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 ...

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 ...

Exiled Zimbabwean, based for several years in Eugene, Oregon, delivers politically charged songs that lift spirits while railing against injustice. Save this story Save this story As far as nicknames ...

VETERAN Chimurenga music guru, Dr Thomas Mapfumo, is undoubtedly Zimbabwe's most respected musician but his protest music is virtually banned on the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) airwaves, ...

After five decades on the stage, one of the continent's great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow - in exile, because it was too dangerous to go home.