Thomas Mapfumo @ College Street Music Hall, 4/3/16 (2) Watch on But at the end, when the band slimmed down to just two mbiras, a guitar, a bass, and two percussionists, with Mapfumo’s crying voice as ...

But I found great meaning in my short exchange with Mapfumo. In this political age, where ethics and morality are presented as malleable properties that shift with economic winds, I deeply ...

Thomas Mapfumo isn’t Nelson Mandela. He didn’t rot in a prison for decades and achieve worldwide reverence as both martyr and father of his country. But Mapfumo is a hero […] ...

Musician and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo is 80 years old this month. The man, often dubbed the "Lion of Zimbabwe", is still hugely popular in his home country, despite having gone into exile and ...

Thomas Mapfumo is a music legend in Zimbabwe. So, when the so-called "Lion of Zimbabwe" released the album, "Corruption," in 1989, criticizing Robert Mugabe's authoritarian regime, his country's ...

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 ...