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  • Thomas Mapfumo, Mbira Masters and Rhodesian Gatekeepers

    Thomas Mapfumo, Mbira Masters and Rhodesian Gatekeepers

    Thomas Mapfumo, Mbira Masters and Rhodesian Gatekeepers Mbira poetics in the moonshine, mid-century township culture, chimurenga renaissance, gospel, jit, sungura and dancehall are all genealogies of the Zimbabwean spirit. Today, the mbira may assure the country a proud category in world music but to get there, it had to survive repression by Rhodesian gatekeepers. Zimbabwe’s…

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