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Friday, 19 April 2013 12:13
HARARE - South Africa-based urban groover Enock ‘Nox’ Guni is delighted to be the supporting act of Zimbabwe music legend Thomas Mapfumo’s show in the United Kingdom next month. Guni and the exiled music legend are scheduled to share the stage...Read More
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Monday, 25 March 2013 10:56
HARARE - Music legends Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi have dominated Zimbabwean music space for over 40 years and for good reason many music fans have always assumed there is no love lost between the two. The fact that the two...Read More
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Thursday, 21 March 2013 15:01
LONDON - It was a tour that lived up to its billing. A mind-blowing opening night at the Coronet Theatre in Elephant & Castle on Friday night was topped by a stellar shift at the Athena in Leicester a day later...Read More
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Features » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
Monday, 10 December 2012 09:37
HARARE - When Zanu PF held its first congress in independent Zimbabwe, there was a celebratory mood in the country with Chimurenga music guru Thomas Mapfumo releasing songs specifically for the occasion. Known in other circles as “Hurricane Hugo”, after independence...Read More
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:19
HARARE - Zimbabwe's four-year wait for the return of Chimurenga guru Thomas Mapfumo is about to end with fellow superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi among those involved in efforts to bring Mukanya home. Mapfumo, who has been based in the United States...Read More
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:17
HARARE - Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo has scoffed at claims that he is not returning to Zimbabwe for fear of being arrested over five BMW cars that were confiscated from him by the state 12 years ago. Persistent media reports...Read More
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Thursday, 11 October 2012 13:40
HARARE - Ever since the Chimurenga music maestro Thomas Tafirenyika Mukanya Mapfumo set his base in America, a number of upcoming musicians in Zimbabwe have been racing to fit in his musical shoes. Musicians such as Brian Mteki, Raymond Majongwe and...Read More
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