United States based Chimurenga music icon, Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo, has attacked the so-called Chinese and Western mega deals in his much-awaited 12-track album, Danger Zone, released last week. In the ...

Chimurenga nights -- Rhodesia -- England is the chameleon, and I the fly -- Singing Shona -- When the spirit comes -- Songs for the book of history -- Bishop and pawn -- Agony of victory -- Zimbabwe - ...

Famed Zimbabwean singer Thomas Mapfumo will be playing 7 p.m. Thursday on the plaza at the Rothko Chapel. Mapfumo, who will be accompanied by his band Blacks Unlimited, is known for his hard-hitting ...

It’s generous to say that it took until just after the eight-minute mark in the second quarter of Oregon’s visit to New Jersey to prove what... Though he hails from Zimbabwe rather than Jamaica, ...

Zimbabwe’s exiled chimurenga music guru Thomas Mapfumo claims that the ruling Zanu PF government has turned him into an despite producing and singing inspirational songs during the liberation struggle ...

The Lion of Zimbabwe didn't need to roar to be heard. 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 ...

Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician known as “The Lion of Zimbabwe” and “Mukanya” for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, ...

Legendary Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo is set to perform his last ever show in the United Kingdom on August 23 at the New Bingley Hall in Birmingham. Promoters Joab Mugugu of Phab Entertainment ...

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 ...

Thomas Mapfumo, one of Zimbabwe’s most celebrated pop artists, has just released a new album, Rise Up (Real World), which is packed with roiling grooves, bubbling guitar licks, and hypnotic patterns ...