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 ...

LEGENDARY Chimurenga musician and pioneer Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says the current crop of Chimurenga artistes has a mammoth task of preserving the genre by being original. Mupfumo’s sentiments come ...

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 ...

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 ...

ZANU-PF's aversion to protest music only confirms the lyrical power of a line of artists from Marley and Mapfumo to Winky D. Prominent Zimbabwean artist Wallace Chirumiko - popularly known as "Winky D ...

Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician known as “The Lion of Zimbabwe” and “Mukanya” for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, ...

Chimurenga Renaissance is the project of Tendai (“Baba”) Maraire of avant-rap group Shabazz Palaces and Hussein Kalonji, who put out their debut album, riZe vadZimu riZe, earlier this year on ...

7:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, at The Showbox, 1426 First Ave., Seattle; $24–$27 (206-628-3151 or www.showboxpresents.com). With Koreless It’s rare to get a transparent look at a ...

Chimurenga music guru, Thomas Mapfumo, says there is need for a new revolution in Zimbabwe, which has been ruled by President Robert Mugabe for almost 36 years. In an exclusive interview, Mapfumo said ...

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 ...

African Voices is a weekly show that highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. Bringing together an army ...