Unpacking selected Zimbabwean popular songs as agenda-setting in unmasking the effects of occult wealth-seeking practice
The Dyke October 4, 2026 Simbarashe Ndobe Musasanuri, Richard Muranda
This paper examines the role of popular music in shaping public discourse on kuromba/ hurombwa, an occult wealth-seeking practice embedded within Zimbabwean socio-cultural realities. Situated within the context of prolonged economic instability, unemployment, and widening social inequalities, the study explores how musicians utilise lyrical narratives to expose, critique, and problematise the...