Music
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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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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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Is Tocky Vibes the Next Tuku?
As if it is not mathemagical enough working out how Tuku did 66 albums in 42 years – a yearly album for each of his…
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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…
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How Mono Mukundu Got His Groove
Not yet 50, Mono has played more than 1000 albums, sungura, chimurenga, reggae, rhumba, even holding his own as the go-to guitarist for the Pentecostal…
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ZEXIE MANATSA'S UPS AND DOWNS
Zexie Manatsa’s Green Arrows band Zexie Manatsa rose from an infant guitar prodigy in Mhangura to become one of the first local musicians of significant…
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…
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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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