Zimbabwe

===Religion===

{{Main|Religion in Zimbabwe}}
[[File:Sacred Heart Cathedral, Harare.jpg|thumb|left|[[Catholic]] church in [[Harare]]]]
According to the 2017 Inter Censal Demography Survey by the [[Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency]], 84% of Zimbabweans are Christian, 10% do not belong to any religion, and 0.7% are [[Islam in Zimbabwe|Muslim]].<ref name="2017survey" /><ref name="pewzimb">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/files/2012/12/globalReligion-tables.pdf |title=Table: Religious Composition by Country |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310101254/https://www.pewforum.org/files/2012/12/globalReligion-tables.pdf |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |website=pewforum.org |publisher=Pew Research Center |location=Washington, D.C. |year=2012}}</ref><ref name="US_state">{{cite web |title=Zimbabwe – International Religious Freedom Report 2005 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51503.htm |access-date=3 December 2007 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |quote=An estimated 1% of the total population is Muslim.}}</ref> An estimated 62% of the population attend religious services regularly.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=MSN Encarta |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575825_3/Zimbabwe.html |access-date=13 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031022353/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575825_3/Zimbabwe.html |archive-date=31 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Approximately 69% of Zimbabweans belong to [[Protestantism|Protestant]] Christianity, while 8% are Roman Catholic.<ref name="2017survey" /> Pentecostal-charismatic forms of Christianity, in particular, have grown rapidly in recent years and are playing a prominent role in public, social and political life.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chitando |first=Ezra |title=Innovation and Competition in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-3501-7601-0}}</ref> The largest Christian churches are [[Anglicanism|Anglican]], [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Zimbabwe |url=http://adventistatlas.org/ViewCountry.asp?CtryCode=zw |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724224739/http://adventistatlas.org/ViewCountry.asp?CtryCode=zw |archive-date=24 July 2011 |access-date=22 January 2008}}</ref> and [[Methodism|Methodist]].

As in other African countries, Christianity may be mixed with enduring traditional beliefs. [[Indigenous religion in Zimbabwe|Indigenous religion]], which predates colonialism, has become relatively marginal but continues to be an important part of the Zimbabwean religious field.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shoko |first=Tabona |title=Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe: Health and Well-Being |publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-754-65881-8 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Moyo |first=Method |title=Traditional Religion and Its Impact on the Practices of Apostolic and Zionist Churches in Zimbabwe |publisher=GRIN Verlag |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-346-21835-3}}</ref> [[Ancestral worship]] is the most practised non-Christian religion, involving spiritual intercession; central to many ceremonial proceedings is the [[mbira dzavadzimu]], meaning "voice of the ancestors", which is an instrument related to many [[lamellophone]]s ubiquitous throughout Africa.