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Over his chief collaborator Jonah Sithole’s mbira-guitar strumming, he vocalises the troubles of the land, nhamodzenyika, borrowing his yodelling vocal techniques from the Shona repertoire.

Over his chief collaborator Jonah Sithole’s mbira-guitar strumming, he vocalises the troubles of the land, nhamodzenyika, borrowing his yodelling vocal techniques from the Shona repertoire.

OF all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumo’s crackly 7-inch single with Kuyaura on side A and Zvanyadza on the flip side. Released in 1979, towards the denouement of the war for African freedom in white-ruled Rhodesia, the song is a template for Mapfumo’s later achievements until…

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OF all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumos crackly 7-inch single with "Kuyaura" on side A and "Zvanyadza" on the...

I am yet to recover from a tumultuous experience I had recently in coming in touch with When Three Sevens Clash, a book-cum-magazine by African Crossroads, brought together and edited by Percy Zvomuya, to highlight the music and life of legendary Zimbabwean musician, Thomas Mapfumo. It was published towards the end of 2022. From a […]