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 ...

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 sentiments come ...

“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). The priest told ...

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 ...

In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family—both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due ...

Out of fear that Robert Mugabe’s government will have him arrested, the Zimbabwean singer and guitarist Thomas Mapfumo has lived in exile in Eugene, Ore., since 2000. Mapfumo’s chimurenga music, or ...

Harare — CHIMURENGA music guru, Thomas Mapfumo, now staying in the United States, is expected to return for his traditional December shows. He will come back to a changed musical scene where Oliver ...

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 ...

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 Tafirenyika Mapfumo's heart will always reside in Zimbabwe. But calling out politicians in his music has made it difficult for him to live there. After championing chimurenga music in sound and ...