One of Zimbabwe's most celebrated musician Oliver Mtukudzi died Wednesday of an undisclosed ailment, a former colleague has said. "He has rested. He had been in and out of the hospital since last year ...

Exactly one year to the day after South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela passed on, Africa has lost yet another great musician. Oliver Mtukudzi ‘Tuku’ Ndimambo, the Zimbabwean musician, human rights ...

Zimbabwe music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has been given national hero status following his death Wednesday. It is the highest honor that can be given to an individual by Zimbabwe. Mtukudzi is the first ...

Zimbabwe’s most successful and internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi died on Wednesday, January 23 after suffering from diabetes, ending a career that spanned four decades and 67 albums.

With the possible exception of Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi is the most popular musician Zimbabwe has ever had. Mtukudzi's updating of the local Shona tradition -- flavored by borrowings from South ...

Oliver Mtukudzi, whose singing and guitar playing harnessed influences from across Southern Africa to create the most popular musical style in Zimbabwe, died Jan. 23 in Harare, the nation’s capital.

Zimbabwean legend Oliver Mtukudzi electrifies fans at the 2002 Cape Town International Jazz Festival with a live performance featuring his famous blend of witty political lyrics African chimurenga and ...

ALTHOUGH HE'S Zimbabwean pop's biggest star, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is represented outside his homeland by only a handful of albums. So the new "Wonai" is a handy introduction to the rippling, ...

It's been thirty years since Oliver "Tuku Mtukudzi released his debut single, and in that time the Zimbabwean superstar has managed to cement a very distinctive sound. Together with his Black Spirits ...

Forget Montreal and Newport, South Africa has its own equivalent, if not unique, jazz festival, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz. Music enthusiasts flocked to the Sandton Convention Centre at the weekend ...

Ashley Moyo SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER FOLLOWING in the footsteps of the Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival of the Arts and ...