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Syndicated Loverboy – Oliver Mtukudzi in Kwekwe
Oliver Mtukudzi slept with life and death in the same bed. A syndicated loverboy who can be credited with lifting his music to higher truth…
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Nas’ Ultra Black Theory
Nas may be the weeping prophet of Pan-Africanist hip hop but his vital anthem, “Ultra Black”, is the sound of black joy. The veteran rapper’s…
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Mebo, Winky D and Karl Marx
Few remember Karl Marx as a love poet but long before the shaggy economist was the poster-boy of regime change, he was an impassioned lyricist,…
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Mukwasha Goes to Christmas
Mukwasha (son-in-law), proverbially known as the money tree, is a Zimbabwean species known for his endless male abilities, from knifing bulls and stoning cobras to…
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Alick Macheso is the last of the last
Leader of the People’s Band, Alick Macheso, is the humble hero of the workingman and the Harare scene’s most obvious father figure after the death…
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The Njerama Files – Interview with Paradzai Mesi (Part 1)
Njerama Boys recorded 11 albums between 2000 and 2019. Their legacy rests on a prolific peak decade, boasting no less than five pure classics between…
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The History of Jah Prayzah… As Told through His Best Albums
A roaring and smoking mbira song, one for the party animals, a Nollywood pity party to confuse the crush outside your league, and a two-season…
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INTERVIEW| Musaemura Zimunya and Marshall Munhumumwe
A year after Munhumumwe’s “Makorokoto” won him Radio 2’s first independence-era number one song, his cousin Zimunya published “And Now the Poets Speak”, co-edited with…
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Drunken Piper
Kwela pennywhistler Johannes “Spokes” Mashiyane (1933-1972) is one of the most influential names in African music. Sitting atop the loose genealogy of South African movements…
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The Solo Years of Biggie Tembo
When a music career underwhelms, artists are known to lean into religion, exile, retirement, isolation or drugs to wash away the torment. Biggie Tembo picked…
Gandanga uchariziva here ukariona, ukariona Zimbabwe yaro (Thomas Mapfumo, “Chitima cheRusununguko”, 1980)
Sororemvumba
Zita rangu ndini Sororemvumba guma rinovirima unga. Ukaona Sororemvumba waona vara resere seri kweuvaranomwe. Waonazve Dzivaguru Dambudzo Marechera, Mudyanadzo Mordikai Hamutyinei, Khumbul’amagwala Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Muremba Jacques Derrida, Mushawasha Joyce Jenje, Sarirambi Mhoze Chiwashira, Gorerazvo Stan Mudenge naSekuru vangu, Munhuwekure Janfeck Chekure. Sororemvumba rinotema, rinodada, harizezi! Warihwaka!
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Maonero Enyu
The pen does dance, Chasura.
Thanks a lot, Elder. I will be at it.
Thank you and I really respect your input,as I was friends with Albert Kapondoro and Philani Dube and indeed, they…
Soro rako chizinga chehuchi. Huya hwasvisvi, hwemvumvira. Batai basa muzukuru mukuru.
That was a good piece of poetry … keep up the extraordinary work.
it is more than obvious that people in Zimbabwe are more interested in circular music. the moment an artist switches…
THE GREAT HERO OF TRUE PAN AFRICANISM
Thanks, Babamukuru.
This is a great read for any sober thinking African.
Thanks, Vimbai. Will be waiting to hear your own assessment of the album.
Awesome stuff, I have not listened to this latest offering but will certainly take time to,
Zvikamu
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