The Life and Music of Oliver Mtukudzi: Reconstruction and Identity

1. Introduction; Ezra Chitando, Pauline Mateveke, Munyaradzi Nyakudya and Bridget Chinouriri.Part 1: Personal Reconstruction.2. Oliver Mtukudzi and the Complexities of Transformative Masculinities; Ezra Chitando and Munyaradzi Nyakudya.3. Rebuilding the Self: Oliver Mtukudzi's Music as Pedagogy; Gibson Ncube and Yemurai Gwatirisa.4. Song as Matric of Parresia: Tuku and the Quest for Truth and Democratic Ethos in Society; Tasiyana D. Javangwe.5. Looking for the Join: Tuku Music as a Marker of Postcolonial White Zimbabwean Identity; Shannon Morreira.6. Mtukudzi: The (Re)constructor? One Who Makes Others Rich?; Reggemore Marongedze and Bridget Chinouriri.Part 2: Cultural Reconstruction.7. Re-embracing One's Culture: Lessons from Oliver Mtukudzi's Songs; John Chitakure.8. Oliver Mtukudzi as a Cultural Activist: Exploring Africanness in Tuku Music; Allan T. Maganga, Chalres Tembo and Owen T. Chikara.9. Oliver Mtukudzi: Singing for Harmony to Heal out Land; Tariro Kamuti.10. Reappraising Indigenous Knowledge Systems: A Review of Oliver Mtukudzi's 'Sandi bonde'; Tenson Muyambo.11. Oliver Mtukudzi and the Rebuilding of the Lives of Orphans and Children on the Streets; Samson Mhizha.Part 3: Political Reconstruction.12. Reinterpreting Oliver Mtukudzi's Tactical Praxis; Dube Edmore.13. Reading the Political Metaphor in Oliver Mtukudzi's 'Wasakara' and 'Ngomera': Calling for Cultures of Peace in Africa; Hugh Mangeya and Ernest Jakaza.14. Tuku, the Political Philosopher King; Charity Manyeruke.Part 4: Religious Reconstruction.15. Resisting Foreign Intrusions: Celebrating the Spirituality of Indigenous Africans; Macloud Sipeyiye and Willian Chigidi.16. Music the Religion, Musicians the Priests, and the People the Congregants: The Music of Oliver Mtukudzi; Bridget Chinouriri.17. Spiritual Reconstruction: Oliver Mtukudzi's Spiritual Life and his Contribution to the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe; Martin Mujinga.Part 5: Global Reconstruction.18. "Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception" Interrogating the Global Appeal of Oliver Mtukudzi; Margret Chipara.19. Breaking Boundaries, Transcending Differences: An Intercultural reading of Oliver Mtukudzi's Collaborative Musical Productions; Yemurai Gwatirisa and Gibson Ncube.20. Reconstructing the Global Order Through Ubuntu: The ethical insights in Sekuru (Grandpa) Tuku Music; Tinashe Muchuri.