Legendary Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo is set to perform his last ever show in the United Kingdom on August 23 at the New Bingley Hall in Birmingham. Promoters Joab Mugugu of Phab Entertainment ...
Douglas Mapfumo, the former Polokwane City FC and Cape Town City FC striker, is now eyeing a move to Europe after becoming a free agent. The 25-year-old Zimbabwean forward parted ways with Polokwane ...
Cold as it was last night, walking into Duke Coffeehouse’s transcendental dance vibe was wholly warming. The room filled up to a comfortable crowd, and as Mapfumo, “The Lion of Zimbabwe,” led his band ...
More than any other artist except perhaps Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, Thomas Mapfumo has become Zimbabwe's musical ambassador to the world. That's ironic, because while the people of his country celebrate ...
We are the children of the RastamanWe are the children of the IyamanSo, Africa unite ‘Cause the children wanna come home (Africa unite), yeah, yeah Africa unite. Like his contemporaries, if Bob Marley ...
After five decades on the stage, one of the continent's great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow - in exile, because it was too dangerous to go home.
EXILED Chimurenga music guru Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo has hit out at rampant corruption in local football administration by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa), likening it to the conduct of the ...