Thomas Mapfumo’s US$1 million U-Turn: The Real Reason why Mukanya Finally Accepted Wicknell Chivayo’s Cash

For decades, the name Thomas Mapfumo has been synonymous with the “Chimurenga” spirit — a musical and political resistance that once provided the soundtrack to Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle and, later, its most searing critiques of p…

For decades, the name Thomas Mapfumo has been synonymous with the “Chimurenga” spirit — a musical and political resistance that once provided the soundtrack to Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle and, later, its most searing critiques of post-colonial corruption. Known as “Mukanya,” the dreadlocked lion of Zimbabwean music has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States […]

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