Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. In 1977, when Zimbabwe was ...
We are the children of the RastamanWe are the children of the IyamanSo, Africa unite ‘Cause the children wanna come home (Africa unite), yeah, yeah Africa unite. Like his contemporaries, if Bob Marley ...
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The Zimbabwean on MSNOpinion
Mapfumo risks falling at the very last hurdle of an otherwise illustrious and heroic race
Tendai Ruben Mbofana The decision by Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo to accept a staggering US$1 million performance contract funded by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has sent shockwaves through ...
More than any other artist except perhaps Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, Thomas Mapfumo has become Zimbabwe's musical ambassador to the world. That's ironic, because while the people of his country celebrate ...
The Standard on MSN
US$1.5m temptation: Will Mapfumo break his silence
Legendary Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo is facing mounting pressure from relatives, friends and close associates to accept a lucrative US$1,5 million performance offer from businessman Sir ...
EXILED Chimurenga musician Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says he will not be able to travel to Zimbabwe for the burial of his late brother Lancelot as he fears for his life. Lancelot, a percussionist, was ...
I must admit that I was more than a little nervous to speak with Thomas Mapfumo as I entered his number into my iPhone last week. There aren’t many living musicians I admire and respect as much as I ...
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