Zim mbira music legend Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile : vimarsana.com

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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