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 ...

Thomas Mapfumo is one of Zimbabwe’s most well -known musicians. He’s recognized not only for his music but his political activism. Through his music he’s advocated for equal rights and been an ...

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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 ...

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; in fact, the ...

The constant political and social unrest in Zimbabwe stemming from its oppressed period of colonization when it was wrongly known as Rhodesia, spawned chimurenga music—the music of struggle and ...

The recent public debate surrounding Chimurenga music icon Thomas Mapfumo's acceptance of a reported US$1 million offer to perform at an event associated with businessman Wicknell Chivayo has ...

Chimurenga musician, Thomas Mapfumo, says he is currently working on a 10-track album. “We don’t have a title for it as yet, we are still working on it. It’s all about the problems that the world is ...

No score yet, be the first to add. As far as nicknames go, you can't do much better than the "Lion of Zimbabwe." Forget, for the moment, that much of Zimbabwe's lion population has fallen prey to ...

In Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, April 28, it happened. "I thought maybe I wasn't going to be able to come back here while I was still alive," mused Mapfumo the day before the big show. "But by the ...