Thomas Mapfumo

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Joyce 06:07 Tools
Hanzvadzi 05:41 Tools
Ndave Kuenda 06:22 Tools
Chemutengure 04:58 Tools
Pidigori 04:01 Tools
Hurombo 05:25 Tools
Shumba 05:10 Tools
Pamuromo Chete 06:30 Tools
Taireva 04:41 Tools
Ndanzwa Ngoma Kurira 03:45 Tools
Zeve Zeve 03:18 Tools
Manhungetunge 04:40 Tools
Tombi Wachena 03:21 Tools
Kundenderendzana 00:00 Tools
Gwindingew Rine Shumba 05:08 Tools
Ngoma Yekwedu 05:07 Tools
Kune Rima 05:20 Tools
Nyamutamba Nemombe 04:54 Tools
Mhondoro 05:01 Tools
Tongosienda 05:00 Tools
Dangurangu 06:27 Tools
Haruna 04:28 Tools
Nhamo Zvakare 06:08 Tools
Hwahwa 04:56 Tools
Pemberai 04:48 Tools
Madhebhura 03:53 Tools
Tipeiwo Mari 05:41 Tools
Madiro 05:02 Tools
Makandiwa 03:58 Tools
Zimbabwe Yevatema 00:00 Tools
Nzwananai 00:00 Tools
Pachinyakare 07:27 Tools
NYOKA MUSANGO 05:21 Tools
Kuyaura 04:06 Tools
Ruva Rangu 03:44 Tools
Rita 00:00 Tools
Hende Baba (Let's Go, Father) 05:03 Tools
Nyama Yekugocha 05:55 Tools
Mukadzi Wemukoma 00:00 Tools
Chiiko Chinotinetsa? 03:23 Tools
Congress 10:19 Tools
Serevende 07:04 Tools
Zimbabwe Mozambique 00:00 Tools
Pfumvu Pa Ruzevha 04:30 Tools
Hanzvadzi (Zimbabwe) 05:40 Tools
Usatambe Nenyoka 07:15 Tools
Marima Nzara 06:37 Tools
Kuvarira Mukati/Suffer In Silence 07:09 Tools
Zvandiviringa 03:49 Tools
Farirai Zimbabwe 00:00 Tools
Marudzi Nemarudzi 07:10 Tools
Chauya Chirzevha 00:00 Tools
Harare 00:00 Tools
Hokoyo 04:59 Tools
Mukadzi Wangu/My Wife 07:22 Tools
Tinodanana 00:00 Tools
Nyarai 07:32 Tools
Musanyepere 05:36 Tools
Butsu Mutandrika 03:45 Tools
Ndatomutswa Nengoma 00:00 Tools
Marudzi Nemarudzi/Different Races 00:00 Tools
Butsu Mutandarika 00:00 Tools
Shumba Dzenhabvu (The Lions of Soccer) 00:00 Tools
Zimbabwe 03:32 Tools
Mamvemne 06:34 Tools
Africa 04:15 Tools
Corruption 00:00 Tools
Disaster 05:48 Tools
Wenhamo 08:01 Tools
Jaju-mu jakacha 00:00 Tools
Kuende Mbire 00:00 Tools
Buka Tiende 00:00 Tools
Kuvarira Mukati 07:09 Tools
Ngoma Yarira 02:08 Tools
Nyati 04:14 Tools
Handimbotya/I'm Not Afraid 06:59 Tools
Zvakuwana 00:00 Tools
Timothy 00:00 Tools
Hwa Hwa 00:00 Tools
Shumba (Lion) 00:00 Tools
Tozvireva Kupiko 03:55 Tools
Ndogura Masango/Hitting The Road 00:00 Tools
Nyarara Mukadzi Wangu 07:23 Tools
Chiiko Chinotinetsa 00:00 Tools
Ndodya Marasha/I'm Mad As Hell 06:51 Tools
Kwaedza Mu Zimbabwe 03:36 Tools
Sweet Maria 00:00 Tools
Vamudhara 00:00 Tools
Hwahwa (Beer) 04:56 Tools
Mari - Money 00:00 Tools
Jojo 04:48 Tools
Chemera Chaunoda 00:00 Tools
Vanhu Vatema 06:26 Tools
Matiregerera mambo 00:00 Tools
Vakarwara Neshanje 00:00 Tools
Chiruzevha Chapera 03:39 Tools
Hombi 03:22 Tools
Havasevenzi Vapfana 04:47 Tools
Pasi Hariguti/The Earth's Hunger Is Insatiable 00:00 Tools
Hende Baba/Let's Go, Father 00:00 Tools
Chitima Cherusununguko 00:00 Tools
Chipatapata 03:26 Tools
Hondo 08:37 Tools
Chii Chati Go-o? 04:00 Tools
Vanotsenga Mukanwa 00:00 Tools
Zvakuwana/It's Payback Time 00:00 Tools
Tonga Nyaya Dzinonetsa 00:00 Tools
Chikende 00:00 Tools
Dendera 00:00 Tools
Chitma Cherusununguko 00:00 Tools
Mhondoro (Ancestral Lion) 00:00 Tools
Zvenyika 00:00 Tools
Nherera 00:00 Tools
Vanofira Chiiko?/What Are They Dying For? 00:00 Tools
Bukatiende 00:00 Tools
Juanita 00:00 Tools
Munhu Mutema 00:00 Tools
Magariro 00:00 Tools
Ndiyani Achatipa Runyararo 00:00 Tools
Vanhu Vatema (Africans Unite) 06:29 Tools
Murandu 00:00 Tools
Serevende (Without End) 00:00 Tools
Mukadzi Wangu 00:00 Tools
Jani Iwe 00:00 Tools
Chaive Chinyakare 00:00 Tools
Hwa-Hwa 00:00 Tools
Dindingwe 00:00 Tools
Mhandu Musango 00:00 Tools
Nyama Musango 08:13 Tools
Chimurenga 06:02 Tools
Chamunorwa 00:00 Tools
Hanzvadzi (Sister) 05:40 Tools
Chitima Ndikature 00:00 Tools
Ndangariro 00:00 Tools
Pasi Hariguti 00:00 Tools
Nyoka Musango (Enemy in the Jungle) 05:23 Tools
Muramba Doro 07:19 Tools
Muchoni 00:00 Tools
Dande 00:00 Tools
Zvirwere/Diseases 06:36 Tools
Ndogura Masango 00:00 Tools
Hende Baba 00:00 Tools
Chiwaya-waya 00:00 Tools
Mabasa 07:38 Tools
Anenge Asingade 05:25 Tools
Ndavekuenda 00:00 Tools
Vatete - Auntie 06:04 Tools
Teererai Mitemo 03:18 Tools
Zvenyika (Politics) 00:00 Tools
Zvandiviringa (I Am in Trouble) 03:48 Tools
Mukadzi Wamukoma 05:39 Tools
Ndiyani Waparadza Musha 06:15 Tools
Mapfumo Speaks: Hallelujah 00:00 Tools
Hondo (War) 08:37 Tools
Ndavekuenda (I Am Leaving) 05:59 Tools
Tondobayana 00:00 Tools
Chinobhururuka Chinomhara 00:00 Tools
Chikonzero 06:21 Tools
Ndodya Marasha 00:00 Tools
Mabasa - Work 00:00 Tools
Tionodanana 00:00 Tools
Mapfumo Speaks: No Consciousness 00:00 Tools
Ndozvauri 10:22 Tools
Zvirwere 06:36 Tools
Kufa Kwangu 00:00 Tools
Nyama Yekgocha 00:00 Tools
Kundenderedzana 00:00 Tools
Nhamo 06:08 Tools
Ndiwe Chete 05:00 Tools
Maria 06:26 Tools
Tsotsi (Hooligan) 04:34 Tools
Handimbotya 00:00 Tools
Mapfumo Speaks: Revolutionary Songs 00:00 Tools
Vanofira Chiiko? 06:06 Tools
Hurokuro 00:00 Tools
TEMERINA 00:00 Tools
Wakanaka Uchadiwa 05:47 Tools
EMMA 00:00 Tools
Pasi Paenda (The World Is Coming to an End) 00:00 Tools
Erina 00:00 Tools
varombo kuvarombo 06:25 Tools
Muchadura (You Will Confess) 00:00 Tools
Zvatakabva Kuhondo 06:03 Tools
Chauya Chirizevha (Rural Life Is Back) 00:00 Tools
Mvura Ngainaye 06:14 Tools
KAMBIRI KAENDA 00:00 Tools
Pamuromo Chete (It's Just Talking) 00:00 Tools
Handimrotya 00:00 Tools
Batanai Mose 00:00 Tools
Handina Mwana Anozochema 00:00 Tools
Dai Pasina Satan 05:15 Tools
Chengeta Va Bereki 00:00 Tools
Pachinyakare (Long Ago) 00:00 Tools
Chisi 06:21 Tools
Pasi Paenda 00:00 Tools
Set The People Free 04:49 Tools
Moto Uyo 05:45 Tools
Swerengoma 09:13 Tools
Pfumvu Pa Ruzevha (Hardships In The Rural Areas) 00:00 Tools
Handigarire Nhamo 05:48 Tools
Toi-Toi 00:00 Tools
Nyarai (Be Ashamed) 00:00 Tools
Jairosi 06:35 Tools
Dangu Rangu 06:08 Tools
Tsotsi - Hooligan 00:00 Tools
Kukuvarira Mukati 00:00 Tools
Moyo Wangu 00:00 Tools
Ndozvamaida 00:00 Tools
Fire-Fire 00:00 Tools
Vatete (Auntie) 00:00 Tools
Nyarara Mukadzi Wangu (Don't Worry, My Wife) 07:22 Tools
Kariba 00:00 Tools
Huni 06:42 Tools
Mari (Money) 00:00 Tools
Mabasa (Work) 00:00 Tools
Big in America 00:00 Tools
Zvichapera 05:42 Tools
Sevenzai Hama 00:00 Tools
Chipatapata (Confusion) 00:00 Tools
Njodzi - Tragedy 05:47 Tools
Mapfumo Speaks: A Good President 00:00 Tools
Danger Zone 00:00 Tools
Kuvarira Mukati (Suffer In Silence) 07:09 Tools
Urombo 00:00 Tools
Kwaedza Mu Zimbabwe (It Has Dawned In Zimbabwe) 03:35 Tools
Mwana Wemurombo 05:35 Tools
Chigwaya (The Bream Fish) 00:00 Tools
Wachiona Chirombo 00:00 Tools
Shumba Dzenhabvu 00:00 Tools
Tozvireva Kupiko (Who Shall We Share Our Frustrations With?) 00:00 Tools
Handina Munyama 05:25 Tools
Munhu Mutema (Black People) 00:00 Tools
Ndogura Masango (Hitting the Road) 00:00 Tools
Musha Wenyu (Your Home) 00:00 Tools
Marevanhando 05:24 Tools
Mukadzi Wangu (My Wife) 00:00 Tools
Muchadura 00:00 Tools
Moyo Wangu (My Heart) 00:00 Tools
Handina Munyama (I Am Not Unlucky) 00:00 Tools
Pidigori (Upside Down) 00:00 Tools
Wauraiwa 04:08 Tools
Marehwarehwa 07:50 Tools
Kunarira Mukati 00:00 Tools
Vanoita Sevanokudai 05:06 Tools
Ndiyani Waparadza Musha (Who Has Destroyed Our Home?) 00:00 Tools
Ndodya Marasha (I'm Mad as Hell) 00:00 Tools
Yarira Ngoma 02:08 Tools
Komborera (Bless) 00:00 Tools
Kukuvarira Mukati/Suffer In Silence 07:09 Tools
Tinofara 05:13 Tools
Pasi Inhaka (This World) 00:00 Tools
Kuwanikwa Pano - Found Here 05:19 Tools
Chigwindiri (A Very Strong Person) 00:00 Tools
Tinofara (We Rejoice) 00:00 Tools
Ndateterera 00:00 Tools
Ngoma 03:45 Tools
Chigwaya 00:00 Tools
Diningwe 00:00 Tools
Nhamo Hurombo 00:00 Tools
Shabeen (House Turned into Illegal Pub) 00:00 Tools
shabeen 00:00 Tools
Vanofira Chiiko? (What Are They Dying For?) 00:00 Tools
Njodzi (Tragedy) 00:00 Tools
Pfumvu Paruzevha (Trouble in the Preserves) 00:00 Tools
Tatsvukira 00:00 Tools
Nyamaropa 00:00 Tools
Titambire (Dance for Us) 00:00 Tools
Chimurenga (The War of Liberation) 00:00 Tools
Marudzi Nemarudzi (Different Races) 00:00 Tools
Zvirwere (Diseases) 00:00 Tools
Maiti Kurima Hamubvire 04:42 Tools
Chiwayawaya 00:00 Tools
Mahororo 00:00 Tools
Baba Vevana 04:51 Tools
Chikwereti 00:00 Tools
Chengeta vabereki 00:00 Tools
Mukoma J (Big Brother J) 00:00 Tools
Vana Vechikoro - School Children 00:00 Tools
Usatambe Nenyoka (Don't Play Around With a Snake!) 00:00 Tools
MARUDZI NEMARUDZI (REAL WORLD GOLD) 00:00 Tools
Handimbotya (I'm Not Afraid) 00:00 Tools
Mapoto 06:13 Tools
Zvakuwana (It's Payback Time) 00:00 Tools
Vana Vechikoro (School Children) 05:07 Tools
Wandiita Muroyi (You've Branded Me a Witch) 00:00 Tools
Ndiyani Achatipa Runyararo (Who Will Give Us Peace) 00:00 Tools
Karigamombe 04:51 Tools
Kuwanikwa Pano (Found Here) 00:00 Tools
Pfumvu 00:00 Tools
Ndakura 00:00 Tools
Titambire 00:00 Tools
Tombi Wachina 00:00 Tools
Ruregerero 00:00 Tools
Chigwindiri 00:00 Tools
Pasi Harigute/The Earth's Hunger Is Insatiable 00:00 Tools
Pasi Idandaro 00:00 Tools
Kupera Kwevanhu 00:00 Tools
Asingadi 00:00 Tools
Magobo 07:40 Tools
Chako Ndechako 00:00 Tools
Nyoka Musango (Enemy in the J 05:23 Tools
Zvandiviringa (I Am in Troubl 00:00 Tools
Ruvengo 00:00 Tools
Mukondombera 00:00 Tools
Amai VeMwana 00:00 Tools
Shumba (Zimbabwe) 00:00 Tools
Nyma Yekugocha 00:00 Tools
Ja Funmi 00:00 Tools
Butsu Mutandarika (Long Oversized Shoe) 00:00 Tools
Pasi Hariguti (The Earth's Hunger Is Insatiable) 00:00 Tools
Chipo Changu 00:00 Tools
Universal Love 00:00 Tools
Chikonzero (The Reason Why) 00:00 Tools
Munongotukana 06:45 Tools
mugara ndega 00:00 Tools
Ndinofarira Zimbabwe 00:00 Tools
Marudzi Nemarudzi/Different Races (Long Way Down Edit) 00:00 Tools
Vanhu Vekwedu 00:00 Tools
Nyarara Mukadzi Wango (Don't Worry, My Wife) 00:00 Tools
Hokoyo! 04:59 Tools
Vechidiki 00:00 Tools
Ndaparara 07:15 Tools
Are You Ready 00:00 Tools
Ndambakuudzwa 06:36 Tools
Hatidi Politics 00:00 Tools
Shebeen (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Akanyengwa 00:00 Tools
Ndini Ndega 08:36 Tools
Butsu Mutankarika (Long Oversized Shoes) 00:00 Tools
Ndinotenda 00:00 Tools
Wandiita Muroyi 06:03 Tools
Marudzi Nemarudzi / Different Races 00:00 Tools
Rufaro 00:00 Tools
Marudzi Nemarudzi (Differenct Races) 00:00 Tools
Vagere Kunaka 00:00 Tools
Marima Nzara (You Have Ploughed Hunger) 00:00 Tools
Pfumvu Paruzevha 00:00 Tools
Nyarara Mukadzi Wango 00:00 Tools
Regai Vakanganise 06:19 Tools
Kupera Kwevanchu (Perishing to the Peoples) 00:00 Tools
Kupera Kwevanchu 00:00 Tools
Mangoma 07:19 Tools
Vanoita Sevanokudai (They Pretend to Love You When They Don't Love You) 00:00 Tools
Nyoka Musango (Enemy in the Ju 05:23 Tools
Celebrate 00:00 Tools
Munongotukana (You just Scold Eachother) 00:00 Tools
Mari 08:36 Tools
Marevanhando (You Have Been Telling Us Lies) 00:00 Tools
Zvandiviringa (I Am in Trouble 00:00 Tools
Ndave Kuenda (I Am Now Leaving) 00:00 Tools
Pachimyakare 00:00 Tools
Chemutungure 00:00 Tools
NYARARA MUKADZI WANG 00:00 Tools
Tongodienda 00:00 Tools
Yarira Nerha 00:00 Tools
The Kupera Kwevanhu (Perishing to the Peoples) 00:00 Tools
Havasevenzi Vapfana (The Youth Are Unemployed) 00:00 Tools
Yarira Ngoma (When You Play The Drum) 00:00 Tools
MUSATAMBE NENYIKA 00:00 Tools
Chemutengure (Traditional Children's Song) 00:00 Tools
Baba Vevana (Father of My Children) 00:00 Tools
Music 00:00 Tools
Hanzvadzi [Zimbabwe] 00:00 Tools
Tozvireva Kupiko (Who Shall We Share Our Frustrations With) 00:00 Tools
Nyamutama Ne Mombe 00:00 Tools
'Nyarai' 00:00 Tools
Dindigwe 00:00 Tools
Wauraiwa (He Has Been Killed) 00:00 Tools
Hanzvadzi [Sister] 00:00 Tools
Kuvarira Mukati-Suffer in Silence 07:09 Tools
Chingwindiri 00:00 Tools
Varimudande 00:00 Tools
Pfumvu Pa Ruzevha [Hardships in the Rural Areas] 00:00 Tools
Hwahwa (Beer Barrel Polka) 00:00 Tools
Mhondoro [Ancestral Lion] 00:00 Tools
Shumba [Lion Dub] 00:00 Tools
Ndamutswa Nengoma 00:00 Tools
Shumba (Daphni Edit) 00:00 Tools
Hadimbotya 00:00 Tools
Chentegai Vabereki 00:00 Tools
Chikende (A Traditional Village Dance) 00:00 Tools
Chauya Chirizevha [Rural Life Is Back] 00:00 Tools
Zvandiviringa [I Am in Trouble] 00:00 Tools
Butsu Mutankarika (Long Oversi 00:00 Tools
Imhere 00:00 Tools
HANDINA MWANA ANOZOC 00:00 Tools
Nyarara Mukadzi Wango [Don't Worry, My Wife] 00:00 Tools
Kunarira Mukati (Suffer In Silence) 00:00 Tools
Nyoka Musango [Zimbabwe] 00:00 Tools
A1 Ndanzwa Ngoma Kurira 00:00 Tools
Mhondoro (Spirit Lion) 00:00 Tools
Butsu Mutandarika [Long Oversized Shoe] 00:00 Tools
Nyarai [Be Ashamed] 00:00 Tools
Murambadoro 00:00 Tools
Serevende [Without End] 00:00 Tools
Ndave Kuenda [I'm Now Leaving] 00:00 Tools
Mwoyo Wangu 00:00 Tools
Amal VeMwana 00:00 Tools
Pfumuvhu Parizevha 00:00 Tools
Zing Zong 00:00 Tools
Nyoka Musango (Zimbabwe) 05:20 Tools
Different Races 00:00 Tools
Thomas Mapfundo - Hanzvadzi 00:00 Tools
Musha Wenyu 00:00 Tools
Thoma Mapfumo - Chigwindiri 00:00 Tools
Nyoka Musango [Enemy in the Jungle] 05:23 Tools
Chipo Ndechangu 00:00 Tools
Nhamo Yapera 00:00 Tools
Chipatapata [Confusion] 00:00 Tools
Tozvireva Kupiko [Who Shall We Share Our Frustrations With] 00:00 Tools
Paridzai 00:00 Tools
uchatongwa wega 00:00 Tools
B2 Usatambe Nenyoka 06:22 Tools
Vechidiki (Youngsters) 00:00 Tools
Thomas Mapfumo - Zimbabwe Yevatema 03:32 Tools
Chitima Nditakure 00:00 Tools
Kuvarira Mukati - Africa Calling Mix 00:00 Tools
Kuvarira Mukati (Africa Calling Mix) 00:00 Tools
Hondo [War] 08:37 Tools
Njiva 00:00 Tools
Tambazumba nashe 00:00 Tools
Chitima Cherusunguko 00:00 Tools
Handimrotya (I'm Not Afraid) 00:00 Tools
Ndamutswa 00:00 Tools
Nyathi 00:00 Tools
Zuacuwana (It's Payback Time) 00:00 Tools
Kupera Kwevanu 00:00 Tools
Pasi Harigute (The Earth's Hunger Is Insatiable) 00:00 Tools
Vana Vangu 00:00 Tools
A2 Mari 00:00 Tools
B1 Chemera Chaunoda 07:15 Tools
Nayama Musango 00:00 Tools
Ndodya Marasha - I'm Mad As Hell 00:00 Tools
Munhu Mutema [Black People] 00:00 Tools
Zimbabwe Yevatema [Black Man's Zimbabwe] 00:00 Tools
Vanhu Vatema [Africans Unite] 06:28 Tools
Didingwe 00:00 Tools
Mukadzi Wangu - My Wife 00:00 Tools
Varombo Kuvarombo (The Poor To Poor) 00:00 Tools
A3 Mabasa 00:00 Tools
Nyamutavagu Nemombe 00:00 Tools
B3 Muchoni 05:47 Tools
Ngoma XXXX 00:00 Tools
chinungu 00:00 Tools
Usatembe Nenyoka 00:00 Tools
Suffer in silence 00:00 Tools
07- Hanzvadzi (Zimbabwe) 00:00 Tools
Thomas Mapfumo 01 Moyo Wangu 08:23 Tools
Diba 00:00 Tools
Yaria Ngoma 00:00 Tools
Midi Passe 00:00 Tools
Marudzi Nemarudzi:Different Races 00:00 Tools
Butsu Mutandariaka 00:00 Tools
Samson 00:00 Tools
Handimbotya - I'm Not Afraid 06:59 Tools
Kukuvarira Mukati:Suffer In Silence 00:00 Tools
Jo Jo 00:00 Tools
Kupera Kwevanchu (The Perishing Of The People) 00:00 Tools
Thomas Mapfumo 03 Shabeen 00:00 Tools
Zvakuwana - It's Payback Time 00:00 Tools
01 Track 1 01:52 Tools
Thomas Mapfumo / Hanzvadzi (Zimbabwe) 03:32 Tools
Bhutsu Mutandarika 00:00 Tools
Corruption / Thomas Mapfumo 05:20 Tools
Mhondoro [Spirit Lion] 05:06 Tools
Dangarangu 00:00 Tools
Nyamutambu Nemombe 00:00 Tools
Zambuko 00:00 Tools
Chauya Chirzevha (Rural Life Is Back) 00:00 Tools
Usatambe Nenyoka (Don't Play Around With a Snake) 00:00 Tools
Hokoyo 02 Dindingwe 00:00 Tools
Zvirwere - Diseases 00:00 Tools
Hokoyo 03 Hwa hwa 00:00 Tools
Immigres 00:00 Tools
Vanofira Chiiko? - What Are They Dying For? 00:00 Tools
Chipo Ndechangu [This Gift Is 00:00 Tools
Hitting The Road 00:00 Tools
Zvenyika [Politics] 00:00 Tools
Lady 00:00 Tools
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited / Shumba 00:00 Tools
Nyoka Musango (Zyon Black Dubstep Remix) 00:00 Tools
Mukadzi Wangu:My Wife 00:00 Tools
Murambadoro (Live) 00:00 Tools
Nyara Mukadzi Wangu 00:00 Tools
Ndodya Marasha:I'm Mad As Hell 00:00 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
tichangosiyaniswa nerufu 00:00 Tools
Munongotukana (You Just Scold Each Other) 00:00 Tools
Hende Baba - Let's Go, Father 00:00 Tools
Hokoyo 05 Dendera 00:00 Tools
Sweregoma 00:00 Tools
Mhando Musango 00:00 Tools
Ndogura Masango - Hitting the Road 00:00 Tools
Ndave Kuenda (I'm Now Leaving) 00:00 Tools
Kings Of African Music 00:00 Tools
Taireva [We Used to Say] 00:00 Tools
Hurukuro 00:00 Tools
Moyo Wangu [My Heart] 00:00 Tools
Zvenyika [Politics/Asylum] 00:00 Tools
Mabasa [Work da Video Edit] 00:00 Tools
Shumba [Lion] 05:09 Tools
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Thomas Mapfumo (born 1945 in Marondera, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean musician known as "The Lion of Zimbabwe" for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music. Pre-Independence, his songs openly called for the violent overthrow of the government, with lyrics like "Mothers, send your sons to war." Since the white government didn't understand Shona, however, at first they didn't realize how radical the songs were. Eventually they caught on, though. The climax came with a song called "Hokoyo!", which means "Watch out!" The government banned the record from the state-controlled radio and threw him into a prison camp without charges in 1979. Despite this, they couldn't stop his records from being played in discos or on radio stations they didn't control, like the Voice of Mozambique. Large demonstrations in protest of his arrest and an inability to trump up charges against him forced the government to release him after three months. After Independence, in 1980, Mapfumo's popularity continued to grow. The hero kept on singing about the injustices of Mugabe's government and, history repeating itself, his music was banned from state radio in the early years of the 2000s. Mapfumo, who received the honors of a doctorate for his contribution to Zimbabwean music, now became a nuisance to Mugabe's government. As circumstances do not permit him to continue the life of a free musician in Zimbabwe, Thomas Mapfumo left Zimbabwe and is now living in the USA. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.