Thomas Mapfumo is a cultural and political hero in his native Zimbabwe. He created his chimurenga music during the struggle for liberation from the white minority government in the 1970s ...

The political revolution in Zimbabwe was abetted by a musical one. Mapfumo was one of the pioneers of that ”chimurenga” or ”music of the struggle.” Chimurenga challenged the political ...

LEGENDARY Chimurenga musician and pioneer Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says the current crop of Chimurenga artistes has a mammoth task of preserving the genre by being original. Mupfumo’s ...

“Chimurenga” — the Zimbabwean word for revolutionary struggle popularised by musician Thomas Mapfumo — comes from the name of a mythical late 19th-century priest, Murenga (or Mulenga ...

"Chimurenga," the Shona word Mapfumo has adopted to refer ... (6:07); Pasi Harigute (5:41). Afropop Presents Thomas Mapfumo Live: Nyamaropa (8:55); Jo Jo (10:50); Kupera Kwevanu (10:43); Dangarangu (8 ...

Nor did Thomas Mapfumo even have to sing in English to be understood. Lionized for his musical bravery in the late '70s during his country's Second Chimurenga, when Rhodesia transformed itself ...

Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born 1945 ... He both created and made popular Chimurenga music and his slow-moving style and distinctive voice is instantly recognizable to Zimbabweans.

But about eight years after independence, Mapfumo began to see Mugabe as a decadent ruler, and his Chimurenga music included lyrics sharply critical of the longtime ruler. "I thought ...

Chimurenga music guru, Thomas Mapfumo, says there is need for a new revolution in Zimbabwe, which has been ruled by President Robert Mugabe for almost 36 years. In an exclusive interview, Mapfumo said ...

DR Thomas Mapfumo, the doyen of Chimurenga Music is selling well on the Planet Spinalong music charts where his golden oldies are in tandem with the current turbulent times. On the international ...

The mbira is a handmade thumb piano encased in a semi-circular wooden shell, and Shona mbira music is a cornerstone of Zimbabwean music and Mapfumo’s Chimurenga pop. It provides the beautiful ...