This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the work of Zimbabwean musician Leonard Karikoga Zhakata. His music has, since the late 1980s, been advocating for the betterment of marginalised people’s livelihoods. His voice has a transformative logic, giving voice to the voiceless, hope to the hopeless and security to the vulnerable. In short, Zhakata sings for social justice, development and the amelioration of human suffering.

Munyaradzi Nyakudya is Associate Professor of History at the University of Zimbabwe. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law, Humanities and Social Science, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa, and the Editorial Board of Zambezia, University of Zimbabwe.

Ezra Chitando serves as Professor, History and Phenomenology of Religion, University of Zimbabwe. He is also extraordinary professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Dr. Pauline Mateveke is Senior Lecturer of African Literary and Gender Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Matatu Journal for African Culture and Society and, Editorial Board member of Legon Journal of Humanities.

Bridget Chinouriri is a Zimbabwean ethnomusicologist and Associate Professor at the University of Zimbabwe. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the University of Venda in collaboration with Kabarak University (Kenya) and sits on several cultural boards in Zimbabwe.