Education
Oliver Mtukudzi is one of the great Zimbabwean/Shona musicians within the post-colonial history of Zimbabwe. He is a musician who lived out ethics of community, relationship, and dialogue in challenging listeners with songs of advice and dialogues of questions. With Dr. Jennifer Kyker, we explore how his music is an expression of Hunhu (related to the South African concept of Ubuntu). At its simplest level, Hunhu is a description of interdependent nature of our relationships, being a person through others. At a more complex level, we explore how Mtukudzi's songs of Neria, Tozeze Baba, Wasakara, and Izere Mjepo transform and deepen notions of dialogue, empathy, multiple interpretations, and take a strong stand in advocacy of justpeace and humane care.