Ten Contemporary Zimbabwean Songs Addressing Mental Health

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In communities across the globe, conversations surrounding mental health and strategies in combating its abysses have grown ubiquitous. From high-profile athletes sitting out important games over mental health concerns to high profile suicides, to groundbreaking initiatives rooted in alleviating...

In communities across the globe, conversations surrounding mental health and strategies in combating its abysses have grown ubiquitous. From high-profile athletes sitting out important games over mental health concerns to high profile suicides, to groundbreaking initiatives rooted in alleviating this blight upon our communities, the world over is trying to make sense of how we keep our senses about us. Consider this: in the gun-crazed country that is the US, 54% of gun deaths were suicide, while 43% were homicide. Bringing it back home, compounding that trauma are the unparalleled socioeconomic conditions that the majority of Zimbabweans have lived through in the past two and a half decades. Folks are struggling out there.


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