Bhundu Boys

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Pombi 05:11 Tools
Foolish Harp / Waerera 05:24 Tools
Kachembere 07:20 Tools
Ring Of Fire 03:38 Tools
Hupenyu Hwangu 05:07 Tools
Radio Africa 04:06 Tools
Lizzie 03:38 Tools
Jit Jive 03:49 Tools
Bitter to the South 04:09 Tools
Kuroja Chete 04:10 Tools
Misodzi Pamatama 06:34 Tools
Hazviskanwe 07:23 Tools
My Foolish Heart 03:12 Tools
Anna 04:42 Tools
Mhunza Musha 06:05 Tools
Pachedu 05:07 Tools
Baba Munini Francis 05:32 Tools
Manhenga 05:01 Tools
Tamba Wega 06:23 Tools
Pafunge 06:09 Tools
Wenhamo Haaneti 04:34 Tools
Dai Ndakaziva 04:30 Tools
Ring Of Fire - Feat. Hank Wangford 03:38 Tools
Mumhanzi We Jit 03:41 Tools
Hatisi Tose 05:03 Tools
Magumede 04:02 Tools
Satan Ngaaparadzwe 05:04 Tools
Chekudya Chose 05:22 Tools
Une Shuwa Here - Part 1 04:30 Tools
Dorica 05:23 Tools
Nhai Mukoma 04:07 Tools
Zvichatinetsa 05:22 Tools
Une Shuwa Here - Part 2 04:21 Tools
Chemedzevana 04:14 Tools
Faka Puresha 04:34 Tools
Kumbirayi 03:44 Tools
Simbimbino 04:59 Tools
My Best Friend 02:56 Tools
Pendeke 04:46 Tools
Ziva Kwawakabva 04:56 Tools
Shabhini 05:05 Tools
Ndoitasei 04:09 Tools
Zvandinetsa 04:52 Tools
Rugare 04:04 Tools
Vakaparei 04:39 Tools
Wakandiparadzisa Musha 04:41 Tools
Wafungeyiko 04:51 Tools
Ndipo Mari Yangu 05:05 Tools
Kupedza Muto 05:00 Tools
Wakasikirei Satani 07:28 Tools
AFRICAN WOMAN 03:53 Tools
Vana (The Children) 03:18 Tools
Gonzo Nachin’al 05:00 Tools
Shabini 05:05 Tools
Radio Africa - Feat. Latin Quarter 04:05 Tools
Chimanimani 04:25 Tools
Jekesa 05:08 Tools
Wonderful World 03:22 Tools
Hatisitose 04:55 Tools
Susan 03:21 Tools
Happy Birthday 03:41 Tools
Zvichatinesta 00:00 Tools
Tsvimbodze Moto 04:37 Tools
Muchiwa 03:12 Tools
Don’t Forget Africa 03:14 Tools
Church On Fire 04:05 Tools
Anyway 03:46 Tools
Don't Forget Africa 03:15 Tools
Bye Bye Stembi 03:51 Tools
Chitaunhike 04:34 Tools
Gonzo Nachin'ai 05:00 Tools
Kutambura 04:25 Tools
Chitima Kwe 04:13 Tools
Church On Fire - Feat. Latin Quarter 04:04 Tools
Hupenyu 03:38 Tools
Viva Chinhoyi 05:12 Tools
Chimbira 04:14 Tools
Anyway - Feat. Hank Wangford 03:45 Tools
Ndipeiwo Zano 03:39 Tools
Ring of Fire (with Hank Wangford) 03:37 Tools
Tendai Mwari 03:46 Tools
Nyarara 04:14 Tools
Hondo Haiperi 03:39 Tools
Baba unini francis 05:16 Tools
Anyway (with Hank Wangford) 03:39 Tools
Church On Fire (with Latin Quarter) 04:03 Tools
Gonzo Nachin'al 03:45 Tools
Hatisi Tose (Zimbabwe) 04:56 Tools
Tsvimbodzemoto 04:33 Tools
Foolish Harp, Waerera 05:16 Tools
Radio Africa (with Latin Quarter) 04:05 Tools
Jig A Jag 04:05 Tools
Ndoita Sei 04:05 Tools
Foolish Harp 04:05 Tools
Shabini - 02 - HUPENYU HWANGU 04:05 Tools
Ziva Kwawakaba 04:05 Tools
Une Shuwa 05:27 Tools
Shabini - 03 - PACHEDU 04:05 Tools
Vana 03:18 Tools
Shabini - 05 - KUROJA CHETE 04:33 Tools
Shabini - 07 - MANHENGA 04:33 Tools
Une Shuwa Here 05:12 Tools
Kuroja Chete - BBC Session 06/07/1986 05:12 Tools
Shabini - 04 - ZVICHATINESTA 04:33 Tools
Shabini - 06 - HATISITOSE 04:33 Tools
Shabini - 08 - SHABINI 04:33 Tools
Kachebere 04:33 Tools
Shabini - 10 - WENHAMO HAANETI 04:33 Tools
Hupenyu Wanga 04:33 Tools
Manhenga - BBC Session 06/07/1986 05:22 Tools
Let's Work Together - BBC Session 06/07/1986 03:59 Tools
foolish harp - waerera 03:59 Tools
My Foolish Heart (Radio 1Session, 21 Dec 1986) 03:36 Tools
Shabini - 09 - DAI NDAKAZIVA 05:27 Tools
Bye Bye Stempi 03:45 Tools
Radio Africa (feat. Latin Quarter) 05:12 Tools
Pachedu (a party you have to go to to be noticed) 03:45 Tools
Vakaringo Dombo 03:45 Tools
Rugare (Radio 1Session, 21 Dec 1986) 05:22 Tools
Shabini (a drinking den - you only have friends while you have money) 03:45 Tools
Pedzamuto - BBC Session 03/03/1987 05:22 Tools
Hupenyu Hwangu (my life - that happy and enduring life of a musician) 03:45 Tools
Baba Munini Francis (an unfaithful womand an a mystery 'Uncle') 03:45 Tools
My Foolish Heart - Glastonbury 1989 05:22 Tools
Writing On The Wall - BBC Session 06/07/1986 03:59 Tools
Hatisitose (We are no longer together - you no longer love your wife and have to tell your friends and relations) 03:45 Tools
Ring of Fire (feat. Hank Wangford) 03:36 Tools
Ndoita Sei? (Radio 1Session, 21 Dec 1986) 03:59 Tools
Simbinbino 05:22 Tools
Chimbira - Glastonbury 1989 05:22 Tools
Foolish Harp (Waerera) 03:36 Tools
Jit Jive - Glastonbury 1989 05:12 Tools
Jig-A-Jig (Radio 1Session, 21 Dec 1986) 05:22 Tools
Vana [The Children] 03:36 Tools
Zvicha Tinesta 05:22 Tools
Jekesa (Come On Let's Join Hands) - Glastonbury 1989 05:22 Tools
Faka Puresha (Keep up the pressure - an exhortation to work hard forsatisfaction) 03:36 Tools
Foolish Harp/Waerera (Zimbabwe) 03:36 Tools
Hatisotose 03:59 Tools
Bye Bye 05:22 Tools
Shuwa Here, Pt. 1 05:22 Tools
Ziva Kwawakaba (Don't forget your roots) 05:22 Tools
Zvicha Tinesta (We'll be in troubhle - what will we do when our parents die) 05:22 Tools
Writing on the Wall 05:22 Tools
Wenhamo Haaneti (Poor men never rest - the poor work night and day - or starve) 05:22 Tools
Shuwa Here, Pt. 2 05:22 Tools
112_bhundu_boys_-_ring_of_fire-sns 05:22 Tools
A3 PACHEDU 03:59 Tools
Mukoma 05:22 Tools
Church On Fire (feat. Latin Quarter) 03:59 Tools
Anyway (feat. Hank Wangford) 05:22 Tools
Ndoitasei - Glastonbury 1989 05:22 Tools
Dai Ndakaziva (If I had known - regrets for what might have been - past is past) 05:22 Tools
Babamunini Francis 05:22 Tools
Chemedza Vana - BBC Session 06/07/1986 05:22 Tools
Ring of Fire (Zimbabwe) 05:22 Tools
Kuroja Chete (Landlords & Tenants - the rent. The same story the world over) 05:22 Tools
My Foolish Heart - BBC Session 21/12/1986 05:22 Tools
Manhenga (Wings - God give me wings to fly to where my spirits are) 05:22 Tools
A1 CHEKUDYA CHOSE 03:59 Tools
A2 HUPENYU HWANGU 03:59 Tools
A4 ZVICHATINETSA 03:59 Tools
Nhai Mukomo 03:59 Tools
Simbimbino - Glastonbury 1989 05:22 Tools
01 jitjive 03:59 Tools
Jig-A-Jig - BBC Session 21/12/1986 03:59 Tools
Hupenye Hwangu 03:59 Tools
Chekuyda Chose 03:59 Tools
B3 KUMBIRAYI 03:59 Tools
Tsvimbo dzemoto 03:59 Tools
B1 KUROJA CHETE 03:59 Tools
02 my foolish heart 03:59 Tools
B4 UNE SHUWA HERE 03:59 Tools
B2 NHAI MUKOMA 03:59 Tools
foolish harp/waerere 03:59 Tools
Hupenyo Hwangu 03:59 Tools
Chemedzevana - The Bhundu Boys 03:59 Tools
Radio Aftica 03:59 Tools
Magumede, The Bhundu Boys 03:59 Tools
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The Bhundu Boys are a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success. Bhundu was the name given to the young boys who used to aid resistance fighters in the 1970s war against the white minority government. Lead singer Biggie Tembo was a Bhundu boy. The Bhundu Boys reached the top of the Zimbabwean music scene, with four number one hits ("Baba Munini Francis", "Wenhamo Haaneti", "Hastisitose", and "Ndimboze") between 1981 and 1984. They attracted the attention of Owen Elias and his colleague Gordon Muir, a Scottish concert promoter , musician Champion Doug Veitch, who released an EP by the band in the UK in 1985. This attracted the attention of DJ's John Peel and Andy Kershaw who tirelessly promoted the band. Their album Shabini was released in 1986 and was one of the major independent sellers of the year, and one of Peel's all time favourite albums. After touring the UK for a year, the band appeared to be on the brink of a major commercial breakthrough. They were feted by Eric Clapton and Elvis Costello and Madonna asked them to be her support act at Wembley Stadium where they played to 240,000 people over three nights. The Bhundu Boys signed to Warner Brothers International, but 1987's Robin Millar produced True Jit was unfavourably received and the band began to fall apart. Leader Biggie Tembo was asked to leave the band in 1990. The band continued in the 1990s but David Mankaba, his replacement Shepherd Munyama, and Shakespeare Kangwena, all died of AIDS. Biggie Tembo hanged himself in 1995 after a spell in psychiatric hospital. Guitarist Rise Kagona currently lives in Scotland and plays in Culture Clash with Champion Doug Veitch. Visit http://www.bhunduboy.co.uk to read his story and listen to his new music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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