnk you so much for getting in touch. I apologise for comeing back to you so late
Very very nice
Awesome work
Awesome
Thank you Sis for sharing this.
hi Joyce Jenje Makwenda, this documentary is very insightful about the history of Zimbabwean music. But may assist me I wantr to know who recorded the piece played at 2:55, what's the name of the song and artist. Secondly I am looking for John white recordings and thirdly who did the title music. Thank you
Is Mattaka the actor who played 'Tiki' series! bhaiscopo! Is Bill Saidi the one who used to do cartoons, very interesting cartoons. Ngwaru mapundu and Sinyoro varipiwo? Apa hanzi kwanga kusina aphatheid, well you can see it was!
@samsonnyatwa4054
10 ай бұрын
Mataka yes was the Tiki actor.
And then what happened you guys you where amazing better than this garbage their are singing today