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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

So, when the so-called "Lion of Zimbabwe" released the album, "Corruption," in 1989, criticizing Robert Mugabe's authoritarian regime, his country's leaders turned against him. "A lot of people who ...

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.

I must admit that I was more than a little nervous to speak with Thomas Mapfumo as I entered his number into my iPhone last week. There aren’t many living musicians I admire and respect as much as I ...

EXILED Chimurenga musician Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says he will not be able to travel to Zimbabwe for the burial of his late brother Lancelot as he fears for his life. Lancelot, a percussionist, was ...