In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family—both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due ...

Tendai “Baba” Maraire, better known to many as one-half of Sub Pop’s avant-rap group Shabazz Palaces, is releasing his incredible new album riZe vadZimu riZe on Brick Lane Records today under the ...

The term chimurenga comes from the name of a legendary Shona ancestor, Murenga Sororenzou. Believed to be huge man with a head (soro) the size of an elephant's (renzou), Murenga was well known for his ...

CHIMURENGA genre musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo has confirmed that his upcoming performance in Zimbabwe in April will be his final live show, marking the ...

The highly anticipated homecoming and farewell performance of Chimurenga music icon Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo, scheduled for April in Harare, is reportedly hanging in the balance amid internal family ...

Zimbabwe’s exiled chimurenga music guru Thomas Mapfumo claims that the ruling Zanu PF government has turned him into an despite producing and singing inspirational songs during the liberation struggle ...

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 ...

Zimbabwe's Chimurenga music pioneer and cultural icon, Dr Thomas Tafirenyika Muchadura Mukanya Mapfumo, has announced he will return home in April 2026 for a ...